[ad_1] Most scams sound harmless at first. Someone offers a quick, painless DNA test that could help detect diseases early, and they say it’s “completely free.” But across the country, senior centers are once again reporting a surge in these so-called free genetic testing offers, and experts say it’s a dangerous scam making a comeback...Read More

[ad_1] SUMMARY The debate over social media use by teens is raging on. In the U.S., Meta and Google were just handed back-to-back losses in lawsuits against them. Germany is looking to ban social media, or at least make it harder to access, for young people, something Australia did last year. From Berlin, special correspondent...Read More

[ad_1] Is Your Organization Prepared to Manage Non-Human Identities Effectively? The rapid surge in digital transformation has fundamentally shifted how organizations across industries operate. When businesses embrace digital innovations, they also face a complex challenge: managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities are critical to maintaining security and operational efficiency, yet they often remain overlooked,...Read More

[ad_1] The maintainers of the popular Axios HTTP client have published a detailed post-mortem describing how one of its developers was targeted by a social engineering campaign linked to North Korean hackers. This follows the threat actors compromising a maintainer account to publish two malicious versions of Axios (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) to the npm package registry,...Read More

[ad_1] Throughout most of modern history, global power was demonstrated through military strength, economic influence, and diplomatic reach. Today, a new element has emerged: the digital realm. Nations now compete and cooperate within a landscape based on code, data, algorithms, and connected systems. Cybersecurity, once considered a specialized technical field, has become a crucial aspect...Read More

[ad_1] Today, Meta went to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation on its apps, including Facebook and Instagram. The state claims that Meta violated New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act by implementing design features and algorithms that created dangerous conditions for users. Now, more than two...Read More

[ad_1] A new study indicates that more teens are “sexting” to a greater degree that researchers previously understood. In a survey of college students, more than half said they had sent — or received — sexually explicit text messages when they were teenagers or adolescents. “That figure of 54 percent is by far the highest...Read More

[ad_1] From AI-powered EDR vendors to widely used MDR platforms, here’s a look at 20 key companies in endpoint and managed security. Coolest Endpoint And Managed Security Companies Spurred by the surging adoption of AI tools that are escalating security risks on endpoint devices, the endpoint security market is seeing a resurgence of growth in...Read More

[ad_1] A combination of old and new scam tactics has flooded the elderly in recent years – AI voice-generated phone calls, fraudulent calls demanding immediate payment, lottery and sweepstakes calls and more. (Adobe Stock) Financial scams targeting older adults have reached a high level of sophistication, posing significant risks to this vulnerable demographic. A recent...Read More

[ad_1] A young woman sits at a sunlit table, holding a smartphone with a soft focus background. The scene conveys casual connectivity, focus on the device, and a relaxed moment of everyday life. Fiordaliso/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fiordaliso/Moment RF/Getty Images Two court verdicts this week spotlight the risks for teens from using...Read More