An Italian woman travelled to Gurugram to report a sophisticated romance scam where she was defrauded of 1,000 euros, prompting the Gurugram Cyber Police to launch an investigation into the international cyber fraud. Image used only for representational purposes. Photograph: Pixabay.com Key Points An Italian woman, Paola Bertolini, was defrauded of 1,000 euros in a...Read More
The next generation of the Vega platform unites a fast, specialized AI model, agentic memory, and seamless access to all data in one undeniable harness for cyber defense. Vega, the pioneer of Agentic Cyber Defense, today introduced Vega II, the next generation of its platform and its most important release since emerging from stealth. Vega...Read More
We’ve heard from adults about the new Facebook and Instagram rules, but what are kids saying? Teenage social media users talk about whether the proposed restrictions will have any effect on them. Transcript ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, settled a landmark child safety lawsuit this week. The agreement...Read More
When a bird lunges at a butterfly in mid-flight, it may see something that is not there—the insect’s wings flashing beneath may not be moving where they appear to be moving. By the time the predator realizes the illusion, the butterfly already may have escaped. Researchers studying this natural defence have found that contrasting wing...Read More
The activity targeted websites of the White House, the Departments of War, Justice and Commerce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Securities and Exchange Commission and state agencies in California, Maryland, Illinois, Texas and New York, the report said. “We have so far identified no instances in these datasets where agents gained access...Read More
The group reportedly stole personal data on thousands of FBI agents, along with that of anybody who has used the jobs site to apply for the bureau. WASHINGTON — Dutch police said Tuesday that they have arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacker group that has been held responsible for a string of serious...Read More
Desk Report: While the expansion of digital technology has simplified people’s lives, cybercrime is simultaneously assuming alarming proportions. Crimes such as the spread of rumors and misinformation, defamation, character assassination, blackmail, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, and extortion—facilitated by social media—have now become major threats extending from the individual to society and the state. Against this backdrop,...Read More
NTT Data launches cybersecurity support pilot for Japanese businesses NTT Data has launched a one-year pilot programme to help small and medium-sized businesses in Japan improve their cybersecurity and prepare for the country’s Supply Chain Security (SCS) Evaluation System. The programme, which began in October, is being conducted as part of the government’s Cyber Security...Read More
(WJAR) — A convicted child predator who escaped an Oklahoma prison more than two months ago was captured Tuesday in Rhode Island, according to law enforcement officials. Logan Palmer, 41, walked away from a minimum-security facility in Oklahoma on July 22 while serving a 10-year sentence. His capture in Providence ended a weeks-long cross-country search....Read More
How does OpenAI tell you that its AI agents have hacked your website? It turns out, the company sends you an email. Three months after its models gained unauthorised access to Australian government websites, including Services Australia’s Medicare Statistics, OpenAI informed the government of these breaches via emails. And here is what it says. The...Read More
