Security Boulevard

Hacked sites deliver Vidar infostealer to Windows users

We found fake “verify you are human” pages on hacked WordPress sites that trick Windows users into installing the Vidar ...

Code Red: RansomBreak Simulates Hospital Ransomware Crisis in January CEH Compete Challenge

TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- EC-Council, inventor of the world-renowned Certified ...
The Baltimore Sun

FBI blocks Minnesota officials from accessing Pretti case files, BCA says

Three weeks after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis by a federal agent, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the FBI has formally notified the agency that it will ...
WUSA

Senate votes to block DC's tax code, but Chairman Mendelson says Congress review period has expired

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block the DC Council's decision to divorce from some of the tax breaks included in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful bill. The 49-47 vote ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Physicists Create Homemade Cosmic Dust, Which Could Help Them Figure Out How the Building Blocks of Life First Reached Earth

Tiny specks of rock, ice, minerals or other chemical compounds float freely throughout the universe. This so-called cosmic dust contains ingredients crucial to the formation of stars, planets, comets ...
The Hill

Senate GOP whip blocks lawsuit against DOJ over release of Epstein files

Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso (Wyo.) on Thursday objected to a Democratic request to initiate legal action against the Department of Justice for not releasing all files and records related to ...
IJR

ICE Protesters Create Road Blocks, Demanding ID for Travel

Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters flooded downtown Portland on Sunday, marching from City Hall to a federal immigration facility and temporarily shutting down major roads as tensions escalated into ...
The Washington Post

Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Post reporter

Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled ...
CNBC

Musk's xAI limits Grok's ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash

Following extensive backlash from politicians, xAI said it was limiting the ability of Grok to create sexualized images of real people on X. The company also said image creation editing through Grok ...
ucdavis.edu

Creating Hallucination-free, Psychedelic-like Molecules by Shining Light on Life’s Basic Building Blocks

Researchers at the UC Davis Department of Chemistry and Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics have come up with a new technique to create candidate drugs that engage the serotonin receptor ...