South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Tuesday that he awarded $500,000 from a fund under his control to support the continued work of his Governor’s Resilience and Infrastructure Task Force. The money comes from the Future Fund, which employers support with fees they submit while paying taxes to support unemployment benefits. The governor awards money...Read More
Article by Kumar Published on: 7:55 am, 12 August 2026 Scam Alert Warning with Cybersecurity Icons. A person using laptop, warning sign for scams with icons representing online threats, phishing, and cybersecurity. Unknown person, suspicious scammer, India has intensified its fight against cybercrime by blocking more than 3,700 apps and flagging 32 lakh mule accounts...Read More
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a package of laws Tuesday that seek to bolster online protections for kids in the state and restrict platforms’ ability to use addictive design features targeted at young users. The Democratic governor signed the New Jersey Kids Code Act, which codifies the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code and limits how...Read More
Global internet, power plants and US computer systems will be at risk if America continues to attack Iran, an Iranian official said on Monday. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebbi was speaking with Iranian broadcaster Irib, amid stalled negotiations and threats from the US that more strikes could be imminent. “If a threat against...Read More
A high-severity bug in Microsoft SharePoint that’s been exploited since early July has been abused by ransomware, according to an Aug. 10 update to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.CISA offered no more information on the nature of the ransomware attack, but the CVSS 8.8 flaw — CVE-2026-45659 — was...Read More
ExfilSquad, a cybercrime group that emerged in mid-2026, has announced 13 new victim organizations across the U.S., UK, and Sweden, with further coverage provided by Security Affairs.The group, which extorts victims by threatening to publish stolen data rather than using ransomware, has expanded its operations, according to a recent report by Resecurity. In July, ExfilSquad...Read More
New “Secret Agent” themed campaign-in-a-box equips organisations with training module and tabletop exercises to educate employees to combat cybercrime KnowBe4, the leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today released its free resource kit in support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026. This year’s toolkit casts employees as “Secret Agents” in the...Read More
Data sources This study utilizes three publicly accessible data categories spanning 2022–2024. Platform transparency reports from Meta (n = 12 quarterly reports), Google (n = 8), and Twitter (n = 7) provide violation volumes, content taxonomies, and proactive detection rates for K-means clustering (Phase 1) and Ridge regression variables (Phase 2). Specifically, the dataset comprises quarterly transparency reports from: (1) Meta’s...Read More
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Elected officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey say they want to protect children from social media. In Pennsylvania, the Attorney General Dave Sunday is suing TikTok. He says the app is failing to protect kids. In New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed three new laws Tuesday aimed at protecting and researching the effects...Read More
Commvault has published research showing that 34% of organisations in Australia and New Zealand that suffered a ransomware attack paid the ransom. The findings suggest organisations still rely on payment despite uncertain recovery outcomes. The survey found payment often did not resolve the problem. Among organisations that paid, 36% said it failed because attackers either...Read More
