Jefferson County sheriff’s office warns seniors about scams JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is warning seniors about scams and providing tips to help them avoid becoming victims. Officials have been visiting local senior centers to share warning signs and advice on what to do if they encounter a scam. The FBI […]
Ahead of the start of school on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, both the Maplewood and South Orange police departments are sharing crossing guard locations — and travel tips — to help local students get to school safely. The two towns share one school district, with many South Orange residents attending school in Maplewood, and vice […]
SAN DIEGO (TCS) — Federal law enforcement has seized core infrastructure reportedly used by a Chinese state-sponsored cyber platform to target high-profile U.S. government entities and critical infrastructure in a campaign dating back to 2018. Authorities said the hacking targets varied from NASA to the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI […]
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Anthropic said on Monday it had resumed external cybersecurity testing of AI models after deploying new safeguards, following incidents last month in which Claude models accessed the internet and other systems during security evaluations. Anthropic disclosed three incidents on July 30, attributing them to a misconfiguration in a third-party evaluation environment. […]
A landmark agreement between Meta and 48 US states could change the way social media platforms operate, with the company accepting a series of strict new commitments aimed at protecting children and teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. Under the settlement, Meta has agreed to pay at least $12 billion over a decade to resolve a […]
PETERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A former Washington County high school employee has been sentenced on federal child porn charges. Jason Waynes Ayres, 48, was sentenced to four to eight years in prison on Monday. Ayres was an IT employee at Peters Township High School and pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual abuse of […]
Lofgren hosted experts to discuss AI’s agricultural applications, water conservation, broadband, workforce, and responsible innovation. Quiver AI Summary Lofgren hosts AI roundtable: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren held a roundtable at San José State University with civic, academic, agricultural and technology leaders. The discussion focused on how artificial intelligence could affect farm productivity, water security, broadband access […]
Berlin’s state government has crossed a line it spent two weeks trying to avoid. On August 31, 2026, officials confirmed that data was actually stolen from the city-state’s administrative network during the Rhysida ransomware attack, moving the story from “hackers claim” to “government admits.” BleepingComputer reported that forensic investigators pinpointed a confirmed data-exfiltration window between […]
Two Western Australian men have been charged following a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force, and the FBI into an alleged cybercrime syndicate. They are accused of using malicious code hidden in open-source software to compromise organizations worldwide. Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, and Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, were arrested in […]
KnowBe4 has launched email and collaboration security protection for Google Workspace through its Defend product, extending its existing email security offering to Google’s workplace platform. The product targets phishing, business email compromise and artificial intelligence-driven attacks in Gmail and related collaboration tools. For organisations using Google Workspace, it adds threat detection, AI-based verdicts and employee […]
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