Security/

1mo ago

UK cyber pledge lands with few FTSE 350 names attached

Only a small slice of Britain’s biggest listed companies joined a voluntary government cyber scheme after a direct minis...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

One cocaine dose left lasting genomic changes in mouse neurons

Johns Hopkins-led researchers say cocaine altered genome structure in mouse reward-system neurons for at least two weeks...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Canada says its spies hacked ransomware, fentanyl and extremist groups

The Communications Security Establishment said it ran active cyber operations in 2025 against foreign groups it describe...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

BonkDAO says governance vote sent $20 million in BONK to attackers

The Solana memecoin project said attackers used a governance proposal to move about $20 million in BONK into their own w...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

Medtronic tells 3.8 million people their data may have been exposed

The medical device maker’s patient notice says hackers accessed Social Security numbers, health data and contact details...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Tokyo police arrest teen over Bandai Channel subscription attack

Police say a 15-year-old used a server flaw and code made with ChatGPT to cancel more than 46,000 anime streaming subscr...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

Ottawa man accused of running Kimwolf botnet arrested in Canada

Jacob Butler, 23, faces Canadian charges and a U.S. extradition case over an IoT botnet prosecutors say powered major DD...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Cannes Lions turns the ad business into a beachside ad for itself

At Cannes Lions, tech platforms, adtech firms and brands sold access to audiences, yachts and each other, according to 4...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Congress presses CISA over GitHub leak as key rotation drags on

Sen. Maggie Hassan and House Democrats want answers after credentials for CISA systems were exposed through a contractor...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Firms try ‘caveman’ plugin to trim AI token bills

404 Media reports that developers are using a terse-output plugin called “caveman” to rein in costly AI coding assistant...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

Ape laughter study traces the ‘ha ha’ rhythm back 15 million years

Recordings from humans and other great apes suggest timed laughter rhythms were already present in a shared hominid ance...

By Dana Voss

1mo ago

Meta support bot trick reportedly exposed Instagram accounts to takeover

Pro-Iran hackers claimed they used Meta’s AI account recovery assistant to reset Instagram passwords and deface prominen...

By Dana Voss