HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – The City of Holyoke is working alongside Holyoke Public Schools, to secure their cyber liability insurance coverage through the City’s insurance program. Throughout the last few years, Holyoke Public Schools having been working to strengthen their technology and security systems. A few of those steps include strengthening firewalls and other network...Read More
(TNND) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed bills aimed at making social media safer for kids by limiting so-called addictive features and raising penalties for platforms found negligent in harming children. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bills, said Friday that he’s “ecstatic” to see them...Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida man is awaiting extradition to South Carolina after being nabbed in connection with a multimillion-dollar sweepstakes scam targeting mostly seniors, according to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Monday. Leer en español Evans Class Brown, 27, of Coral Springs, is one of several people facing federal...Read More
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — With National Grandparents Day arriving this Sunday, federal investigators in Little Rock are urging families to keep an extra-close eye on seniors’ finances- because the scams targeting them aren’t just common, they’re constantly evolving. IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent John Siddons said scams that once tended to be more local...Read More
HARDIN — A viral TikTok trend featuring AI-generated videos of a menacing Cat in the Hat character threatening schools has reached Hardin, putting parents on edge and prompting a response from local law enforcement. The trend features distorted, unsettling versions of the classic children’s book character accompanied by threats directed at schools and students. One...Read More
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WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police are reminding students, parents and drivers to keep safety top of mind as students return to school. “Officers will be out in full force patrolling Wellington County roadways next week and throughout the school year, with a focus on school zones and bus stops,”...Read More
Ransomware is accelerating at machine speed as adversaries harness frontier AI models to automate target reconnaissance, generate evasive code variants, and bypass static security controls. According to the 2026 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 1 in 4 malicious breaches are now AI-enabled, a 56% surge year-over-year that pushes average breach costs to $6...Read More
By Idowu Isamotu, Dalhatu Liman & Itodo Daniel
Two years after the enactment of the amended version of the Cybercrimes Act 2015, individuals, including journalists, have been targeted, with many arrested and detained.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had, in February 2024, signed amendments to the Act,...Read More
By Idowu Isamotu, Dalhatu Liman & Itodo Daniel
Two years after the enactment of the amended version of the Cybercrimes Act 2015, individuals, including journalists, have been targeted, with many arrested and detained.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had, in February 2024, signed amendments to the Act,...Read More
Artificial intelligence agents tied to OpenAI Group PBC reportedly hacked a popular code hosting service earlier this year. The Wall Street Journal detailed the breach today. The malicious activity was discovered by a research group that included Nightingale, an AI safety nonprofit. Last week, Nightingale uncovered another cyberattack that appears to have been carried out by OpenAI agents....Read More
