Jack Henry, one of the largest core banking technology providers in the United States, has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that involved tricking employees through voice phishing rather than exploiting a software flaw. The Jack Henry ransomware attack traces back to a scheme in which attackers posed as trusted contacts to gain...Read More
Do you understand quantum parallel repetition? What about quantum complexity, lattice cryptography, or extremal combinatorics? The new OpenAI model Astra knows all about them. On Aug. 1, OpenAI confirmed the existence of Astra, calling it “our next major model.” And on Sept. 1, OpenAI confirmed in a blog post that Astra has reached a “critical”...Read More
Summit to Bring Together More Than 150 CISOs, CIOs, Government Officials and Cybersecurity Leaders to Explore Identity, Intelligence and Resilience KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 34th Edition Cyber Security Summit Malaysia 2026 will take place on 10 September 2026 at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, bringing together more than 150 senior cybersecurity...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (TNND) — Meta is defending its record of protecting children and teenagers online as the technology giant faces a federal trial over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to keep young people hooked despite risks to their mental health. Opening arguments kicked off on Tuesday in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky,...Read More
BUNNELL, Fla. — A registered sexual predator accused of failing to update his address after being evicted has been arrested in Flagler County, deputies said. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Jamie Evans, 43, of DeLand, was identified during Operation Offenders: Endgame, an enforcement effort targeting registered sex offenders and predators. Deputies said an enforcement...Read More
LAS VEGAS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – 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
cyber-crime 23-year-old botnet down International law enforcement agencies, working with CrowdStrike and Shadowserver Foundation, have disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old peer-to-peer botnet used to deliver malware to more than 15,000 machines worldwide. The botnet has operated since 2003 and distributed all types of malicious code to victims, spanning credential theft, spam distribution, proxy services, network exploitation,...Read More
That difference is by design. Pinterest is a visual search and discovery platform that people use as an alternative to traditional search engines. Unlike social media platforms that optimize for engagement via enragement at any cost, Pinterest is built to deliver inspiration, positivity and safe discovery. Here’s how we’ve built the space to support it:...Read More
Berlin’s state government waited seven days before disconnecting compromised departments from its central network after first detecting suspicious data movement, a delay that gave the Rhysida ransomware gang enough time to pull an estimated 5.79 terabytes of files out of critical infrastructure systems, according to reporting from Tech Times and The Hacker News. The gap,...Read More
Microsoft Threat Intelligence graphic. Image: Microsoft Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a new variant of the ClickFix malware campaign we covered last year, and it’s been dubbed “TerminalFix.” The fundamental nature of the attack is similar in the sense that it also relies on false CAPTCHAs that impersonate Cloudflare or other reputable providers. ClickFix...Read More
