Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday announced a civil investigation into Discord, saying the state has subpoenaed the online chat platform for records tied to child safety, age-verification practices, content moderation and the reporting of exploitative activity. The subpoena, dated March 18, was issued under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and...Read More
In Virginia, teens caught ‘sexting’ can be charged with a felony. A proposed bill could give prosecutors the option to only charge teens with a misdemeanor. (WVEC) — Sexting among high school students has become an epidemic in Virginia schools, but the consequences are even more alarming. The current penalties for sexting include felony charges...Read More
A notorious ransomware group has been observed leveraging long‑standing exploits and stolen credentials to slip past MFA protections and execute attacks in as little as one hour. Tracking the well-known Akira ransomware group, security researchers from Halcyon witnessed hackers abusing CVE-2024-40766 to gain unauthorised access to SonicWall management interfaces and configuration backups on unpatched devices....Read More
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s parliament on Friday (Apr 3) passed the first law dedicated to targeting scam centres accused of bilking international victims out of billions of dollars, as pressure mounts on governments to tackle the illicit businesses. Justice Minister Keut Rith said the law aimed to enhance the “cleaning operation” taking place across the country,...Read More
Cybersecurity professionals recognize that enterprise networks are prime targets for dark web risks such as ransomware, unauthorized insider activity, and data exfiltration. What’s less obvious is that evidence of this activity often hides in plain sight, buried within everyday network traffic. For security leaders using Network Detection and Response (NDR), these hidden signals become opportunities...Read More
Curt Springstead remembers the day in 2014 when he went to his mailbox and found about 25 letters congratulating him on opening new bank accounts — only he wasn’t the one who did it. Someone had stolen his identity and used it to open numerous accounts. Springstead spent the next three years battling banks for...Read More
A measure that would have required parental consent for kids under 16 to use social media was deferred indefinitely Wednesday. Similar laws in other states have been held up in court. Kalaʻe Kong often looks down the hallway at St. Louis School and notices his fellow students staring down at their phone screens. “I just...Read More
AI security launches reshape the Check Point investment story Check Point Software Technologies (NasdaqGS:CHKP) has introduced its AI Defense Plane and AI Factory Security Architecture Blueprint, two offerings aimed at securing enterprise AI systems and private AI data centers as adoption and regulatory demands increase. For you as an investor, these moves highlight how Check...Read More
BitcoinWorldDrift Hack Fallout: 20 Protocols Now Devastated by $285 Million Security Breach The devastating Drift hack continues to expand its reach across the Solana ecosystem, with the number of affected protocols now reaching 20 according to comprehensive data analysis. This significant security breach, initially reported with 11 victims, has nearly doubled in scope, revealing deeper...Read More
The average cost of a data breach to companies was $4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report. Read that number again. For most businesses, that’s not just a financial hit; it’s potentially a company-ending one. Customer records, financial data, and internal IT communications reside in systems that attackers constantly...Read More
