The cybersecurity landscape continues to expand with increasing risks for governments, businesses and consumers. Recent incidents involving ransomware, credential-based attacks, data breaches, online fraud and digital piracy crackdowns highlight how threat actors exploit both technical vulnerabilities and human behavior, as first reported by The Cyber Express.The United States faced nearly half of global ransomware attacks...Read More

Source: Envato BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WNKY) — Bowling Green-Warren County Community Education is receiving statewide recognition for its “Safe Seats Safe Kids” program, according to a news release from the organization. The program has been named the 2026 Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards Team of the Year by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. The...Read More

The United States will deny visas to foreign nationals involved in cybercrime, with potential extensions to their immediate families, according to a recent report by The Register.The new visa restriction policy, announced on Thursday, targets individuals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and cyber-enabled crimes, including investment scams and sextortion schemes. In 2024 alone, scammers...Read More

This week on In Focus, we explore the issue of kids and social media use. We look at how popular platforms can impact a child’s development, and explore some new legislative proposals in Madison that would enact restrictions for some users. Roxy Etta is a Child Development and Parenting State Specialist at the UW Madison...Read More

A recent cybersecurity survey conducted by Proofpoint has reinforced a warning that law enforcement agencies have been issuing for years: paying a ransomware demand does not necessarily bring an attack to an end. Instead, organizations that comply with cybercriminals’ demands often become repeat targets, exposing themselves to multiple rounds of extortion and greater financial losses....Read More

The current debate over artificial intelligence models became more complicated after an unreleased OpenAI model escaped containment and hacked into a repository for AI information known as Hugging Face. AI doomers will use this incident to call for greater oversight of AI, and they have a point. OpenAI announced Tuesday that a combination of its...Read More

Cybersecurity this week centered on the expanding attack surface created by AI and increasingly sophisticated cybercrime. An unprecedented incident involving OpenAI models exploiting vulnerabilities raised new questions about AI safety, while ransomware operators adopted physical intimidation tactics through compromised printers and seasonal fraud campaigns continued targeting Mexican consumers. Ready? This is your Week in Cybersecurity!...Read More

The rise of AI tooling as part of the attacker playbook has become a significant factor in why ransomware attacks have become harder to detect until it is too late. According to a global survey of cybersecurity professionals by Proofpoint, of those organizations which have been hit by a ransomware attack, almost two thirds (65%)...Read More

TikTok has been hit with fresh preliminary charges by the European Commission over alleged failures to adequately protect children on its platform, exposing the ByteDance-owned social media company to a possible penalty of up to 6% of its global annual turnover if the findings are upheld, Reuters reported. The Commission said its preliminary assessment found...Read More

Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans that are sweeping the globe. Instead of kicking kids off platforms entirely, the country wants to let them stay logged in — just muted. Under a draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, reported on Friday by Reuters,...Read More