This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Evan Bray: What Australia’s social media ban is hoping to do? Leaver: Australia has put through legislation that prevents users under the age of 16 from holding social media accounts across the big social media platforms. The aim is to, in the words of our Prime...Read More
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday urged Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members to enhance cooperation to tackle regional security challenges such as “terrorism,” cybercrime and drugs trafficking at a special meeting of the inter-governmental body in Bishkek. Naqvi was addressing a special meeting of the Ministers of Interior and Public Security of the...Read More
The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the...Read More
What looks like Capture the Flag from the outside is actually securing and strengthening critical networks on the inside. The East Tennessee State University student cybersecurity team, Cyberbucs, participated and finished 12th in the semester-long MITRE Corporation Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) competition. This hands-on learning experience pitted ETSU’s cybersecurity team against 160 other teams,...Read More
ATLANTA — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech are partnering to develop a new opt-in tool aimed at improving teen safety on social media. The goal of the project is to detect declines in a teen’s mental health before they become serious problems. Dr. John Constantino, Chief of Behavioral and Mental Health at Children’s...Read More
This story was originally published by the Michigan Advance. Wednesday’s session of the Michigan Senate brought new changes for the ways in which Big Tech companies are held accountable for unethical practices that leave children and teenagers vulnerable to the perils of being exploited and bullied online or becoming addicted to endless social media scrolling....Read More
MIAMI, Fla. (WWSB) – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a school safety bill Friday that expands certain safety measures to Florida’s public colleges and universities. House Bill 757 extends the state’s school guardian program to public postsecondary institutions and requires sheriffs to assist with implementation, DeSantis said during a bill-signing event at Miami Dade College. House...Read More
An escaped cybercrime suspect, Asar Sesugh, has died after his suspected cult associates allegedly opened fire on operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Makurdi, Benue State. Sesugh was among 26 suspected cyber fraudsters arrested by operatives of the EFCC’s Makurdi Zonal Directorate on April 28, 2026. In a statement issued on Saturday...Read More
The FBI is warning that older adults continue to face growing financial losses from scams, fraud, and cybercrime. Americans aged 60 and older reported more than $7.7 billion in losses in 2025 alone, the bureau announced last week. Officials say scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using emotional manipulation, impersonation tactics, fake investment opportunities, and even...Read More
The US parent company of online learning system Canvas said Monday that it has reached a deal with a hacking group which stole student and school data on the educational platform. What’s the latest? Instructure said in a statement posted online that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.” The company said...Read More
