Summary Cell phones across several Brazilian states received an unauthorized alert on Saturday morning displaying the word ‘misantropi4,’ which translates to ‘misanthropy.’ Brazil’s National Civil Defense warning platform has been temporarily taken offline. The unauthorized message reached the major cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor....Read More
DECATUR, Ala. — Local students interested in cybersecurity will have the opportunity to learn about the field through free CyberPatriot camps hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce and Calhoun Community College. The five-day camps will take place Monday, June 22, through Friday, June 26, at Calhoun’s Decatur campus and are available at no...Read More
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by the United States military and regional police department supplier Rank One, WIRED found in an investigation this week. Meta has been exploring the possibility of adding face recognition tech into its smart glasses, and WIRED previously reported that the app for the glasses contained code—now deleted—that would have...Read More
Samantha Koros | June 19, 2026 From uncovering digital clues to learning how cyber investigators solve crimes, participants in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Operation Cyber Sleuth camp will get an inside look at digital forensics and cybersecurity from June 22 to 26. Through hands-on activities and real-world scenarios, participants will learn how...Read More
Sao Paulo : Brazil’s government suspects a hacking attack triggered an unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across parts of the country early on Saturday. In a statement, the National Protection and Civil Defense Secretariat said the country’s citizens’ notification system was taken offline at around 1:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) after a message...Read More
Accenture announced on Thursday that it is acquiring a majority stake in Dragos at a $3.25 billion valuation, along with full acquisitions of runZero and NetRise, bringing the combined enterprise value to $4.175 billion and creating the highest-valued OT (operational technology) cybersecurity business to date. The deal comes as Accenture’s cybersecurity business continues to post...Read More
SINGAPORE – INTERPOL’s 2025/2026 Asia and South Pacific Cyberthreat Assessment Report has revealed a dramatic increase in cybercrime across the region driven by rapid digitalization, new technologies and increasingly organized criminal networks. The report, covering the period from January 2024 to March 2025, found that more than half of the countries surveyed reported cybercrime now...Read More
Brazil’s government suspects a hacking attack triggered an unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across parts of the country early on Saturday. In a statement, the National Protection and Civil Defense Secretariat said the country’s citizens’ notification system was taken offline at around 1:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) after a message containing the word...Read More
Researchers in the Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems at UWM, run by Professor Robert Cuzner (right), include: Young Soo Kim (from left), Hassan Abdallah, James (Tianchen) Li, Boris (Chei Wei) Hsu, Kevin Monahan, Lucy Benavides, Eric Schmitt, Kayla Knudtson and Joe Lentz. The lab’s work includes applied research in power and electricity, including partnerships...Read More
According to a UNODC study on organized crime dynamics in Ukraine released in 2025, fraud cases have increased drastically, with illegal revenues estimated in the billions of US dollars, driven in part by an estimated 1,500 criminal call centres operating across the country. The victims are predominantly Ukrainians, including those forcibly displaced by the war,...Read More
