[ad_1] Parents and social media companies are calling on Apple to more directly check the age of those using its devices. Apple unveiled Thursday a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing safety for children and teens using its devices, as it fends off calls that it more directly check the age of its users. The...Read More
[ad_1] “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous opening line from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities of course reflects the contradictory nature of the time period surrounding the French Revolution, juxtaposing moments of great joy and sorrow, hope and sadness. But the line also quickly...Read More
[ad_1] Dive Brief: Ransomware gangs are adapting to stronger enterprise defenses and increased law enforcement pressure with more sophisticated tactics, according to Huntress’ 2025 Cyber Threat Report. In 75% of the ransomware incidents Huntress observed in 2024, threat actors used remote access Trojans (RATs), while 17.3% of attacks featured abused of remote monitoring and management...Read More
[ad_1] Source: AI-generated using ChatGPT There are two things that live rent-free in my head. The first is my winning strategy for Oregon Trail (for starters, always play as the farmer). The second is how completely and utterly broken the ransomware ecosystem is. I’ll save Oregon Trail strategy for beers. This post is about ransomware....Read More
[ad_1] The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Olohundare Jimoh, has reaffirmed the command’s commitment to leveraging technology in crime prevention and prosecution, particularly in tackling cybercrime and sexual and gender-based violence. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, Jimoh highlighted how technological tools were playing a pivotal role in...Read More
[ad_1] Source: AI-generated using ChatGPT There are two things that live rent-free in my head. The first is my winning strategy for Oregon Trail (for starters, always play as the farmer). The second is how completely and utterly broken the ransomware ecosystem is. I’ll save Oregon Trail strategy for beers. This post is about ransomware....Read More
[ad_1] The best-known member of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters. Edward Coristine is among the most visible members of the Doge effort...Read More
[ad_1] What Is Ransomware as a Service? Ransomware as a Service gets its name from the nomenclature generally used for cloud services, says Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike senior vice president of counter-adversary operations. Just as a government may contract for a Software as a Service solution, such as Zendesk for help desk communications or Slack...Read More
[ad_1] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged “the government of President Bola Tinubu to immediately end the use of the draconian Cybercrimes Act to target journalists, activists, critics and other Nigerians peacefully expressing their views online, and release those in custody across the country under the...Read More
[ad_1] Politecnico di Milano’s Zanero on Evolving Malware Detection and Hardware Security Aseem Jakhar • May 4, 2025 Stefano Zanero, professor, Politecnico di Milano
Machine learning excels at identifying repetitive patterns and anomalies, but human insight remains vital for understanding the broader context of cyberattacks – especially in cyber-physical ecosystems, said...Read More
