Over the weekend, Education Minister Jason Clare sounded the alarm about “AI chatbots bullying kids”. As he told reporters in a press conference to launch a new anti-bullying review, AI chatbots are now bullying kids […] humiliating them, hurting them, telling them they’re losers, telling them to kill themselves. This sounds terrifying. However, evidence it...Read More
The FBI has shut down the operations of a call centre in India that it alleges defrauded hundreds of elderly people in the United States and other countries through tech support scams, siphoning off millions of dollars and exposing what investigators described as a wider support system behind the fraud. Investigation Led by FBI Boston...Read More
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Following the death of a student at Bath Public School earlier this year, the Limestone District School Board is launching an external review of school safety policies and student supports. The review comes after a youth was charged with criminal harassment, indignity to a dead body and two counts of indecent communication in connection with...Read More
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a lawsuit Thursday against Roblox, alleging the online gaming platform failed to protect children from predators while misleading parents about safety protections. The lawsuit claims the company’s practices put young users at risk, including children in Oklahoma. Key Takeaways Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against Roblox over child safety...Read More
A convicted child molester at the center of a firestorm over California’s elderly parole law appeared in court on Monday in Placer County to face new charges.David Funston, 64, is accused of molesting a child in Roseville in 1996, Placer County prosecutors said. Funston was convicted of kidnapping and child molestation in 1999. His punishment...Read More
Ransomware groups are increasingly being used as proxy weapons in geopolitical cyber warfare, enabling nation-states to exert pressure on their adversaries while maintaining plausible deniability. What used to be financially motivated cybercrime and targeting can now influence operations and cause operational disruption. While the change has been incremental, it has been unmistakable. Criminal groups, ideological...Read More
Ransomware groups are increasingly being used as proxy weapons in geopolitical cyber warfare, enabling nation-states to exert pressure on their adversaries while maintaining plausible deniability. What used to be financially motivated cybercrime and targeting can now influence operations and cause operational disruption. While the change has been incremental, it has been unmistakable. Criminal groups, ideological...Read More
Ransomware, supply chain vulnerabilities, insider threats, compliance failures, and software disruptions remain major concerns for security leaders, according to The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover report by Absolute Security. How CISOs currently ensure endpoint resilience against ransomware (overall, %) (Source: Absolute Security) A survey of 750 CISOs from enterprise organizations with more than 5,000...Read More
This story was originally published on Cybersecurity Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Cybersecurity Dive newsletter. Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted Fox Tempest, a cybercrime operation that helped ransomware gangs hide malware behind legitimate software. Fox Tempest operated a malware signing-as-a-service operation, which abused code-signing tools that verify...Read More
