In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Media, the government said the enactment of the Cyber Crimes Act reflects its commitment to building a safe, secure, and trusted digital environment where technology supports communication, innovation, and national development while safeguarding the rights and freedoms of all citizens. The Zambian government has called...Read More

Britain’s communications regulator has launched an investigation into whether social media platform TikTok is doing enough under UK law to protect children from harmful content. “This investigation will seek to establish whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that TikTok has failed, or is failing, to comply with its legal obligations,” Ofcom said in a...Read More

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — FBI Director Kash Patel held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday on joint efforts to combat international online scam operations that cheat victims out of billions of dollars each year. A report issued Tuesday by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime estimated that scams caused estimated...Read More

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the Parliament voted Tuesday in favor...Read More

Security Some never saw their files again either, infosec biz Proofpoint finds Authorities have long warned organizations not to pay ransoms, and fresh figures underline why: handing over the money doesn’t mean the crooks leave you alone. Proofpoint survey data suggests that 58 percent of affected UK organizations paid a ransom. Worse, 22 percent of...Read More

On Tuesday, OpenAI published a blog post with a fairly unassuming name: “OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation.” Once you dig in, it reads like a cyberpunk novel in which OpenAI created an advanced AI hacker agent and put it in an isolated environment for testing. The AI agent...Read More

New Manufacturing Protect Brief reveals 43 million camera attacks and the highest industrial control attack rate of any industry MILPITAS, Calif., July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SonicWall today released its 2026 Manufacturing Protect Brief, a vertical-specific companion to the SonicWall 2026 Cyber Protect Report. The findings show that factories are increasingly opening up critical new...Read More

Two groups are taking over Texas’ foster care system in what’s called the metroplex’s east region that includes Dallas, Collin and seven other counties. Our Community Our Kids (OCOK) and Texas Family Care Network (TFCN) have been contracted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to take over for EMPOWER, which was...Read More

Cybercrime cost Nigeria more than $3 billion between 2019 and 2025, highlighting the growing economic impact of digital threats as the country accelerates the expansion of its digital economy, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said. Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of NITDA, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a two-day cybersecurity workshop for...Read More

PARIS (AP) — France banned children under 15 from using social media on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the Parliament voted in favor of the measure, a...Read More