The European Commission should impose a social media “start date” of age 13 for children, President Ursula von der Leyen says.  Von der Leyen told the Financial Times on Monday that she is considering a “harmonised EU-wide delay to social media” for kids under age 13 who are not under the supervision of a caregiver....Read More

This regular round-up brings you key cybersecurity stories from the past month. Top cybersecurity news: AI is accelerating cybercrime; ransomware outpaces other types of cyberattacks; Anthropic suspends new AI tools. The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity provides an independent and impartial platform to reinforce the importance of cybersecurity as a strategic imperative and drive...Read More

article Plastic bottles and label for Fairlife milk on a retail display. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) A network breach at the Coca-Cola Company’s Fairlife has forced the beverage giant to suspend the dairy label’s production operations in the United States.  Big picture view: Coca-Cola described the breach as “a ransomware attack”...Read More

An advanced threat actor is abusing the update mechanism for the ViPNet private networking product suite to target Russian organizations, including government agencies. Dubbed HelloNet, the campaign has been active since at least May, deploying a malicious payload that acts as a proxy and loader for additional malware. According to Kaspersky researchers, HelloNet has impacted...Read More

Islam Times – The 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) shows that Iran ranks in Tier 3, demonstrating solid performance in legal and organizational measures. However, advancing to the next tier will require stronger international cooperation, expanded capacity building, and enhanced technical infrastructure. Published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN specialized agency, the Global...Read More

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s government said its new child online safety regulation is designed to help parents protect children in the digital world, not replace their role in supervising and guiding internet use. Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on Electronic System Operations for Child Protection, known...Read More

Over the past months, many countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. The U.K. is the latest country to announce that it will impose a ban...Read More

Cybercrime has become a converged criminal economy, linking ransomware, fraud, trafficking, money laundering and organized crime. Isolated technical responses are inadequate; defenders need shared intelligence, public-private cooperation and cross-domain coordination. Disruption should target criminal ecosystems: infrastructure, financial flows, service providers, recruitment channels and physical operating networks. Cybercrime is evolving into a converged criminal economy that...Read More

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. In Raleigh, North Carolina, local officials are weighing an emergency youth curfew. In St. Augustine Beach, Florida, police say real-time social media monitoring helped them stop...Read More

Kevin Carter/Getty Images The Costco food court is truly the gift that keeps on giving for members of the massive retailer, with delicious, satisfying, and inexpensive menu items primed to be enjoyed after their shopping trip. However, while everyone knows just how good some Costco food court...Read More