The Guyana Police Force has boosted its cybercrime capabilities with the handover of new equipment to its Cybercrime Unit, as part of ongoing efforts to modernise policing and respond to emerging digital threats. The equipment was handed over on Thursday at the force’s headquarters at Eve Leary, with Senior Superintendent Jermaine Johnson presenting the assets...Read More

Deep in the Moroccan mountains a large brick building sat in the basin of a valley. It was night, and a dull light crept out from the windowless holes in the walls. I was in a car headed down a dirt track toward the building with a man calling himself “Patron” – Spanish for boss. It had taken us...Read More

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. San Antonio’s Department of Human Services is committing to increase its support for senior citizens at risk of scams and neglect after a request by a council member was filed last month. During a Public Safety...Read More

SALT LAKE CITY — An online group that attempts to catch pedophiles in the act recently spent 24 hours in Utah, and claims to have confronted four suspected predators. According to Predator Poachers out of Houston, one of those ensnared in their sting locally was on parole and confronted at his Salt Lake City halfway...Read More

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) has been back in focus after a packed run of AI-focused product launches and new partnerships, including fresh collaborations with HCLTech, IBM, and Intel around continuous threat exposure management. See our latest analysis for CrowdStrike Holdings. Despite a busy stretch of AI-focused launches and new partnerships, CrowdStrike’s recent 90 day share price...Read More

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › A former employee’s brazen cyberattack on his former company’s critical infrastructure exposes the growing threat of insider threats to industrial operations.Kansas City Today A former employee of a major U.S. industrial company has pleaded guilty to hacking the company’s computer network and extorting employees for a $750,000...Read More

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday approved legislation designed to strengthen the state’s cybersecurity and grow the authority of its chief information security officer, a role currently held by longtime state IT staffer Leroy Amos. The bill directs the state’s Cybersecurity Office, led by Amos, within the state’s Office of Technology, to standardize the...Read More

Wizz, the online social chat app that matches kids based on their age group, says it puts safety at the heart of its platform to prevent bad things from happening to kids. But even for an app that concentrates its efforts on providing age-appropriate content and contacts, the shifting regulatory landscape can be a daunting...Read More

And a federal bill that passed the House in May seeks to up the ante for punishment even further. Under the Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017, introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), teens caught sexting could be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison. “I, for one, believe we have a moral obligation,...Read More

Fraudsters running cyberscam operations in Cambodia could face life in prison after the Senate approved a new law on Friday targeting criminals involved in the multi-billion-dollar illicit industry. The Southeast Asian nation has emerged as a hotspot for crime syndicates running fake romantic relationship and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers — some willing, others...Read More