LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – New Facebook and Instagram guidelines set daily time limits for teens, restrict app access from midnight to 6 a.m. and limit push notifications during school hours. The changes follow a $17.1 billion settlement with Meta. Brylin Thomas, a 19-year-old from Lincoln, called the changes a relief. “I think life would be...Read More
17 Iranians charged in cyber theft campaign The Department of Justice charged 17 Iranian nationals with allegedly conducting a massive cyber theft campaign targeting American universities and government agencies. Reporter Alexandria Hoff details how the hackers compromised networks to steal intellectual property since 2013. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Bureau of...Read More
Two young Western Australians have been charged for their alleged role in a “sophisticated cybercrime syndicate” that allegedly created malicious software to rob hundreds of global businesses. Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, and Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, were arrested in Perth following a joint investigation with federal and state police working alongside the US Federal Bureau...Read More
Attack vectors concentrated on identity Identity-based vectors, including malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials, and brute force attacks, initiated 85% of attacks across education, above the 79% overall survey rate. Malicious email was the single most common technical root cause in both lower education (31%) and higher education (29%). However, the identity theme runs deeper than...Read More
Bring an AI agent to a hacking competition and you would expect to find it propping up the teams who were struggling. In the 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark, agents showed up in 17 of the Top 25 finishers. The people who least needed help were the ones who brought it. The people who might...Read More
NEC and partners launch domestic cybersecurity service for supply chains NEC and three Japanese technology companies have developed a cybersecurity service designed to protect organisations across the supply chain, combining domestically developed security technologies with managed monitoring and incident response. NEC, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation, Digital Arts and FFRI Security said that the...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – Louisiana has agreed to a settlement with Meta over concerns that its apps are addictive to children, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. The state will receive $180 million spread out over nine years. Forty-eight other states are also part of the settlement. The money will go toward things like...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – Louisiana has agreed to a settlement with Meta over concerns that its apps are addictive to children, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. The state will receive $180 million spread out over nine years. Forty-eight other states are also part of the settlement. The money will go toward things like...Read More
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to settle a sweeping legal challenge brought by US states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to encourage addictive use among children, misled consumers about platform safety and improperly collected personal data from underage users. The agreement brings an early end to a...Read More
