Anthropic on Thursday revealed it disrupted a campaign mounted by a Russian state-sponsored threat actor that abused Claude for developing an AI-assisted workflow to get ahead of the detection curve. The operation has been attributed to a cyber espionage group it calls GTG-20006 (where “GTG” stands for Generative Threat Group), which aligns with broader reporting...Read More
Child safety group Not on Our Watch Texas (NOWTX) has released a free interactive game that teaches children and teens (and adults) the red flags and safety practices of online predators. You can play the free game, NOW PlaySafe, quickly on any online browser. NOW PlaySafe simulates an online chatroom with friends — and some...Read More
A Bradford man was arrested today after a lengthy investigation with an online predator hunter group. City of Bradford Police charged 34-year-old Charles William Taylor with felony attempted possession of child pornography, felony use of a communication facility and corruption of minors. The charges stem from a report that Bradford Police received from an...Read More
FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Knowesis announced today that it has successfully completed its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 assessment. The certification confirms that Knowesis’ CMMC assessment scope satisfies the Level 2 requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CMMC Level 2 requires organizations to implement all 110 security requirements in...Read More
(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 United States court sentenced Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko to four years in prison this week for his role in the Conti ransomware operation. Lytvynenko, 44, was arrested in Ireland in 2023 and extradited to the United States in late 2025. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June 2026, admitting to helping the...Read More
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in U.S. prison for his role in the Conti ransomware operation, which compromised more than 1,000 victims worldwide and generated at least $150 million in ransom payments. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, previously living in Cork, Ireland, was sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. U.S. prosecutors...Read More
Hackers have exposed personal information about thousands of people on probation and parole — and about agents tasked with tracking them. The data includes names, home addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. It was stolen from VeriTracks, a subsidiary of Texas-based Securus Monitoring, which uses physical devices and GPS technology to help law enforcement agencies...Read More
Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has refused to negotiate further with hackers who last week stole 4,000 bitcoins from its Liquid network. Writing on X Friday, Blockstream said that the hackers still had time to return the funds before the company would work with law enforcement. White-hat hackers on Sunday withdrew about $320 million from the...Read More
A Colorado cybersecurity expert voices concern over rapid artificial intelligence advancements, echoing industry warnings about potential risks. COLORADO, USA — A Colorado computer science professor says warnings this week from former researchers at major artificial intelligence companies about the technology’s risks are worth taking seriously — but he stopped short of predicting a robot uprising....Read More
