America recently turned 250, with parades, cookouts and fireworks. But in city after city, another kind of gathering was drawing thousands of teenagers, some with dire consequences. A 19-year-old was killed and many others were injured in Pensacola, Florida, during the Fourth of July weekend. In South Carolina, a female police officer was physically assaulted...Read More
Bullying behaviors have been around as long as humans have gathered in social groups. But the tools bullies have access to have changed a lot in the past few decades. “Unfortunately, cyberbullying is an extension of — and a turbocharger for — something that has been around for centuries,” says Dr. Michael Franz, a practicing...Read More
The digital age delivers unparalleled convenience and opportunity, but it also introduces significant vulnerabilities. Few risks are as glaring today as the potential loss of valuable purchases and irreplaceable personal data stored in intangible online accounts that can vanish overnight due to a single security lapse or malicious hack. One content creator learned this lesson...Read More
A charging port is seen on a Mercedes Benz EQC 400 4Matic electric vehicle at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019. Mark Blinch | Reuters The automotive industry’s increasing use of over-the-air technology to update vehicle systems makes it more susceptible to cyberattacks, analysts say, urging more intervention in the...Read More
You might want to cut out this column and keep it by your phone or computer. The reason? Scams against seniors are getting more devious by the day. Consider: • The local courts aren’t going to call you and say you will be arrested for not showing up for jury duty unless you pay a...Read More
Newark By: Richard L. Smith An Essex County man who told investigators he works as an elementary school security guard in Newark has been arrested following an investigation into the attempted luring of a person he believed to be a 13-year-old child for sexual activity, North Bergen Police Chief Robert J. Farley Jr. announced. Officials...Read More
Executive Summary Exilio404 is a Portuguese-language dark web forum monitored by KELA that serves as a regional hub for Brazilian cybercriminal activity, fraud discussions, and offensive cybersecurity content. Operating on the Tor network and structured similarly to mainstream discussion platforms, the forum hosts approximately 5,000 posts, 15,200 replies, and 14,900 comments generated by more than...Read More
Bella Cornett sees a direct line between a social media influencer who posted videos of tricks with vaping smoke and the bullying she endured in her Kentucky high school. Cornett, 19, said her friend group at the time watched those social media videos as first year high school students and “thought that was so cool.” Issabella Cornett...Read More
Washington, July 17 (SANA) U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of carrying out the “largest election data breach in history,” saying he plans to declassify documents that reveal major vulnerabilities in the U.S. electoral system. Trump said in a televised address that China accessed the data of about 20 million voters during the...Read More
On July 1st, security researchers at Sysdig published something they had never documented before. A ransomware attack that ran from start to finish without a single human directing it, an AI agent alone at every stage. If you work in security, risk or insurance, the automation is the least interesting part of this story. Notice...Read More
