A Filipino hacktivist group identifying as “Nullsec Philippines” claims responsibility for the supposed defacing of the Senate website in a social media post late Wednesday night, June 10, 2026. (Screengrab from Nullsec Philippines/Facebook) MANILA, Philippines — “Transparency is not optional.” A Filipino hacktivist group identifying as “Nullsec Philippines” said this after claiming responsibility for the...Read More
Swati KhandelwalJun 12, 2026Linux / Network Security Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Linux login system itself. Sygnia, which tracks the group as Velvet Ant, says it backdoored the PAM and OpenSSH components that decide who is allowed...Read More
In an effort to align IT and cyber responsibilities, senators are proposing to create a new Undersecretary of Defense for Cyber, Information, and Networks position within the Pentagon. The language to create the new role is included in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to...Read More
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Police are investigating a sexting case between two teens at Carmel Middle School, according to an incident report filed this week. On May 22, a teen videotaped a sex act with a juvenile and distributed the video, according to the report. A third party also distributed the video. The teen could...Read More
Ravie LakshmananJun 12, 2026Cybercrime / Artificial Intelligence Google on Friday said it’s pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text messages targeting Americans. The network is said to be behind the development and management of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) software kit called...Read More
X (Marc Miller) Ottawa is back with another attempt to police the internet and critics are saying that the Safe Social Media Act mirrors the Liberals’ previously abandoned online harms bills, using child protection as political cover for sweeping new powers over what Canadians can say online. Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, proposes...Read More
Large language model-powered agents achieved penetration-test success rates ranging from 10.7% to 69.3% in a new academic evaluation designed to measure autonomous offensive-security capability. The June 11 paper tested 19 open-weight and proprietary models against 300 target servers. Each AI agent received general-purpose cybersecurity tools but no target-specific prior knowledge, forcing it to discover services,...Read More
About 60 St. Vrain Valley rising high school seniors are helping local businesses beef up their cybersecurity through a two-week, paid mini-internship program. The students, in sessions held at Silver Creek and Skyline high schools this month, spend the morning learning about the The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, Cybersecurity Framework and...Read More
A Bukit Aman official says grooming of sexual assault victims usually occurs over a long period and involves more than one victim due to the predator’s easy access to children. (File pic) KUALA LUMPUR: More than 80% of sexual crime cases involve culprits known or trusted by the victims, a senior Bukit Aman official said...Read More
There is a reason why one of the biggest initiatives in the tech industry right now is Project Glasswing. Run by Anthropic and several other big tech firms, it seeks to identify vulnerabilities in critical software than other AI could exploit. It is something that could have served Oracle well, but unfortunately, the company has...Read More
