Okta, the identity security firm, saw its stock pop roughly 15% in extended trading after its fiscal second-quarter results blew past expectations. The company says the surge in AI agents, the software programs that can act on their own, is driving a wave of demand for security products. As organizations deploy more autonomous systems, the...Read More

(CNN) — U.S. officials on Wednesday in Washington said they uncovered a major alleged Chinese cyberespionage campaign that they say compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies, including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy, and the U.S. Senate. Officials said hackers tied to China’s military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese technology...Read More

17 Iranians charged in cyber theft campaign The Department of Justice charges 17 Iranian nationals for 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. Officials emphasize that the passage of time will not deter the United...Read More

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Colorado, part of an $18 billion multistate deal, in which the company also agreed to adopt extensive child-safety changes to its operations. The settlement ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state....Read More

Todd McKinnon, chief executive officer of Okta Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview, in London, UK, on Friday, April 11, 2025. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Okta shares surged 20% in extended trading after the identity software provider surpassed Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates. Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG...Read More

Luxury real estate firm New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty is investigating a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to data held within a third-party software platform. The affected third-party software was a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system containing limited contact information for marketing and operational purposes. In a statement, Sotheby’s said data which may have...Read More

A mother took to TikTok to share the story of how her child got in contact with an online predator through a private messaging app and how she and her husband found out by tracking the kid’s phone. Originally posted by TikTok user @williams_partyof_7d, the post highlights cybersecurity protocols parents need to follow, the lasting...Read More

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Augusta University is taking another step forward in the fight against cybercrime. Officials cut the ribbon and officially dedicated the Cyber Resiliency Center at the Georgia Cyber Center downtown on Wednesday, Aug. 26. It’s an AU affiliated, nonprofit organization and statewide initiative of the Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center that...Read More

Security Beijing’s botnets busted. The FBI on Wednesday said it disrupted a botnet and seized two platforms that Chinese-government cyberoperatives used to hack NASA, the US Senate, the Department of Energy, and several other government agencies and critical networks. The Federal Reserve, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes...Read More

Shares of CrowdStrike jumped 10% after the company delivered another beat-and-raise quarter, cementing our thesis that cybersecurity has become one of the most critical investment priorities for companies in a post-Mythos world. Revenue in CrowdStrike’s fiscal 2027 second quarter increased 26% year over year to $1.47 billion, exceeding the $1.44 billion consensus estimate, according to...Read More