Nigel Farage is under mounting pressure to provide evidence for his claim that a state-sponsored Russian hack was behind the disclosure of the £5m gift he received from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Reform UK claimed over the weekend that analysis of Farage’s phone by “counter-espionage experts” suggested that “Farage’s phone, email and bank accounts...Read More
A Chicago-area couple that lost their son to suicide after he was cyberbullied is pledging millions to stop more tragedies. Nate Bronstein was a student at the prestigious Latin School of Chicago and took his own life in 2022 at the age of 15. Nate’s parents, Rose and Rob Bronstein, have already donated $7.8 million...Read More
By Shelley Shan / Staff Reporter The nation’s government agencies reported 726 cybersecurity incidents last year, of which nearly 69 percent were unauthorized intrusion cases, Administration for Cybersecurity data showed. In accordance with the Regulations Governing the Reporting and Response of Cybersecurity Incidents and Exercises (資通安全事件通報應變及演練辦法), government agencies classify reportable cybersecurity incidents into levels 1...Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state prosecutors are seeking fundamental changes to Meta’s social media apps and algorithms to safeguard children in the second phase of a landmark trial on allegations that platforms such as Instagram have created a public safety hazard. Opening statements began Monday in the three-week bench trial to decide...Read More
The TikTok app logo is seen in this photo illustration taken in Warsaw, Poland on 18 November, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target “addictive design” features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of...Read More
A 21-year-old girl asks on Reddit what she can do about the compromising images she previously sent online. When she was 16 years old, she shared several nude photos with a person she met on the internet. At the time, it seemed like a good idea because she really wanted him to like her. Five...Read More
To promote the responsible and effective management of complexity in the mobile ecosystem, relevant issues need to be better identified, and better solutions should be developed. Factors which have an impact on mobile vulnerability and that sparked discussion at the roundtable include, but are not limited to, the following. Support lifecyclesDevices or systems with short...Read More
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said the Screening Serpens group used six new remote access Trojan variants and a new attack technique against targets during the regional escalation. An Iran-linked cyber espionage group targeted entities in the US, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates during a months-long campaign that coincided with the recent regional escalation,...Read More
By Shelley Shan / Staff Reporter The Administration for Cybersecurity yesterday said it would expand the scale of cybersecurity attack and defense drills this year by including more critical infrastructure (CI) operators. The government has designated CIs for energy, water resources, telecommunication, transportation, banking and finance, emergency services, hospitals, science parks, and industrial parks. According...Read More
A ransomware group is attempting to extort the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, claiming that it stole 8 terabytes of data from the company, including schematics and project details from customers including Dell, Google, Apple, and Nvidia. Foxconn did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment about the validity of the claims, but the company...Read More
