Platforms like Instagram and TikTok expose minors to cognitive risks such as anxiety, sleep disruption, and reduced attention spans. They also bring risks of cyberbullying, exposure to harmful or inappropriate content, online grooming, and data privacy violations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Greece just decided to ban access to social media for children under the age of 15,...Read More
Web infrastructure provider Vercel disclosed a security breach on April 19 that exposed internal systems and non-sensitive environment variables, prompting web3 teams relying on the platform to audit their deployments and rotate API keys. Vercel said the incident originated with a compromise of Context.ai, a third-party AI tool used by one of its employees. The...Read More
The introduction of LLM-powered AI SOC platforms is democratising threat hunting by breaking down the technical barriers that have historically limited access to it for senior analysts. By allowing analysts to translate intent into platform-specific queries using natural, non-technical language, AI eliminates the need for specialised knowledge like Python scripting or proprietary query languages. Now...Read More
Cybersecurity professionals are on the move. Employers may be dismayed to learn that just 34% plan to stay put. The high rate of turnover reflects the pressures cybersecurity experts face, particularly as their responsibilities grow while budgets, well, don’t, according to the 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Intelligence Report from IANS and Artico Search. The survey of...Read More
Simone Santana, Managing Director, Solid8 Technologies. (Image: Solid8 Technologies) According to Solid8 Technologies, when it comes to cyber security, doing nothing is not a neutral position but is fraught with risks. “Complacency, which is usually accompanied by lack of awareness of the cyber security dangers or deficiencies within an organisation, or worse – denial –...Read More
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TOKYO (Kyodo) — At least 222 Japanese companies have paid ransomware attackers in the past, yet about 60 percent of them still failed to recover their data, according to...Read More
The Kairos ransomware group has listed Pyrmont-headquartered Strata Republic as the victim of a cyber attack on its darknet leak site. The hackers shared details of the alleged hack in an April 17 leak post, in which they claimed to have stolen 441 gigabytes of data. You’re out of free articles for this month
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Hyderabad: TheHyderabad police have dismantled a fraud syndicate operating across multiple states, arresting 52 individuals including 32 banking officials and seizing large quantities of cheques and digital equipment. The operation, code-named Operation Octopus 2.0, was spearheaded by the Cyber Crime wing. DCP Cybercrimes V Aravind Babu executed a coordinated operation with 16 special teams comprising...Read More
Updated March 30, 2026By Jonas Borchgrevink Lockout after a takeover is usually not “one account”. It is a control-plane problem: the attacker controls the inbox, phone number, or device session that your target account uses for resets. Recovery gets easier when you work the incident in the right order and stop feeding the attacker fresh...Read More
