“Cell phone addiction” may refer to a compulsive and excessive reliance on mobile devices that causes negative consequences in various aspects of life. Doctors do not formally recognize cell phone addiction as a mental health condition. However, some studies suggest children and teens may experience an overwhelming preoccupation with cell phones. This preoccupation may lead...Read More

A Flock camera located on Engineering Road. When Tulane University students walk around campus, Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers are monitoring campus traffic. These cameras collect and store vehicle data — a practice that, while supporting safety efforts on campus, has also prompted concerns regarding privacy and transparency. Flock Safety is a security camera...Read More

Foresite Cybersecurity announced a strategic partnership with Tanium to launch a managed, autonomous endpoint operations service to enhance visibility, automation, and security across complex IT environments. The new offering leverages the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform to integrate endpoint security, IT operations, and risk management into a unified solution. It is designed for mid-market and enterprise...Read More

Above: Illustration by wiro.klyngz/DepositPhotos. BitDepth 1558 for April 13, 2026 On April 06, a week ago, Shiva Parasram of the Computer Forensics and Security Institute (CFSI) issued a report on Ransomware for 2025 covering his findings across the Caribbean with a focus on Caricom. This is the third consecutive evaluation of ransomware in the Caribbean...Read More

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › Local nonprofits work to safeguard children’s wellbeing in the face of emerging AI and social media technologies.Palm Beach Gardens Today WPBF 25 News reports on local organizations in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida that are working to protect children from the potential dangers associated with excessive social media...Read More

The staff shut down all systems to prevent further access, including those that would have been for a safe day of school on Monday, said the district. SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. — All school and after-school activities have been canceled for Spring Lake Park Schools after a suspected ransomware attack.  According to the school district,...Read More

Jaguar Land Rover is still reeling from a major cyberattack that halted production, exposed data, and forced dealerships to go fully manual https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson September 11, 2025 at 09:00 JLR’s factory production remains halted two weeks after massive cyberattack. A group called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has claimed responsibility for the attack. Dealers are...Read More

If you downloaded the free PC-monitoring tools CPU-Z or HWMonitor yesterday, you may have actually installed malware after a hacker briefly hijacked the downloads to deliver a Trojan.  On Thursday, Reddit users began warning about the threat, which involves CPUID.com, the official site that hosts downloads for the tools.  A user reported updating their HWMonitor...Read More

New York —  A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday. And regulators, parents and teenagers around the globe are watching closely to see how it plays out. The law comes after years of concerns that social media platforms can cause addiction,...Read More

A new AI model from Anthropic is rewriting assumptions about what artificial intelligence can do, exposing vulnerabilities that have been hiding in plain sight for decades and forcing enterprise security teams to rethink their defenses from the ground up. The model, called Mythos, was not built as a hacking tool. But the same reasoning power...Read More