WhatsApp and YouTube dominate the time children spend on the most popular apps in Kaspersky’s South African dataset, but the cybersecurity company warns that these platforms can also expose young users to grooming, cyberbullying and emerging AI-related abuse. WhatsApp accounted for 33.8% of the time spent across the 10 most-used apps during the first eight...Read More
Suspected Chinese hackers impersonated an Anthropic employee and ex-US officials in an espionage campaign aimed at gaining insights into American AI developments, a US cybersecurity firm said Thursday. The hackers targeted the email accounts of experts in AI export controls and the military applications of AI, among other topics, who work at US universities, think...Read More
The Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland has called for further action to protect businesses, public bodies and individuals from cybercrime and the exploitation of stolen data. The call follows an event hosted by the Centre and Calum Kerr MSP at Holyrood, bringing together politicians, business leaders and cyber experts to discuss cybercrime, stolen data...Read More
The future of cybersecurity rests on five foundational axioms: “Data is the new oil,” humans cannot operate at machine speed, cyber is inherently a “purple” discipline, zero-trust architecture is non-negotiable, and cybersecurity is a group effort. These principles guide our understanding of the evolving threat landscape and highlight opportunities to identify anomalous and/or malicious activity,...Read More
On Thursday, a legislative measure prioritized by Alabama’s political leadership, making certain sexual crimes against children under the age of 12 punishable by death, will officially go into effect. The Child Predator Death Penalty Act, sponsored by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) and State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield), was signed into law by Governor Kay...Read More
A McMinnville, Oregon cybersecurity specialist says he needed just three clicks to reach a trove of sensitive city records sitting on the dark web, months after the City of McMinnville first noticed something wrong on its network. The discovery, reported October 1, 2026 by KOIN 6 News and local Fox affiliate KPTV, has turned a...Read More
WASHINGTON – Chinese hackers have been impersonating US AI experts, including a former government official, to try to steal e-mails from experts in AI at think-tanks, universities and other organisations, the cybersecurity company Proofpoint said on Oct 1. In a report, Proofpoint said that it had watched the hackers – which it dubs “TA419” –...Read More
WASHINGTON (Oct 1): Chinese hackers have been impersonating US AI experts, including a former government official, to try to steal emails from experts in AI at think tanks, universities and other organisations, the cybersecurity company Proofpoint said on Thursday. In a report, Proofpoint said that it had watched the hackers — which it dubs “TA419”...Read More
California leads the nation in overall corporate victims of cybercrime while Alaska reports the highest density Source: Opstream analysis of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center data | Image Credit: Opstream The states with the most corporate cybercrime victims tend to be among the nation’s largest business centers. California recorded 4,725 reported victims in 2025,...Read More
