Nearly 90% of teens experienced some form of cyberbullying, accounting for 32% of the variation in trauma symptoms. What mattered most was the overall amount of cyberbullying: the more often a student was targeted, the more trauma symptoms they showed. As concern grows over adolescent mental health, a new national study adds to the growing...Read More

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Delegates at the B.C. Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting have rejected a call for government age limits on social media...Read More

Summary On May 30, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Genesis claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on A Roettgers (arc-rci.com), a leading fuel distributor and gas station operator in the United States. The threat actors have announced their intent to release sensitive data unless the company initiates negotiations. Incident Report Field Details Target A Roettgers Domain...Read More

From War Games to The Matrix and Mr Robot, new James Cook University research reveals how film and gaming representations of the computer “hacker” are driven by our own insecurities around technology, cybercrime and surveillance. JCU Associate Professor of Information Technology Roberto Dillon published his new historical analysis in the journal New media and society,...Read More

There’s no denying the ongoing threat of cybersecurity attacks. The global average cost of a data breach in 2025 was $4.44 million, according to a report by IBM, and the threat grows with each passing year. Add to that the threat of hackers deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to gain access, and the stakes have never...Read More

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. Nobitex is believed to have helped evade economic sanctions and also facilitated transactions linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Among the transactions, the U.S. authorities found wallets associated...Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGEM) – Lawmakers on the final day of the General Assembly passed a bill to regulate how minors interact with social media and other online platforms to make them less addictive. The goal of House Bill 5511, the Children’s Online Social Media Safety Act, is to prevent children under the age of 18...Read More

Blackmarket Biometrics: Inside the Illicit SIM Trade Black-market boom: A thriving trade in pre-registered SIMs on social media and high streets is completely undermining biometric security Parallel finance: Crimewaves are being funded by bundled SIMs and fake mobile wallets that allow syndicates to launder cash abroad Data compromised: Corrupt insiders and data leaks have allowed...Read More

North Korea’s state-backed hackers have an “aggressive, relentless” knack for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, making them more dangerous than other groups, a former FBI agent told Benzinga. Social Engineering Hacks? North Korean hackers pose an existential threat to cryptocurrency ecosystems, having stolen over $2 billion worth of assets in 2025 alone. Things have worsened in 2026,...Read More

The New York Stock Exchange and its parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, are now using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to scan their infrastructure for security flaws. The deployment, announced June 3, makes ICE one of the largest financial institutions to join Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that pairs advanced AI with critical infrastructure operators to...Read More