A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, is not required to testify in person in the ongoing cyberbullying trial of online publisher Omoyele Sowore. Justice Mohammed Umar gave the ruling on Monday, holding that another officer with sufficient knowledge of the agency’s...Read More
A classroom lesson on the importance of reporting potential threats became an unexpected real-world exercise at Evans Middle School this week when a note written during the lesson sparked a police investigation.In a letter sent to families Friday, Principal Jessica Slaton said the note, which read, “I’m shooting up the school this Friday,” originated during...Read More
Incognia, a leader in cross-device risk intelligence, has introduced Real-Time Scam Prevention, an AI-powered solution designed to help financial institutions identify and prevent payment scams, including authorized-payment fraud and social-engineering attacks. The solution combines Physical Social Graph intelligence with multiple risk signals to detect suspicious transactions before funds are transferred. Authorized-payment scams are an increasing...Read More
After AI-assisted researchers exposed the PHP2Shell flaws in software that runs most of the web, the Pasadena IT provider says security can no longer be an add-on and has built it into all three of its per-user plans.PASADENA, Calif. – Managed IT Services Pasadena, a managed IT services provider in Pasadena, has updated its pricing...Read More
An attack tool built around AI goes looking for AI models that anyone on the internet can reach, then uses them to plan break-ins while the model’s owner pays for the computing power. Symantec captured the agent’s instruction set this summer through a honeypot posing as an unprotected AI service, researchers Priti More and Susmit...Read More
Williamsport, Pa. — A Lycoming County judge revoked bail for a Williamsport man accused of committing sex crimes against children while released. The bail motion stems from 41-year-old John Mitchell Poorman Jr.’s May arrest on child sex-related charges and subsequent allegations that he reoffended in Clinton County while free on that bail.Poorman remains in custody in...Read More
