France’s top court has blocked a bill seeking to ban social media access for children under 15, ruling that it infringed upon freedom of expression. Parliament had approved it last month, with President Emmanuel Macron backing the measure. The court said lawmakers failed to clearly define conditions and limits for age verification, leaving essential legal...Read More
काठमाडौं । Sri Lankan police have arrested 1,093 foreign nationals in 27 operations linked to cybercrime and financial fraud so far this year as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle organized online scam networks, police spokesperson F.U. Wootler said on Thursday. Speaking at a media briefing, Wootler said cybercrime had become a major security concern, with...Read More
German and Brazilian authorities said there were multiple arrests this week related to a late 2023 hack that drained an estimated €30 million ($34.7 million) from German bank accounts. Germany’s federal police agency, the BKA, said three suspects were picked up in Europe and charged with fraud, and Brazil’s federal police said four others were...Read More
A former Cullman County corrections deputy has filed a federal lawsuit against Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry and Investigations Captain Phillip Harris, alleging that the two violated his First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights after a personal cellphone was seized without a warrant in reaction to the deputy reporting a cybersecurity vulnerability. Former deputy Payton...Read More
Black Hat , CISO Trainings , Events CRISP Shared Services’ Bezawit Sumner on Mission-Driven Hiring, Retention and Trust Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • August 14, 2026 Bezawit Sumner, CISO and senior director, security and compliance, CRISP Shared Services Healthcare organizations have become more attractive targets for attackers even as their security budgets remain constrained,...Read More
France’s top constitutional authority on Friday struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15, dealing a blow to the legislation championed by President Emmanuel Macron. The Constitutional Council found that Article 1 of the legislation “constitutes an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate” to the freedom of expression and...Read More
How the New Cyber Program Takes Shape Foreign cybercrime networks could face a U.S. disruption program, President Donald J. Trump announced Aug. 12 in a National Security Presidential Memorandum titled “Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime.” The White House fact sheet frames the policy around ransomware, phishing, financial fraud, sextortion, and impersonation schemes targeting...Read More
The U.S. judiciary will begin publicly disclosing the number of times judges authorize the use of hacking tools and spyware for wiretaps, a category of surveillance known as network investigating techniques (NITs), starting in 2029, according to a recent report by TechCrunch.For nearly two decades, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has published annual...Read More
Per Statescoop, California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a new initiative to bolster the state’s cybersecurity defenses by integrating artificial intelligence across all state agencies. This move comes in response to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats and a perceived lack of federal support.The initiative mandates the creation of an AI cybersecurity officer role within every state...Read More
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A convicted sex offender at the center of an underage sex case was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday afternoon in Palm Beach County, months after a judge raised concerns about whether a proposed plea agreement did enough to protect the victim and the public. Matthew Takahashi appeared...Read More
