A second major Linux vulnerability has been disclosed in as many weeks, this time by an independent security researcher who published a working exploit after a coordinated disclosure embargo collapsed. therecord.media/dirty-frag-l...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that the state is suing Netflix for allegedly not obtaining user consent before collecting and sharing subscriber data with advertisers and data brokers. therecord.media/texas-sues-n...

A British utilities company supplying drinking water to 1.6 million people failed to discover hackers hidden inside its computer network for nearly two years before the intrusion came to light through an IT performance slowdown therecord.media/uk-water-com...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday extended its deadline for a ban on software and firmware updates for foreign-made routers, updating a controversial decision announced in March that was opposed by the tech industry. therecord.media/fcc-pushes-b...

Almost all survey respondents say their organizations are using AI, and many have begun to use AI agents. But most are still in the early stages of scaling AI and capturing enterprise-level value. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...

Doctors using new artificial intelligence tools to help them diagnose and treat their patients say they wish Congress would provide some clarity on a big unanswered question: Who pays if AI makes a mistake? www.politico.com/news/2024/03...

This paper evaluates claims about large macroeconomic implications of new advances in AI. It starts from a task-based model of AI’s effects, working through automation and task complementarities. www.nber.org/papers/w32487

Universities across the U.S. were forced to delay final exams this week following a cyberattack on a popular education software provider. therecord.media/universities...

A Virginia man was convicted on federal charges Thursday after a jury found him guilty of deleting 96 government databases and stealing an individual’s password, leading their email account to be accessed without permission. therecord.media/virginia-man...

One of the leading figures behind a popular dark web marketplace was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison this week. therecord.media/kingdom-mark...

General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million as part of settlement with the state of California over charges that it violated millions of consumers’ privacy by collecting and storing driving information without their consent and selling it to data brokers. therecord.media/gm-to-pay-12...

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging that he doxxed a Supreme Court justice by posting their home address on a social media site and threatened their life. therecord.media/north-caroli...

Poland’s domestic intelligence service said attackers breached water treatment facilities in five towns in 2025, in some cases gaining access to industrial control systems that could have disrupted water supplies. therecord.media/polish-intel...

European lawmakers on Thursday forged a tentative agreement that will ban artificial intelligence nudification tools while significantly delaying implementation of key provisions of the EU’s landmark AI Act. therecord.media/european-lea...

Nation-state hackers from Iran are deploying the Chaos ransomware as cover for alleged espionage and data theft operations, according to new research. therecord.media/iran-governm...

Hackers have compromised installers of widely-used disk imaging software in a supply chain attack that has affected users in more than 100 countries, according to a new report. therecord.media/hackers-comp...

The federal cyber defense agency unveiled a new initiative this week aimed at preparing critical infrastructure organizations for technology and telecommunications outages caused by cyberattacks. therecord.media/cisa-initiat...

Ethnic Koreans living in the Yanbian region of China were targeted by a sophisticated North Korean hacking group with a strain of malware attached to a popular Android mobile game. therecord.media/north-korean...

Hackers are exploiting a new vulnerability in software from Palo Alto Networks, the company said in an advisory on Wednesday. therecord.media/palo-alto-wa...

Explore the importance of employee wellbeing in tech startups. Learn why prioritizing human health leads to success. trainingmag.com/how-employee...

Generation Numb is reshaping workplaces. Discover how shared experiences influence employee attitudes and behaviors today. trainingmag.com/the-rise-of-...

Explore the rise of online learning platforms and the increasing cybersecurity threats facing them in today's digital landscape. trainingmag.com/how-trainers...

Germany’s federal cabinet has advanced a legislative package that would allow law enforcement there to use automated biometric image matching against publicly available internet data, sparking an outcry from privacy advocates. therecord.media/german-offic...

A cyber-extortion group said it was responsible for a recent ransomware attack on Hungarian media company Mediaworks that resulted in the publication of large volumes of stolen data online. therecord.media/ransomware-g...

