Kendra Gayle Licari, from Michigan, abused her daughter online using juvenile slang to keep herself from being identified. She was arrested last month after a year-long investigation, to which FBI experts were called in to help search for the bully. Even though Licari used a VPN (virtual private network) to disguise the source of the...Read More

Days after a row erupted after a 19-year-old hacker exposed the alleged vulnerabilities in the CBSE’s on-screen marking portal, the education board has stated it is “closely monitoring the situation” with a team of cybersecurity experts. Taking to social media on Sunday, the Central Board of Secondary Education stated that it has deployed a team...Read More

Carnival Corporation has begun notifying individuals whose personal data was affected by the cybersecurity incident, with the cruise ship giant noting that “an unauthorized actor used social engineering to deceive an employee to gain access to a limited portion of the company’s IT system.” A spokesperson said “Carnival Corporation today announced that notification letters have...Read More

Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and tech companies to go further and faster to protect children online. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the...Read More

A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home.Related video above: Gold scams surging nationwide, costing victims hundreds of millionsDavid Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last...Read More

Democrats Block Commonsense School Safety Plan in Committee St. Paul, MN — Today, House Republicans on the Education Finance Committee brought forward a comprehensive school safety proposal focused on making immediate, practical improvements for students, teachers, and staff across Minnesota. The proposal, offered as an amendment to HF 3493, failed to advance out of committee...Read More

This blog is part of the Transforming Schools series, which shares effective practices and foundational research for educators, students, families, and policymakers who are reimagining schools as places where students are safe and can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. American schools spend more than $4 billion every year on physical hardening measures, including metal detectors, surveillance cameras,...Read More

Cybersecurity Ventures publishes a chart at RansomwareCost.com containing our calculations of global ransomware damage cost predictions from 2015 to 2031. For this year, 2025, we predict that ransomware costs will reach $57 billion annually. The 2025 calculation breaks down to $4.8 billion per month, $1.1 billion per week, $156 million per day, $6.5 million per hour, $109,000 per...Read More

After smashing the two-million mark in sales, Pragmata has stoked fire into the sci-fi adventure shooter genre that was struggling to stand on its own two feet. Following the recipe laid out by Ellie and Joel in The Last of Us, Pragmata duo Diana and Hugh put developers Capcom back on the map. Filled with...Read More

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julius von Brunk, a 41-year-old graphic designer in New York City who encountered two recruitment scams during a recent job search. His identity and background have been verified. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve spent most of my career in graphic design,...Read More