Police allegedly found evidence of the crime in Billie Tadlock’s possession. SWANSEA, Ill. — Illinois police arrested a man they believe was handing out porn to minors near a park, the Swansea Police Department said on Thursday. Officers with the department responded to the scene near Melvin Price Memorial Park on April 10 after getting...Read More
In a significant move to secure advanced artificial intelligence systems, OpenAI has unveiled a specialised “Bio Bug Bounty” programme centred on its forthcoming GPT-5.5, inviting a select group of experts to probe whether the model’s biological safeguards can be systematically bypassed. The initiative, announced this week, reflects growing concern across the technology and scientific communities...Read More
Sign up for our free newsletters! Aspiritech, an Evanston-based nonprofit, offers a wide range of technical services, but when Chief Growth Officer Kayley Bogdan describes the organization’s value, she starts with its people. That’s because in addition to providing solutions like software testing, IT and now cybersecurity, its core mission is to connect adults on...Read More
Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown “zero-day” flaws, exploit them and, in principle, link these weaknesses in order to take over major operating systems and web browsers....Read More
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025 with a new malware called FIRESTARTER. FIRESTARTER, per CISA and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is assessed to be a backdoor designed for...Read More
AI generated image This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) As artificial intelligence systems grow more capable, protecting them has become a new kind of security challenge. Unlike traditional software, advanced AI models can be probed remotely through APIs, allowing outsiders to study how they respond without direct access to the underlying code. This...Read More
Published On : 2026-04-24 Ransomware of the week CYFIRMA Research and Advisory Team would like to highlight ransomware trends and insights gathered while monitoring various forums. This includes multiple industries, geography, and technology that could be relevant to your organization. Type: RansomwareTarget Technologies: Windows IntroductionCYFIRMA Research and Advisory Team has found Elite Enterprise ransomware while...Read More
AI is no longer a software story. Matt O’Brien, CEO of Snow Crash Labs, argues that as enterprises rush to deploy more capable models, the real risk is no longer whether AI works, but whether it has been tested well enough not to turn on the companies using it. TAMPA BAY, Fla., April 23, 2026...Read More
In the second half of 2025, more than two-thirds of ransomware attacks leveraged data theft, not encryption, as cybercriminals prioritized long-term leverage over immediate disruption SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New cyber insurance claims data from leading cyber risk company Resilience reveals a dramatic evolution in the economics of cybercrime. An analysis of...Read More
For years, the narrative surrounding teenagers’ use of digital technology has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing video games is widely seen to be driving the current crisis in youth mental health, fuelling rising rates of anxiety and depression. But our recent study suggests that this simple story of cause...Read More
