Artificial intelligence is enabling 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa, while cybercrime-related losses have more than doubled to $484 million since 2024, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has said. COP Donkor said the figures, contained in Interpol’s 2026 African cyber threat assessment, highlight the growing scale and sophistication...Read More
Manila: Philippine police arrested 766 individuals for various cyber offenses from January to July 2026, with online selling scams ranking as the most common violation, according to local media reports on Tuesday. During the seven-month period, the Philippine police also rescued 149 victims and secured 81 case convictions, according to the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) of...Read More
New 36-hour mandate and recent federal interventions underscore rising risk to resident data; Drip7 expands training support for public housing agencies. When staff compete on leaderboards, discuss threats like deepfakes, and report phishing in real time, the organization’s risk profile drops.” — Heather Stratford SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, September 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Ransomware attacks...Read More
A ransomware group claims it stole data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), potentially exposing sensitive information connected to federal criminal investigations. Qilin, a Russian-speaking ransomware operation, claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and posted approximately 6.3 gigabytes of data to its dark web leak site after a 72-hour countdown expired. Cybernews...Read More
Posted By Steve Alder on Sep 1, 2026 Data breaches have been announced by multiple North Carolina rehabilitative care practices, senior living and skilled nursing care providers in Ohio and Washington, and the California-based nonprofit foundation The Health Trust and its subsidiary, FASS. North Carolina Rehabilitation Practices Notify Patients About November Hacking Incident The operator...Read More
The emergence of AI and its increasing accessibility have changed the nature of cyber conflict. As both defensive and offensive systems become more autonomous, cybersecurity is rapidly shifting toward an AI-versus-AI context, where success depends on who can make decisions faster to overcome the opposing side. In today’s complex threat environment, security teams rely...Read More
Frontier AI can be used to exploit flaws in programmable logic controllers, which are critical devices that were targeted in a recent hacking campaign against U.S. water utilities, energy companies and factory operations, according to a report Tuesday from Forescout Research – Vedere Labs. Researchers used Claude to port a remote code execution vulnerability from...Read More
Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids. Determining which accounts belong to children...Read More
(VIRGINIA MERCURY) – Virginia is set to receive at least $353 million from Meta Platforms Inc. under a major multistate settlement that would also require the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to adopt new safeguards aimed at protecting children from addictive features and harmful content. The agreement, announced Wednesday, could reach more than $17...Read More
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if...Read More
