On Wednesday, Cisco revealed that a group of Chinese government-backed hackers is exploiting a vulnerability to target its enterprise customers who use some of the company’s most popular products. Cisco has not said how many of its customers have already been hacked, or may be running vulnerable systems. Now, security researchers say there are hundreds...Read More
Maine’s court system wants to hire its first full-time cybersecurity person, years after records started becoming available online. Six of the state’s 16 counties currently have their court dockets, including case information and some schedules, online. The judiciary said all counties should be online by February 2027. As more cases — including parental rights, criminal cases...Read More
Four siblings who were longtime friends of Michael Jackson are accusing the late pop star of being a “serial child predator” who preyed upon then when they were as young as “seven or eight” in a bombshell lawsuit filed last week in California. Edward, Dominic and Aldo Cascio and their sister Marie-Nicole Porte called Jackson...Read More
Vlad Ionescu and Ariel Herbert-Voss, cofounders of the cybersecurity startup RunSybil, were momentarily confused when their AI tool, Sybil, alerted them to a weakness in a customer’s systems last November. Sybil uses a mix of different AI models—as well as a few proprietary technical tricks—to scan computer systems for issues that hackers might exploit, like...Read More
Def Con, one of the largest and longest-running hacking conferences in the world, announced on Wednesday that three people linked to Jeffrey Epstein are no longer allowed to attend. The conference justified adding Pablos Holman, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Joichi Ito to its public list of banned individuals, citing the three as appearing in the Department...Read More
Posted: Feb 12, 2026 11:30 AM CST by WAKA Action 8 News Gov. Key Ivey signs the Child Predator Death Penalty Act into law, Thursday, February 12, 2026 – Photo from the Office of Gov. Kay Ivey Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act. One of the governor’s top priorities this...Read More
ANY.RUN, a leading provider of interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence solutions, has recently observed a surge in phishing activity abusing Microsoft’s OAuth Device Code flow, with more than 180 phishing URLs detected in just one week. By tricking victims into completing a legitimate Microsoft authentication step, attackers can obtain OAuth tokens and access corporate M365 environments...Read More
Serial child molester granted parole After being granted parole, 64-year-old David Allen Funston, who sexually assaulted young boys and girls in the 1990s is set to be released under the Elderly Parole program. The former prosecutor who tried him is now fighting against his freedom. CHINO, Calif. – A convicted serial child predator who was...Read More
When we open an email, shop online, or connect with friends on social media, we rarely think about international treaties. Yet behind the scenes, these legal agreements can determine whether law enforcement authorities are able to cooperate across borders to stop cybercriminals. This month, governments from around the world will gather in Hanoi, Viet Nam...Read More
A powerful, possible US government iPhone hacking toolkit has now ended up in the hands of Russian spies and criminal hackers. It’s infected tens of thousands of phones at minimum, and it’s still likely being used against new victims. Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what they’re calling Coruna, a highly...Read More
