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Identity & Access

FBI warns criminals are hunting nude photos in hacked accounts

The bureau says attackers are breaking into social media and cloud accounts to steal intimate images, then using them for blackmail, resale on criminal sites, and follow-on sextortion attacks against victims and their families.

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AI Security

Schools Are Handing Deepfake Criminals a Photo Album

Australia's eSafety regulator is warning schools to stop posting student and teacher photos online after a surge in AI-generated deepfakes built from official school feeds.

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Policy & Regulation

US House passes kids' online safety bill, but critics say the cure may be worse than the disease

The KIDS Act cleared the House 267-117 on Monday. It demands new parental controls and bans targeted ads at children, but digital rights groups warn that age-verification rules could quietly strip privacy from every adult online too.

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Policy & Regulation

Victoria's Plan to Unmask Online Trolls Has a Cyber Safety Expert Unimpressed

The Allan government wants courts to strip anonymity from abusive social media users and make it easier for parents to sue tech firms. One expert says the tools to do this already exist.

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Policy & Regulation

Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.

Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep showing up across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.

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Threat Intelligence

Fake Guardian Articles Are Tricking People Into Scam Investment Sites

Criminals are building convincing copies of trusted news websites, complete with fake celebrity stories, to push victims toward fraudulent trading platforms.

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Policy & Regulation

Nine in Ten Top Adult Sites Now Check Ages in Australia, But VPN Workarounds Are Next on the Regulator's List

Australia's online safety watchdog says most major adult platforms have put age gates in place since March. Now it wants to know whether a simple privacy tool is letting users walk straight around them.

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