‘Predator Poachers’ video leads to arrest in New Hampshire DOVER, N.H. — A man who was the subject of an online post by the group Predator Poachers has been arrested by Dover police. The Predator Poachers conducted undercover stings in two New Hampshire communities last week, confronting men the group says it believes were trying […]
US officials on Wednesday exposed a major alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign they say has compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy and the US Senate. Hackers affiliated with the Chinese military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese tech company to try to cover their […]
The impact of AI on the speed and scale of cybercrime seems certain to be one of the dominant security themes of 2026. As the World Economic Forum (WEF) pointed out in its recent analysis, “generative AI is boosting the speed at which hackers work, from identifying new security weaknesses to writing the matching malware.” […]
Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a […]
L-R — Abideen Olasupo, Founder of FactCheck Africa; John Best UCHE, Development Communicator; & Maria Alvaro Sanchez, Project Coordinator, FIAP/EPSG …As John Best Uche, others take advocacy to EU diplomatic levels As Nigeria and many other countries create draconian laws ostensibly to check cyberbullying, a group has joined efforts to teach the GenZ segment how […]
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusions by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of internet domains used for hacking platforms. The hacking platforms, known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” were “used to […]
A public exploit called ShieldBreak defeats Microsoft’s July fix by turning Windows Defender into the escalation path. There is still no patch. That should change how security teams hear the phrase “fully patched.” ShieldBreak went public in mid-August, and it earns the attention it’s getting for a reason most privilege escalation stories don’t. It hits […]
DENVER (KKTV) – Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday that Meta Inc. will pay over $17 billion and implement child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook under a nationwide settlement. Attorney General’s office officials said the agreement, which is subject to court approval, resolves claims that Meta designed Instagram with “addictive features,” knowingly exposed young users […]
Imagine for a moment that you’re an Australian 14-year-old (if you are an Australian 14-year-old, well, thank you for reading Business Insider, first of all. You can skip ahead). Life is already hard enough — your toilets flush the other way, and there’s that whole cane toad problem. But worst of all, as of December 2025, your […]
FORT MEADE, Md. — Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) in releasing a joint cybersecurity advisory titled, “China-Linked Hacking Group QTFY Targets Military and Critical Infrastructure with Malicious Distributed Systems.” This guidance alerts organizations about China-linked cyber threat actors using the acronyms QTFY, […]
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