The cybersecurity industry faces a historic workforce challenge. The global cybersecurity workforce gap exceeds 4.8 million unfilled positions, with roughly 67% of organizations actively reporting severe staffing shortages. (StationX, May, 2026) With cybersecurity jobs projected to grow 33% this decade, colleges and universities must evolve rapidly to prepare the next generation of defenders. IBM Cyber...Read More
Produced by AI. Original reporting by Lucy Valeski Sat, June 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffey, R-York, introduces guests before house members debate amendments to the state budget on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Joshua Boucher/jboucher@thestate.com) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a new law aimed at protecting kids’ mental...Read More
Lawmakers across the country are advancing legislation intended to protect minors from harms allegedly caused by social media use. A bipartisan group of United States senators, for example, has introduced the “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act,” which would ban users under the age of 13 from accessing social media platforms and require parental consent...Read More
Informed by National Priorities and Directives CESER’s RD&D program aligns with the National Cybersecurity Strategy, as well as DOE’s Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity, which follows the sector’s vision of resilient energy delivery control systems designed, installed, operated, and maintained to withstand a cyber incident while sustaining critical functions. Transition to Practice CESER moves innovative...Read More
In 2005, the U.S. Senate designated June as National Internet Safety Month to raise awareness of internet dangers and highlight the need for education about online safety. For prosecutors in particular, June is a time to highlight youth safety, especially for kids with social media access, as online risks have increased dramatically over the years....Read More
DentaQuest Breach: ShinyHunters Publish Data Impacting 2.6M People Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2026 ShinyHunters leaked 234 GB of data allegedly stolen from DentaQuest after failed negotiations, potentially impacting 2.6 million people. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published a 234 GB archive of data allegedly stolen from dental benefits administrator DentaQuest. The cybercrime gang added the...Read More
The excitement of investing in a company that can reverse its fortunes is a big draw for some speculators, so even companies that have no revenue, no profit, and a record of falling short, can manage to find investors. But the reality is that when a company loses money each year, for long enough, its...Read More
Universal Robots, a Danish company specializing in collaborative industrial robots, or cobots, has patched a critical vulnerability affecting one of its operating systems. Advisories published last week by the cybersecurity agency CISA and Universal Robots revealed that PolyScope 5, an operating system and GUI designed to power and control the company’s cobots, is affected by...Read More
Molly Coleman | June 5, 2026 UA Little Rock engineering graduate Colin McNerny showcases a virtual reality simulation developed through his research at the Cyberspace Operations, Research and Education (CORE) Center, where he has worked on projects focused on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. Photo by Benjamin Krain Whether he’s designing virtual reality simulations to...Read More
Offroad, a startup focused on identity security automation, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding led by Ibex Investors and Skywell Capital Partners. The company is developing an AI-powered identity security platform designed to investigate and remediate risks across human identities, machine identities, OAuth applications, service accounts, and AI agents. Founded in 2025,...Read More
