Adam Pittman Recognized for Significant Expertise in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity Sectors | #cybercrime | #infosec

Adam Pittman Recognized for Significant Expertise in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity Sectors Adam is the author of “Hackers Need to Make a Living, Too,” “Scammers Need to Make a Living, Too” and “E-Z Cybersecurity for Construction Contractors.” CARY, NC, September 02, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ — Adam Pittman has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s […]

FBI investigating 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses leaked on Russian cybercrime forum, including that of US SecDef Pete Hegseth — data is suspected to have come from an ID-authentication service provider | #cybercrime | #infosec

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty / Justin Sullivan More than 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses, as well as other identity documents, have reportedly become available for purchase on the dark web for a limited time. According to cybersecurity journalist […]

Anthropic Deliberately Trained an Extremely Misaligned, Reward-Seeking AI and It Did Some REALLY Bad Things | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Earlier this year, Anthropic’s Mythos AI model made headlines when it was caught infiltrating third party systems, a cybersecurity nightmare years in the making. The company warned in April that the model had escaped a sandbox environment during […]

Bringing Trusted Cybersecurity to the Pipeline | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

While cyberattacks are on the rise worldwide, critical oil and gas infrastructure has experienced a significant increase in ransomware activity – with those attacks targeting oil and gas rising 935% between April 2024 and April 2025.  Because gas analyzers play a critical role in protecting hydrocarbon processing pipelines and storage infrastructure,  comprised readings can lead […]

AI agents carried out every step of this ransomware attack – then left the victim an 80-page security audit | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

security Adding insult to injury A human ransomware crook used frontier AI models to breach an enterprise network in less than 10 hours, an intrusion Unit 42 says would normally take human operators around two weeks. The human attacker then told negotiators that they used frontier models and agentic attack frameworks with AI agents carrying […]

Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey

Updated August 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM CDT 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 […]

Federal grand jury indicts eight arrested in Boone County child predator sting | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing

Eight men who have been charged as part of a sting operation in Boone County now face federal charges. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office conducted the sting operation the week of June 22, 2026. The sheriff’s office worked with the Boone County Cyber Crimes Taskforce to seek out online child sexual predators. Undercover officers posed […]