LYON, France – Artificial intelligence is enabling 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa making attacks faster, more scalable, and increasingly difficult for victims and platforms to detect, according to INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026. With more than 1.1 billion mobile subscribers recorded in 2025, Africa’s digital transformation is expanding rapidly. However, cybercrime...Read More
in brief Chanel Contos accuses social media companies of feeding misogynistic content to young men online. She’s urging the government to replace algorithmic feeds with ones that only show posts by accounts users follow by default. This article contains references to sexual assault. Social media empires are being put on notice for content that promotes...Read More
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – A Dr. Seuss-themed social media trend has resulted in police and school responses across Northeast Arkansas. Several school districts have issued Facebook posts condemning the “Cat in the Hat” trend, which has spread all the way to Jonesboro. The trend combines pictures and videos of schools with ominous phrases, along with...Read More
A malware investigation has exposed the tools and infrastructure used by suspected operators behind a Blind Eagle-linked campaign targeting Colombia and the wider region. The break came after an apparent attacker workstation was infected by a separate information-stealing program, leaving a record of its activity. The operation used phishing emails impersonating Colombian judicial bodies and...Read More
File photo CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 39-year-old man was arrested after he hacked a senior citizen using a bolo in Sitio Camintong, Barangay Malones, Dalaguete town, on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at around 6:10 p.m. The victim was identified as Jose Villahermosa, 60 years old, a resident of the area. Meanwhile, the suspect was...Read More
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday that AI is forcing companies to overhaul roughly $1 trillion of aging cybersecurity infrastructure built for a pre-AI world. “Nothing that was deployed seven or 10 years ago is prepared or ready to handle AI at machine speed,” Arora told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Mad Money.” “You...Read More
Rockwell Automation, the global company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced a new collaboration with Mimosa Mine and Mine Elect to support the mine’s ongoing modernisation program in Zimbabwe. Mimosa Mine, a platinum‑group metals (PGM) and base metals operation located in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, is undertaking a multi‑year digital migration...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — A former Facebook safety employee and whistleblower is criticizing Meta’s $18 billion settlement with dozens of states, arguing the agreement does not do enough to protect children and holds the company insufficiently accountable. Arturo Bejar, who previously worked at Facebook, spoke out just days after Meta agreed to the landmark deal resolving...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — A former Facebook safety employee and whistleblower is criticizing Meta’s $18 billion settlement with dozens of states, arguing the agreement does not do enough to protect children and holds the company insufficiently accountable. Arturo Bejar, who previously worked at Facebook, spoke out just days after Meta agreed to the landmark deal resolving...Read More
LAS VEGAS – A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed “Sality” is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday. U.S. officials said they had seized the web domains hackers used to take over computers to send spam, carry out distributed denial-of-service operations or steal cryptocurrency, while CrowdStrike said it had...Read More
