In just two years, Niagara Police has recorded a 51 percent increase in referrals from Canada’s national database tracking online child exploitation and luring, resulting in a 133 percent increase in criminal charges against those looking to exploit an online generation. The Operational Child Sexual Exploitation Analysis Network (OCEAN) sent 376 referrals to the Niagara...Read More
article MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The Ocala Police Department arrested two teens after they filmed reckless social media stunts that caused damage and raised safety concerns at a Target on Saturday. Authorities say 18-year-old Janek Szkaradek drove a lawnmower through a Target store on SW College Road, damaging a door, while 18-year-old Luke Charske recorded...Read More
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has called for stronger collaboration in addressing cybercrime in Nigeria and across the global community. This was disclosed by the Director of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), Akaninyene Ezima, while receiving members of the Joint Case Team on Cybercrime (JCTC) during a familiarisation visit...Read More
Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown “zero-day” flaws, exploit them and, in principle, link these weaknesses in order to take over major operating systems and web browsers....Read More
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025 with a new malware called FIRESTARTER. FIRESTARTER, per CISA and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is assessed to be a backdoor designed for...Read More
Bachelors of Computer Science and Mathematics students Jayden Young and Rohan van Klinken face a gruelling test of endurance and creativity when Team Oceania vies for its first International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC) title from May 18 to 21. The ICC is held annually in different countries and features teams of 15 hackers aged 18 to...Read More
By Canadian Press on April 25, 2026. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks with reporters before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is planning to ban children from using social media and artificial intelligence chatbots. Premier Wab Kinew announced the policy at the...Read More
In a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown, Toronto Police have seized sophisticated “SMS blasters” — devices capable of mimicking mobile towers — and arrested three individuals in connection with a large-scale fraud operation. Authorities say the technology enabled scammers to target tens of thousands of mobile users, raising serious concerns about public safety and emerging cyber threats....Read More
Dear Neighbors, We are in the last month of session and there are a lot of things I wish were accomplished by now. We have bills ready to reduce gun violence, save HCMC, increase housing affordability, and so much more. Unfortunately, it is difficult coming to agreements on these critical issues when we are in...Read More
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cyera, the AI Security Platform built for the age of agents, today announced its acquisition of Ryft, the first-of-its-kind secure and automated data lake built for AI agents. The acquisition builds on Cyera’s focus on owning and leading the shift toward agentic AI security, where autonomous systems depend on trusted, governed, and secure...Read More
