Online harms are the number one threat Canadian kids face today. Online dangers are the top threat children are facing in Canada, according to a new report from a national charity. Children First Canada released its annual report on Tuesday, presenting findings on the top 10 threats to childhood every year since 2018. For the...Read More

A Russian web developer who played a role in a multimillion-dollar bank account takeover scheme has been extradited to the U.S. to face an indictment in the case, federal authorities said Tuesday. Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, appeared in an Atlanta federal court on September 4, pleading not guilty to charges of fraud and identity theft,...Read More

Authorities extradited a 36-year-old Russian national from the Republic of Georgia under accusations of widespread bank-account takeover attacks, including a scheme to defraud two banks of more than $6.3 million, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov and unnamed co-conspirators ran an extensive operation starting in November 2023 to spoof domains of banks, obtain...Read More

Florida’s driver’s licenses are allegedly at the mercy of hackers while the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections page is showing Japanese characters on Google search, in an unwelcome post-Labor Day double play exposing major tech security concerns. Per Dark Web Informer and other sites, the black-hat hackers at ShinyHunters have obtained a trove of driver’s...Read More

A Linux rootkit targeting devices in F5 BIG-IP APM environments can intercept PHP file loading and inject a fileless web shell directly into memory, avoiding the need to write malicious code to disk. The malware shows signs of being a second-stage payload that was likely deployed after exploiting CVE-2025-53521, a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw...Read More

Keeping kids off social media has never been harder thanks to a plethora of platforms that are algorithmically engineered to keep teens scrolling.  But if you’re looking to limit your kids’ time on Facebook and Instagram, you will get a bit of help. The platforms’ parent company, Meta, recently agreed to strictly limit how teenagers...Read More

Robert Daw has admitted trying to engage children in sexual activity, after messaging them online Robert Daw Three vulnerable children have identified by police, after a man with hundreds of indecent images was jailed. Robert Daw is now behind bars, after admitting multiple offences relating to the sexual exploitation of children online. An investigation was...Read More

Boston Scientific announced Sept. 8 that the network disruption to its remote monitoring services following an Aug. 25 cyber incident has been resolved. The incident caused a network outage that disrupted access to certain operating systems and business applications, affecting the company’s manufacturing and shipping services. Boston Scientific said that remote activations for cardiac device...Read More

Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More

Irish media regulator opens formal investigation into X over child safety and age assurance controls In a latest tech update, Ireland’s media watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has opened a formal investigation into social media platform X to determine whether the company is doing enough to protect children from viewing age-inappropriate content. The first of its...Read More