TOKYO – Laws enabling preemptive cybersecurity measures aimed at neutralizing hostile servers came into force in Japan on Thursday to address growing cyberattack threats before they cause damage. The laws, enacted in May last year, allow police and the Self-Defense Forces to access such servers to prevent attacks, which are becoming more sophisticated and faster...Read More
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) – As more than 150,000 visitors prepare to pack the Morehead City waterfront this weekend for the 40th annual North Carolina Seafood Festival, local first responders are rolling out safety plans and major parking adjustments. The North Carolina Seafood Festival kicks off Friday at noon and runs through Sunday evening. Festivalgoers...Read More
Wakefield is still at large after slipping off his GPS monitoring device in Rancho Bernardo over the weekend. SAN DIEGO — Authorities continued a manhunt Monday for a 69-year- old sexually violent predator who has been at large since slipping off his GPS monitoring device in Rancho Bernardo over the weekend. Merle Wakefield, 69, was...Read More
Two North Carolina races reveal how partisan loyalty and myths about sexual abuse can shield candidates from scrutiny over their ties to convicted sex offenders and their records on protecting survivors. On Aug. 29, the Guilford County Republican Men’s Club held a fundraiser for North Carolina statewide candidates. Counter-protesters from Guilford County Indivisible and the...Read More
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has updated its advice regarding exploitation of a pair of vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway products. “The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has received reports from Australian organisations confirming exploitation,” the agency said in an overnight Critical Alert. You’re...Read More
2 hours ago News Duration 2:58 OpenAI says one of its models, while in testing, went rogue and hacked an official Australian government website in a security breach that went undetected for months. Andrew Chang explains what we know about the hack and why Australian authorities say the manner in which they learned about the...Read More
Police in the Netherlands have arrested a Dutch man on suspicion of cybercrime-related activities, according to the person’s employer and other people familiar with the matter. Pepijn van der Stap, 24, was arrested earlier this month and charged with involvement in several cases of extortion and criminal hacking led by the group known as ShinyHunters,...Read More
Alphabet’s Google (GOOG, GOOGL) unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Wednesday, its latest frontier artificial intelligence model engineered to manage complex software development and cybersecurity defense. The tech giant is initially rolling out the new system to a restricted group of trusted cybersecurity specialists through its Fairwind Program. Company officials said a broader commercial launch for...Read More
from the everything-is-chat dept Eleven months ago, I wrote about what I thought was a truly fascinating find: that some kids appeared to be using some random old NPR podcasts on Spotify as a personal chat room to get around various restrictions. It was mentioned, somewhat in passing, on the “How to do Everything” podcast...Read More
(Courtesy photo) Emma Dart is a senior at Carbon High School in Utah. Growing up in Carbon County taught me that success isn’t a mold—it’s a meaningful life built through hard work, integrity and service. By Emma Dart | For The Salt Lake Tribune Published, Sep. 30, 2026 HELPER — In ninth grade, I spent...Read More
