Madison Village government leaders will be creating a new cybersecurity policy to comply with a statewide mandate. Village Fiscal Officer Kristie Crockett said she recently learned about that requirement while attending a local government officials conference in Columbus. She brought up the subject during Village Council’s regular meeting on March 23. Crockett said local government...Read More

Tennessee lawmakers have passed a new law aimed at stopping bullying in schools by hitting teens where it hurts – their ability to drive. Starting July 1, 2025, any minor found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying in juvenile court will lose their driving privileges for one year. The bipartisan measure passed with strong support, gaining...Read More

The future of social media is increasingly being decided in courtrooms, as a wave of legal challenges threatens to redefine the foundations of the industry. According to reporting by El País, recent landmark rulings against Meta Platforms and YouTube, owned by Google, mark the beginning of a broader legal shift that could have global consequences...Read More

Quick tips4 things you need to know about sexting How common is it? Despite what adults believe, young people in our 2020 Cybersurvey told us that sharing nudes is not ‘endemic.’ It is most prevalent among those aged 15 and over, with 17% saying they had shared a nude or sexual photo of themselves. This increases in the mid-teens,...Read More

2 The recruitment firm Zitko Group has launched a rebrand. The firm says that as delivery environments have become more complex and increasingly global, the role of talent has evolved. Organisations are no longer measured solely on hiring outcomes, but on how effectively talent supports performance, compliance and operational continuity across multi-region programmes, systems...Read More

According to Cybersecurity Ventures, global cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion USD in 2015. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history and is exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters in a year. If it were measured as a country, cybercrime...Read More

Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization and steering contracts worth millions more to favored vendors in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charges come as investigators also probe whether City...Read More

Last week, one of the dark web’s most prominent drug marketplaces – Archetyp – was shut down in an international, multi-agency law enforcement operation following years of investigations. It was touted as a major policing win and was accompanied by a slick cyberpunk-themed video. But those of us who have studied this space for years...Read More

There are lots of ways to protect your personal information and data from scammers. But what happens if your email or social media account gets hacked? Here are some quick steps to help you recover your email or social media account.   Signs That Someone Hacked Your Account Hackers try to take over your accounts....Read More

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation’s effort to combat the cybercrime said Wednesday. Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith, in charge of the Commission for Combating Online Scams, told The Associated Press...Read More