A 21-year-old Washington Township man was arrested Friday on a charge of third-degree possession of child pornography, Bergen County prosecutors said. Val S. Tetro was taken into custody in Paramus following a months-long cyber crimes investigation that included a court-authorized search of his electronic devices. According to prosecutors, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office...Read More
Hackers have made millions of attempts to exploit newly disclosed flaws in PHP, widely used software that helps run websites worldwide, as government agencies and businesses work to install emergency fixes, cyber threat intelligence firms say.Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the company detected thousands of attempts across its network during the 10 hours before the...Read More
In a video purported to be his last, V Harish, the 27-year-old finance influencer who died by suicide after alleged cyberbullying, claimed that he was being harassed and money was being demanded of him, leading to severe stress for him and his family.A finance influencer with over 1.3 million followers on Instagram, Harish died by...Read More
HYDERABAD: Telangana’s single-window clearance portal for businesses, TG-iPASS, has gone offline after a suspected ransomware attack encrypted its database and related files, prompting a criminal investigation by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB).The portal, which provides government-to-business (G2B) services for industrial and manufacturing projects, became inaccessible at around 23.36 IST on October 22, according to...Read More
Personal identification data was compromised in a cybersecurity incident involving SafeVoice Nevada, officials announced this week.The Nevada Department of Education and the Nevada Department of Public Safety said approximately 10 percent of SafeVoice tips shared between November 2025 and March 2026 were compromised.According to the agencies, the data included personally identifiable information in the multistate...Read More
Ravie LakshmananOct 22, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News This week has already been rough for cybersecurity. Critical PHP and GitLab RCE flaws, serious Linux security bugs, compromised eMudhra certificates, a Node.js RCE flaw, a hacked LiteLLM release, and hundreds of hijacked Tor relays. That’s a lot to deal with in just a few days. And...Read More
Warning messages naming depression, anxiety, and overall mental health harms were rated as more discouraging by teenagers and young adults than the take-a-break prompts social media companies already display, according to a randomized experiment published this week in JAMA Health Forum.The finding lands as four states prepare to require warnings on platforms. California, Colorado, Minnesota,...Read More
Amanda Stoker has been sworn in as Queensland’s new child safety minister, bringing a documented record of opposition to LGBTQIA+ protections to a portfolio responsible for vulnerable young people. The Oodgeroo MP replaces Amanda Camm and will also oversee domestic and family violence prevention, families, seniors and disability services. Her appointment comes amid continued opposition...Read More
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2027 general election, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, lost his bid to compel the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Oluwatosin Ajayi, to personally appear in court as a witness in his trial for allegedly cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu. Justice Mohammed Garba...Read More
A ransomware attack has disrupted Telangana’s flagship single-window business clearance platform, TG-iPASS, leaving the portal inaccessible after attackers allegedly compromised its server and encrypted the database. The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident, which has affected the state’s business approval services. The portal, accessible through...Read More
