Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Source The European Commission has preliminarily found that Meta may be in breach of the Digital Services Act over how Facebook and Instagram handle access by users under 13. The finding focuses on whether the company has “diligently” identified, assessed and...Read More

Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon. This follows the company’s announcement earlier this month that it is expanding age assurance checks to filter 13-to-17-year-old users into teen accounts in the United States and other countries, following...Read More

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops are applauding the passage of a bipartisan bill this week that restricts what critics say are the addictive aspects of social media for children below age 15. The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the Church in Minnesota, issued a statement May 16 saying it is “encouraged” that lawmakers in...Read More

SophosLabs analysts investigated WantToCry ransomware attacks that involved the threat actors abusing the Server Message Block (SMB) service for initial access and then exfiltrating files to attacker-controlled infrastructure for remote encryption. The detection surface is significantly reduced because WantToCry operates without local malware execution, and there is no post-compromise activity beyond exfiltrating files and rewriting...Read More

Reported PTI, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island identified the executives as Adam Young, 42, of Miami, and Harrison Gevirtz, 33, of Las Vegas. The two men admitted to operating a telecommunications services business that provided phone numbers, call routing, call tracking and forwarding services to customers they knew were involved...Read More

Table of Contents Close Table of Contents Key Takeaways: Cyberbullying Statistics & Facts Even though cyberbullying affects teenagers most (46% of U.S. teenagers), almost 41% of U.S. adults faced some form of cyberbullying from 2020 to 2021. In 2023, the average lifetime cyberbullying victimization rate was revealed to be 31.2%. 2,24 Facebook is the leading...Read More

The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has just published a report on the hacktivities of blackhats everywhere, and the painted picture is quite sobering. Not only are attackers predictably using clankers to automate their efforts, but they’re also putting them to rather creative use in almost every area of cybercrime, including developing at least one...Read More

Sources say the Reform UK leader was “deeply concerned” after counter-espionage experts reportedly found signs that “hostile state actors”, believed to be linked to Moscow, had used spear phishing to compromise his phone, email and bank accounts. A party source said Farage ordered a forensic analysis after details of the donation became public, claiming only...Read More

A multi-stage intrusion attack where a threat actor exploited an internet-facing F5 BIG-IP edge appliance as the entry point for a widespread, identity-focused attack that ultimately accessed Active Directory. According to Microsoft’s Defender Security Research, the attack reflects a growing trend in which firewalls, VPN gateways, and load balancer devices traditionally deployed as security boundaries...Read More

“The job market for security people is getting hotter and hotter,” Dr. Kissner added. Cybersecurity is not the only area where A.I. has spurred a hiring boom. It is also creating jobs in private equity and venture capital firms, recruiters said, as investors look to cash in on the A.I. boom and to use the...Read More