One of Australia’s most resource-rich regions, South Hedland in Western Australia, sits alongside a mining industry generating enormous wealth. This is in stark contrast to persistent social and economic disadvantage affecting parts of the local community, particularly among Aboriginal residents. Much of this disadvantage has made headlines recently. Multiple media outlets are reporting a child...Read More
On September 25, 2026 at approximately 3:30 a.m., Sexually Violent Predator Merle Wakefield’s (DOB: 04/10/1957) GPS device alerted to “Tamper Mode” while working in Rancho Bernardo in the City of San Diego. Wakefield is supervised by Liberty Health Care (LHC) as part of the State’s Conditional Release Program. LHC responded to the scene and discovered...Read More
ndonesia took a decisive step in multilateral diplomacy when Foreign Minister Sugiono signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in New York on Sept. 24. With this signature, Jakarta joined what is arguably the most consequential global law enforcement instrument to combat digital criminality in a generation. Commonly referred to as the Hanoi Convention –...Read More
Executive summary In April 2026, we at Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team (GERT) responded to a security incident at a manufacturing organization in the Middle East. The threat actor obtained domain admin-equivalent control of the organization’s Active Directory environment and authored a malicious Group Policy Object (GPO) named PAYLOAD, linking it at the domain root....Read More
The ShinyHunters hacking and extortion gang has claimed a cyber-attack against a fellow cybercriminal outfit, the Clop ransomware group. The incident, which came to light on the evening of 18 September, saw Clop’s dark web data leak site defaced with a message which said “THIS SITE HAS BEEN PWN3D BY SHINYHUNTERS”. The background of the...Read More
Lawyers are now trying to identify voices38. In September, Denuvo lawyers sued the well-known hacker (or group) voices38. Over the past months, this hacker has broken the protection in many games. His track record includes both modern projects and those released more than 10 years ago. voices38 himself reacted to the lawsuit quite calmly: Everything...Read More
TradingKey – OpenAI will hold its annual developer conference, DevDay, on September 29 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. As the company accelerates its expansion from foundation models to enterprise agents, cybersecurity, and creator tools, the impact of this conference may no longer be limited to the AI industry, but could also extend to traditional...Read More
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – For any parent or grandparent who has struggled to install a child’s safety seat in their vehicle, there is a place to turn for help! Saturday, September 26th from 9AM to noon, stop by the Lake Charles Fire Department at 4200 Kirkman Street for a free seat check. Staff can...Read More
“Sometimes it’s a simple adjustment, but other times it can be a major issue that could impact a child’s safety during a crash. Our goal is to make sure every child leaves safer than when they arrived.” The annual event serves as the official kickoff of National Child Passenger Safety Week, observed Sept. 21-27. Throughout...Read More
Chris Hansen was a larger-than-life cultural figure. His show, To Catch A Predator, was a ratings monster that has been immortalized alongside Hansen, with years of memes, jokes, references, critiques, and predator-catching shows and content creators taking up the mantle. Ultimately, an incident in North Texas was Hansen’s downfall, inspiring director Lance Oppenheim’s narrative debut,...Read More
