The Westmoreland County district attorney on Friday criticized a civilian group that attempts to expose child predators, pushing back against members who accused her of directing police not to arrest a man they recently confronted. Meanwhile, prosecutors in nearby Cambria County said they told the group months ago that they should not, under any circumstances,...Read More
Microsoft is taking a new approach to fighting cybercrime, targeting the cyberattack supply chain, not just individual services. In a case unsealed today, we are simultaneously targeting two widely used cybercrime tools, Amadey and StealC, after AI-assisted analysis revealed they rely on the same infrastructure. This action goes after the cybercrime “assembly line,” where coordinated...Read More
A single cyberattack dented an entire country’s GDP. The Cyber Monitoring Centre estimates that the ransomware assault on Jaguar Land Rover cost the UK economy £1.9 billion — roughly $2.5 billion — rippling through more than 5,000 businesses and dragging car production to levels not seen since 1952. The Bank of England flagged the damage...Read More
Swati KhandelwalJun 26, 2026Secure Messaging / Social Engineering The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key. Hand it over once, and the attacker can restore the account’s backup, read the private...Read More
Cybersecurity training has become ubiquitous among companies and everyday internet users as computer users are warned about phishing, smishing and hacking. But the rise of artificial intelligence has sent cybersecurity experts back to the drawing board. Protecting businesses in the age of AI was the focus of a recent meeting of the Permian AI Collaborative....Read More
A newly discovered remote access Trojan (RAT) called Backdoor.Mistic (Mistic backdoor), tracked by Zscaler as MLTBackdoor, is helping hackers infiltrate corporate networks. Detected in April 2026, this RAT is used by a specific group to set up hidden entry points inside businesses. Instead of disrupting systems themselves, these actors operate as brokers, selling network access...Read More
Australia banned children aged under 16 from using social media. But 85% of teens are still using it. Australia’s social media ban, the Social Media Minimum Age Act 2024, for under-16s came into effect in December 2025. Nearly eight months later, not a lot has changed. Four in five teens are still active users on...Read More
THE Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a comprehensive campaign for school safety amid the rise of school-related violence across the country. The initiative, according to DepEd, engages schools, parents, local government units, law enforcement agencies and community stakeholders in a unified approach to curb bullying, improve campus safety, and ensure timely support for learners...Read More
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. (WKRC) – A man was re-arrested after he allegedly walked to a home where he victimized three children. According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Gabriel Pardo, a registered sexual predator. was arrested less than 12 hours after being released from state prison after authorities said he failed to report to...Read More
Montgomery County officials are raising awareness about a growing problem affecting older adults: financial exploitation and elder abuse. At an event in Silver Spring marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, experts shared warnings about sophisticated scams targeting seniors and encouraged victims to seek help. Community leaders, prosecutors and advocates gathered at the Holiday Park Senior...Read More
