“Children will be given back their childhoods,” said the UK government on Monday, as it announced a social media ban for under-16s – a landmark policy backed by 90% of parents, according to a recent public consultation. Amid growing concern that childhood is being hijacked by algorithms and that social media is exposing children to...Read More

15 Jun Cybercrime is Accelerating: Preparing the Next Wave of Cybersecurity Experts Posted at 09:14h in Blogs by Taylor Fox This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 15, 2026 – Read the full story from CMBlog By harnessing AI, cybercriminals are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to commit their...Read More

Social media access in the UK is to be banned for under-16s as part of an online safety drive that includes a host of other restrictions. Keir Starmer said the changes were a “line in the sand” for tech companies that had failed to keep children safe. Here are details of the ban and other...Read More

A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the deployment of Conti ransomware, which targeted more than 1,000 victims worldwide. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 44-year-old Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko joined the Conti conspiracy in or around September 2021 and possessed data stolen from eight U.S. victims and...Read More

The Iran-linked hacking group Handala has struck again, this time targeting the California Water Service (Cal Water). The group, which security researchers have been tracking closely throughout 2026, claims this move is retaliation for US actions in Iran. Cal Water is a major utility serving two million people across 100 communities in California, making this...Read More

Anthropic disabled two of its most advanced, cybersecurity-focused AI models on Friday, saying it was responding to an export control directive issued by the U.S. government barring any foreign national from accessing them. The directive covered foreign nationals inside the United States as well as abroad, including Anthropic’s own employees. In a statement, Anthropic said...Read More

The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has identified 245 high-risk schools across the province as it intensifies efforts to combat crime, violence, bullying and substance abuse in schools. The findings emerged from a comprehensive environmental analysis conducted by the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance, which profiled more than 1 300 schools across Gauteng....Read More

Florida is home to one of the nation’s largest senior populations, and I am proud to be part of that group. As a card-carrying AARP member for nearly 20 years and someone who spent more than four decades leading a public policy organization that championed transparency in government spending, I still believe in a simple...Read More

According to Travelers’ cyber threat report for Q1 2026, 84 individual criminal groups posted more than 2,400 victim companies on ransomware leak sites on the dark web. During the first quarter, the three most active ransomware groups accounted for 34% of all leak site postings. Processing Content Overall activity in the first quarter was the...Read More

A growing number of countries around the world are enacting bans or restrictions on the use of social media apps by children. The UK has just announced its own plan to join the list, with a comprehensive ban set to be introduced early next year … Academic studies have long demonstrated clear links between social...Read More