A 10-year-old kid appeared recently on Kaun Banega Crorepati? and his behaviour has led to a storm of reactions online. On the one hand, people are interested in knowing about the so-called Six Pocket Syndrome. One the other, the same kid is being heavily trolled or cyber bullied on the internet. He is now part...Read More
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla (CBS12) — The dark corners of the internet have become breeding grounds for increasingly dangerous online networks, and federal investigators say one group in particular—known as “764”—is targeting teenagers, coercing them into violent and exploitative actions. According to the FBI, hundreds of active investigations are underway involving “764“—a digital movement where...Read More
By Byron V. Acohido SAN FRANCISCO — Forty-four thousand cybersecurity practitioners converged on Moscone Center this week with an urgent question: how do you secure a network when everything — the technology, the threats, the tools — is changing faster than anyone can govern it? Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal set the scale on day one. She...Read More
An Iran-linked hacker group publicly claimed Friday it had broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing personal photographs and other documents online. The Justice Department confirmed the breach. The group, called Handala Hack Team, posted a statement on its website saying Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully...Read More
The chair of the state’s Joint Technology Committee is raising questions about finances in the Colorado Office of Information Technology. State Rep. Brianna Titone, who serves Colorado’s 27th congressional district, says she discovered $36 million in an obscure OIT account, and that managers have refused to say why they were sitting on the money. Titone...Read More
Committee members expressed their concern that improper arrests could lead to a lack of convictions. Senior members of the South African Police Force (Saps) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed to stabilise crime in the country are ironing out the operational kinks. The Joint Standing Committee on Defence and Police met on Friday...Read More
The Buzz ■ Meta lost two separate child safety trials this week, according to CNBC, in what experts are calling a ‘watershed event’ for social media liability ■ The twin defeats underscore a dramatic shift in public and legal sentiment toward platform accountability for youth harm ■ The timing compounds existing pressure on Zuckerberg from...Read More
Nearly 1 in 3 teens received a sext, 1 in 4 sent one, and almost half of senders had images shared without consent. (Florida Atlantic University via SWNS) By Talker By Stephen Beech A worrying surge in “sexting” among teenagers has been revealed. One in three teens has received a “sext” while almost one in...Read More
Wharton School finance professor emeritus Jeremy Siegel discusses worry surrounding artificial intelligence, value stocks and more on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers, a move that comes as the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear over security concerns. China is...Read More
Internet romance scams are now pervasive online, and according to consumer protection authorities it can be extraordinarily difficult to convince people they have been duped. “I have seen it happen to people you would think are extremely intelligent and in control because these scammers are some of the best behavioural scientists in the world,” Trish...Read More