Forbes Media has preliminarily agreed to pay $10 million and change its business practices to settle a class action lawsuit filed by plaintiffs who allege its website tracked them across the internet without their consent. therecord.media/forbes-agree...

A cyber incident disrupted operations this weekend at Instructure, the educational company behind popular learning tool Canvas. therecord.media/infrastructu...

Elon Musk says he’s suing to save the company’s mission. The case could have huge consequences for OpenAI and the AI race. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/27/1...

Security researchers and European cybersecurity officials are urging administrators to address the risk posed by a newly discovered security flaw that has been hiding in the Linux operating system for nearly a decade. therecord.media/linux-vulner...

A cyber-espionage group has been targeting Russian government agencies and companies in the aviation industry to steal sensitive geospatial data, according to a report released this week. therecord.media/russia-cyber...

Two cybersecurity incident responders were sentenced to four years in prison for conducting covert ransomware attacks. therecord.media/ransomware-c...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would bar artificial intelligence companies from letting children use AI companions. therecord.media/senate-judic...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new China-aligned espionage campaign targeting government and defense sectors across South, East, and Southeast Asia, along with one European government belonging to NATO. thehackernews.com/2026/05/chin...

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out "rapid, high-impact attacks" operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions. thehackernews.com/2026/05/cybe...

A newly discovered Vietnamese-linked operation has been observed using a Google AppSheet as a "phishing relay" to distribute phishing emails with an aim to compromise Facebook accounts. thehackernews.com/2026/05/3000...

Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a "portion" of its source code. thehackernews.com/2026/05/trel...

Mainstream artificial intelligence safety groups moved quickly to distance themselves after a 20-year-old allegedly attacked the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last week in what law enforcement officers said appeared to be part of a plot to harm AI executives. www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/t...

AIs' wellbeing correlates with general model behaviors, e.g. AIs try to end bad experiences when given a chance. This effect becomes stronger as models scale. www.ai-wellbeing.org?utm_source=s...

Freelance hackers linked to the Chinese government spearheaded two sprawling phishing campaigns that relied on more than 100 malicious domains to target journalists and opposition activists over a 9-month-period, new research shows. therecord.media/china-linked...

Ukrainian law enforcement has detained a group of local hackers suspected of stealing more than 610,000 user accounts from the gaming platform Roblox and reselling them for cryptocurrency on Russian websites, authorities said. therecord.media/ukraine-poli...

The head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency on Tuesday predicted that foreign adversaries would attempt to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. therecord.media/cyber-comman...

Video hosting platform Vimeo said user and customer data was stolen from a third-party analytics vendor during a recent data breach. therecord.media/vimeo-blames...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a telecommunications fraud campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA verification tricks thehackernews.com/2026/04/fake...

Work Moved Into the Browser. Security Didn't. Al Is Exposing the Gap. thehackernews.com/expert-insig...

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged dozens of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX repository that are linked to a persistent information-stealing campaign dubbed GlassWorm. thehackernews.com/2026/04/rese...

Early reporting describes a powerful cybersecurity-focused AI system capable of identifying vulnerabilities at scale and raising serious questions about how quickly organizations can validate, prioritize, and remediate what it finds. thehackernews.com/2026/04/myth...

A China-linked online influence campaign attempted to undermine elections for the Tibetan parliament-in-exile over the weekend but appeared to have little impact, researchers said. therecord.media/disinformati...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill late last week to ban cryptocurrency ATMs outright over concerns that the kiosks are being used by scammers to steal money from victims. therecord.media/tennessee-ba...

The Supreme Court signaled during oral arguments Monday that it is likely to rule that police sweeps of all cell phones located in an area surrounding a crime scene qualify as a Fourth Amendment protected search and therefore require a warrant. therecord.media/supreme-cour...

Workers in the most exposed professions are more likely to be older, female, more educated, and higher-paid We find no systematic increase in unemployment for highly exposed workers since late 2022 www.anthropic.com/research/lab...

The home security company ADT said cybercriminals breached company systems on Monday and stole a “limited set” of customer and prospective customer information. therecord.media/ADT-data-bre...