(TNND) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed bills aimed at making social media safer for kids by limiting so-called addictive features and raising penalties for platforms found negligent in harming children. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bills, said Friday that he’s “ecstatic” to see them...Read More
A suspected cybercriminal used hundreds of AI agents to accelerate the exploitation of vulnerable PaperCut servers worldwide. GreyNoise researchers reported that a suspected Russian-speaking attacker used hundreds of AI agents to exploit two zero-day vulnerabilities in PaperCut NG/MF print management software. Blackpoint Cyber separately analyzed how AI accelerated the campaign’s exploit-development workflow. Tracked as CVE-2026-81578...Read More
Hannibal Board of Public Works earns gold-level cybersecurity designation Published 11:32 pm Friday, September 11, 2026 HANNIBAL — The Hannibal Board of Public Works has received a gold-level designation from the American Public Power Association’s Cybersecurity Accelerator Program, recognizing the utility’s cybersecurity practices for the period running from September 2026 through August 2028. The program...Read More
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) – An Indiana man has been given the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of child molestation. A jury found Stephen Bush, who failed to appear for his trial last month, guilty on all counts. That included four counts of child molestation and two counts of sexual misconduct with...Read More
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Lytvynenko Admitted Developing Malware and Stealing Data for Conti Tiffany Wang • September 11, 2026 A Ukrainian man involved in the Conti ransomware group has been sentenced to four years in prison by a U.S. federal judge Thursday. See Also: The Unstructured Data Blindspot: Why Your Most...Read More
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Lytvynenko Admitted Developing Malware and Stealing Data for Conti Tiffany Wang • September 11, 2026 A Ukrainian man involved in the Conti ransomware group has been sentenced to four years in prison by a U.S. federal judge Thursday. See Also: The Unstructured Data Blindspot: Why Your Most...Read More
Berlin’s state government is dealing with the fallout of a ransomware attack after the Rhysida extortion gang published roughly 6 terabytes of stolen data on the dark web, including material described as touching state administration and national defense records. The leak followed a refused ransom demand of 30 bitcoin, worth close to €2 million at...Read More
External identity is the personal data of executives, employees, and their families that attackers can find and exploit outside company systems. VanishID is tackling that exposure across the entire workforce. They’ve also partnered with outtake, a developer of agents that find the impersonations and scams already targeting those people. Matt Polack, founder and CEO at VanishID sat down...Read More
Officials in Florida said Thursday the state Department of Motor Vehicles suffered a data breach after credentials were stolen from a police officer who had his login information on a personal device. On Monday, the ShinyHunters cybercriminal organization claimed they obtained access to data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV). ...Read More
Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. The AI company says that between December 2025 and August 2026, it recorded various forms of artificial intelligence misuse, including for cyber and influence operations, surveillance, scams,...Read More
