Summary: A new national study finds that all forms of cyberbullying—not just direct threats—can cause trauma in teens, suggesting it should be considered a serious childhood adversity. Even subtle behaviors like exclusion from chats or online rumors were found to cause PTSD symptoms as severe as overt harassment. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 2,700 U.S....Read More

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been hacked. The agency says the cybersecurity breach was limited to a single human resources database used specifically by job seekers for online applications.  A cybercrime group known as XP95 has claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack.  The group has reportedly demanded about R1.7 million in exchange for not...Read More

A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. The landmark decision comes after a nearly seven-week trial. Jurors sided with state prosecutors who argued that Meta — which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — prioritized profits over safety....Read More

Two days after Christmas 2022, “John Doe” found himself being booked in Highlands County on 15 counts of possession of child pornography-enhanced and two counts of possessing obscene material. He quickly paid his bond and was released. The anonymous Doe, 21, faced 15 years in prison on each of the 15 counts of enhanced child...Read More

London, March 2026 — DOS & Co., the trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, family offices, and significant wealth-holders, proudly marks the first anniversary of its pioneering UK Security for Expenses Scheme. Launched in January 2025, this innovative fintech solution has transformed the Party Wall Security for Expenses landscape by replacing a traditionally slow, paper-based, and costly process with a...Read More

Aroostook Mental Health Services Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc., a nonprofit behavioral health provider in northern Maine, disclosed that it recently experienced a ransomware attack that disrupted some of its business operations. The total number of individuals potentially affected by the incident has not been disclosed. AMHC posted a public notice about the incident on...Read More

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian lawmakers on Monday unanimously adopted a new law targeting online scam operations with up to life in prison, following a government pledge to shut them down by the end of April. All 112 members of parliament present voted to approve the legislation, which marks Cambodia’s first legal framework specifically...Read More

Israeli startup, Huskeys, which has developed a new category of Internet security management – Edge Security Management (ESM), has emerged today from stealth and announced the completion of an $8 million seed financing round. The company is tackling one of the oldest but most neglected problems in the security world: the fundamental failure of...Read More

The internet most of us use every day—Google, Instagram, Amazon—is only a small slice of what actually exists online. Beneath the surface lies the deep web, and further still, the dark web: a hidden network that has become a major threat to data privacy and online security worldwide. While the dark web isn’t inherently evil,...Read More

The first external signs of the chaos about to hit JLR, Britain’s largest automotive employer, came on the quiet last Sunday of August. Managers at a factory in Halewood, Merseyside, told industry contacts there might have been a hack – although it was not clear then just how bad the situation was. That changed quickly...Read More