[ad_1] The city of Durham has named Richard Barbee its new technology solutions director, choosing an IT executive with experience across government and health care to oversee tech operations and modernization efforts. Barbee will start April 20, bringing more than a decade of executive-level experience managing enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity initiatives and large-scale technology projects. As...Read More

[ad_1] Story Highlights 38% fear for child’s physical safety at school Down slightly from 44% reading last year after Uvalde shooting 14% of parents say child has expressed safety concerns to them WASHINGTON, D.C. — Parents of school-aged children in the U.S. remain more apprehensive than usual about their child’s physical...Read More

[ad_1] FBI agents say it’s one of the most horrifying trends online. Predators are convincing teens to harm themselves, and in some cases, take their own lives. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI is asking parents to be on alert for a dangerous online scheme targeting kids and teens.  Charlotte-based agents say sextortion is now taking...Read More

[ad_1] A 26-year-old man from Coral Springs is charged with sex offenses after an FBI agent posed as a 15-year-old and arranged to meet up with him. Miami Herald file photo A Coral Springs man was arrested at a CVS on Saturday as he was trying to meet with a 15-year-old to engage in sex...Read More

[ad_1] By Committee to Protect Journalists Kampala —The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Tuesday’s ruling by the Constitutional Court of Uganda to declare criminal defamation unconstitutional, the latest African court to abolish the crime in recent years. In a consolidated judgment, in response to three petitions filed by rights groups in 2022, the court also...Read More

[ad_1] Google’s Gemini AI agents are crawling the dark web, sifting through upward of 10 million posts a day to find a handful of threats relevant to a particular organization. Available now in public preview, the dark web intelligence service built into Google Threat Intelligence uses Gemini’s models to build a profile of a user’s...Read More

[ad_1] RSA 2026 Back in the day (circa 2023) when cybercrime group Scattered Spider and its help-desk voice-phishing calls were a relatively new threat, the feds considered pulling the government’s top cyber-threat hunters and their private-sector counterparts into one room to share information, in real time, about this loosely knit extortion ring that was terrorizing...Read More

[ad_1] Maryland is rolling out apprenticeships in cybersecurity along with a new system that makes it easier for employers to take part. The Maryland Workforce Association (MWA) is anchoring a new registered cybersecurity apprenticeship that builds on the state’s partnership with BCR Cyber, a workforce development company. BCR Cyber is providing 171 hours of instruction...Read More

[ad_1] The Tycoon2FA phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that Europol and partners disrupted on March 4 has already returned to previously observed activity levels. Microsoft led the technical disruption, which involved seizing 330 domains part of Tycoon2FA’s backbone infrastructure that included control panels and phishing pages used in attacks. However, the disruption caused by the law enforcement was...Read More

[ad_1] 14 men arrested in online child predator operation A child predator sting operation is making a dent in Metro Detroit’s most dangerous threats to your kids. It started in Taylor, but the accused traveled from all over the area to meet up with what they thought were kids for sex. TAYLOR, Mich. (FOX 2)...Read More