SYDNEY, April 22 : Australia’s internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft’s Minecraft to spell out how they were protecting children from grooming by sexual predators and youth from radicalisation. The eSafety regulator said it had issued legally enforceable transparency notices to Roblox, Minecraft, Epic Games’ Fortnite and Valve’s Steam...Read More

Part 2: Close political associates of a convicted child sex offender sat on the county’s Child Abuse Prevention Council. A top prosecutor chaired the meetings. Now three of the officials responsible are asking voters to keep them in office. By Susan Bassi, Fred Johnson and Faith Strader  It was a parent’s worst nightmare. A social...Read More

Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for roughly 64% of incidents and ransomware making up the remaining 36%. The average cost of a data breach in the...Read More

The dark web is a mysterious place full of cybercriminals who go about selling stolen data, trading compromised credentials, or planning cyberattacks with relative anonymity. Monitoring these discussions to detect, predict, and combat cyber threats is a key part of any company’s cyber security strategy. In this article, we will talk about the key benefits...Read More

The West Fork Whiskey Co. property at 10 E. 191st St. in Westfield has been sold to Fishers-based Stick & Hack, a self-described “sports entertainment and hospitality company” that will move into the building. The restaurant will remain open during the transition. West Fork Whiskey Co. announced the sale on social media April 20 and...Read More

Academics at McGill and Toronto Universities are speaking up against the Liberal Party’s push to ban social media and AI for teens under 16, with university professors suggesting that better guidelines and education on the use of digital platforms are needed. On Feb. 11, federal Liberals passed a non-binding resolution to set a minimum age...Read More

The race to operationalize AI across national security just picked up speed. Scale AI announced it has acquired ICG Solutions, a company known for its work in real-time streaming data analytics. The move signals a deeper push into building end-to-end AI infrastructure for defense and intelligence customers. At a time when agencies are under increasing...Read More

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the cybersecurity landscape, compressing tasks that once required days of research and coordination into seconds. As a result, corporate cybersecurity has quickly evolved into a national policy concern, fueled in part by a new generation of security-focused AI known as the Mythos model. For decades, cybersecurity has operated...Read More

A Malaysia-headquartered heavy crane company with offices in Australia has been listed as a ransomware victim by the SafePay cyber extortion group. Favelle Favco was listed on the hacker’s darknet leak site in a 16 April post, alongside the full 237-gigabyte data set. You’re out of free articles for this month The published data...Read More

Australia’s online safety regulator on Wednesday ordered major online gaming platforms including Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam to explain how they are protecting children from sexual predators and radicalization online. The eSafety Commission said it had issued legally enforceable transparency notices seeking details on safety systems, staffing and moderation practices. Companies that fail to comply...Read More