A federal judge has once again blocked California’s landmark online child safety law from taking effect. In a ruling on Thursday, US District Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted a preliminary injunction in favor of NetChoice, saying the technology trade group’s claims that the law violates the First Amendment would likely succeed. The law, called...Read More
HILLSBORO, Ore- On August 22, 2024, Brandon D Perkins, age 41, pleaded guilty to online sexual corruption of a child in the first degree and luring a minor. Judge Erik Buchér then sentenced the defendant to three years in prison. Deputy District Attorney Bryce Bissinger prosecuted this case. On October 17, 2019, the Washington County...Read More
German police seized the dark web shop Pygmalion, gaining access to customer data linked to over 7,000 drug orders in a major investigation. A major dark web drug operation and marketplace operating under the name “Pygmalion” has been disrupted by German law enforcement, with its infrastructure dismantled and several individuals arrested following a months-long investigation....Read More
Process sensors are devices that respond to physical stimuli such as temperature, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, voltage, current, motion, time, etc. The physical stimuli are electronically converted to physical measurements such as temperature, volts, amps, pressure, level, flow, chemistry, etc., and provide trusted input to control systems, controllers, motors, protective relays, operational technology (OT)...Read More
Your business is in danger as infostealer malware surges. getty As high-street retailers in the U.K. are the latest to fall victim to devastating cyberattacks, with ransomware high on the criminal agenda, now is the time to start taking one oft-undervalued attack type very seriously indeed. Infostealer malware is responsible for the theft of billions...Read More
CHICO, Calif. — On Wednesday, a Fairfield man pleaded guilty to two charges stemming from his online actions involving a then 10-year-old girl from Butte County back in 2022. The Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said that 21-year-old Ethan James Alfonso pleaded guilty on Wednesday toone count of child molestation for his remotely directing...Read More
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has spoken out following a wave of cyber attacks against British retailers that has stricken household names such as Marks and Spencer (M&S), Co-op, and Harrods, warning others to be on their guard against similar intrusions. The current series of incidents – which are not yet confirmed to...Read More
Multiple people were recently arrested in connection with an undercover operation that targeted child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley, police said. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the multi-agency operation, which took place April 28 and 29, led to the arrest of 10 people. Authorities said that those arrested face charges varying from...Read More
A man was arrested on suspicion of having and selling images showing child sex abuse after a nonprofit tracked him to his East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, home, police said. Jason Giles, 21, agreed to talk to the man from Bikers Against Predators who traveled to the home from Indiana about his alleged behavior with minors online,...Read More
Anthropic has revealed a concerning example of how AI tools can be weaponized to scale influence operations, according to a report by The Hacker News. The company found that its Claude chatbot was used to create and manage a network of politically themed personas across Facebook and X. These personas were designed to interact with real...Read More
