A mother who fears her teenage son may have died following an online challenge gone wrong has welcomed a High Court decision to order a new inquest into his death. Ellen Roome, whose 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died in April 2022, said she hopes it will be a “turning point” in making the “online world...Read More
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WPDE) — Angry church members confronted their pastor during a heated meeting after learning that a registered sex offender had been volunteering at Pawley’s Island Community Church and around children, despite restrictions meant to keep him from being alone with minors. Church volunteer Warren Perry was convicted in 2023 of sexual exploitation...Read More
Nigeria is experiencing a complex cybersecurity landscape where reported fraud incidents have decreased by nearly 46% over the past four years, yet financial losses from cybercrime are on the rise, according to Check Point Software. This trend is attributed to sophisticated schemes developed by cybercriminals who are increasingly targeting the nation’s rapidly digitizing economy, with...Read More
An international investigation in partnership with Haaretz exposes the role of Morocco’s intelligence apparatus in the affair, the penetration of devices of senior French and Spanish officials, and the hackings that marred a Panamanian presidential election In late 2013, a young Israeli using the name Shalev Holy landed in Panama. According to the paperwork, he...Read More
As detailed in Silicon Angle, Sophos has launched Sophos Fusion, a new cybersecurity platform designed to integrate security operations, endpoint, network, identity, email, and cloud protection into a single, AI-native system.Sophos Fusion is presented as an evolution of the Sophos Central platform, rebuilt on an open architecture and incorporating the Taegis analytics engine. The platform...Read More
Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into TikTok’s child safety measures. The regulator is questioning whether TikTok’s age verification system accurately identifies under-18 users. Companies found to have breached the Online Safety Act could face fines of up to £18 million or 10 per cent of global revenue. TikTok is facing a formal UK investigation...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Reports of suspected child sex trafficking to a national tipline have increased nearly 1,000 percent following implementation of a federal law requiring online platforms to report suspected crimes, according to lawmakers and child safety advocates. The bipartisan REPORT Act requires certain online platforms to report suspected child sex trafficking and online enticement to...Read More
As outlined in Biometric Update, Reken has emerged from stealth after two years of development with an AI security platform designed to analyze communications directly on users’ devices. The platform aims to combat sophisticated social engineering attacks, including phishing, impersonation, and business email compromise, which are increasingly difficult to detect with the rise of generative...Read More
WILKES-BARRE — A Lehigh County man did not contest being found a violent sexual predator prior to being sentenced for sexually assaulting a girl for years when he lived in the Hazleton area. Hien Ngoc Nguyen, 43, of Laurys Station, initially did not apologize until Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael T....Read More
Hyderabad:Telangana emerged as the country’s leading state in registering cybercrime cases, accounting for 44 per cent of all cybercrime FIRs in India during 2025, state Director General of Police C. V. Anand said on Thursday while reviewing the functioning of the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB). According to authorities, Telangana registered 21,639 cybercrime FIRs out...Read More
