Evanston Township High School will reopen Wednesday following a ransomware attack that closed its campus for two days, ETHS District 202 announced on its website Monday evening. The district cannot yet determine whether personal data was accessed during the attack. In an email to students and families Sunday evening, Superintendent Marcus Campbell indicated the district...Read More

Ransomware and cyber extortion incidents have evolved from largely technical events into acute governance crises. While the initial breach often sits with IT and security teams, the most consequential decisions – those carrying legal, regulatory, and reputational risk – sit squarely at board level. In that moment, cyber governance becomes the critical pressure point. Recent...Read More

If you want to know more about why David Sullivan is accused of being a sexual predator, perhaps a good place to start is the television interview with one of the models who, in her own words, “got away” from the billionaire football-club owner. Her name is Lindi Drew. She was a model and porn...Read More

Apple will roll out a new suite of child-safety parental controls that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says were partly inspired by Australia. During the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in California today, Apple announced some new additions to its pre-existing parental controls, many of which offered a strong solution for parents concerned about social media.   Apple’s new...Read More

Humanity Protocol’s H token crashed more than 80% on Tuesday after attackers stole the private keys behind the project and drained more than $30 million, the latest in a year of crypto thefts that go after keys rather than code. About 17 wallets tied to the project were emptied, with losses topping $32 million and...Read More

Just 22 percent of chief technology officers say students at their institution receive adequate cybersecurity training, according to Inside Higher Ed’s 2026 Survey of Campus Chief Technology/Information Officers. By comparison, 68 percent say faculty and staff receive adequate training. Another 70 percent say their institution’s leadership prioritizes cybersecurity investments. Students constituting a gap in their institutions’ cybersecurity ecosystems...Read More

Photo of the MOU signing. From the left, Taemook Cho, CEO of Korea Information Certification, and Haeseok Lee, CEO of Handisoft. Provided by Handisoft View original image Handisoft is joining forces with Korea Information Certificate Authority to establish a next-generation work platform that seamlessly connects electronic approval, electronic contracts, and electronic signatures. The two companies...Read More

In this interview with Help Net Security, Paras Malhotra, CISO at Starburst, explains how the company handles data governance across federated query environments. Topics include layering Starburst’s access controls above native source permissions, tiering vendor risk across more than 200 partners and connectors, and building audit trails for autonomous agents. The conversation covers how AIDA...Read More

A new study has raised concerns over the growing impact of social media addiction on children and teenagers, linking excessive platform use to depression, anxiety, self-harm, sleep deprivation and declining academic performance. The report, published by the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) and fact-checked by founding attorney Matthew P. Bergman, said social...Read More

After months of deliberation, the federal government is reportedly planning to introduce a social media ban for youth later this week. Citing government sources, The Globe and Mail and Global News are both reporting that the feds will implement such a ban for those under 16 as part of its wider online harms bill that...Read More