New Delhi: Tech giant Meta will now report child safety-related matters directly to the Cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), a Meta spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the company reiterated its commitment to tackling online child exploitation and related crimes. “Protecting children on our platforms is a priority for us, and...Read More
Ransomware attacks are often discussed in terms of technical damage and financial loss, but their most profound impact is on people. The emotional and psychological tools for individuals and teams can be lasting. Early in my career, I flew to another city to help a company through a difficult ransomware attack. The company’s CEO met...Read More
Sep 15, 2026 The European Commission is getting ready to put forward an EU Kids Act aimed at limiting young people’s use of services including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, while introducing fresh safety obligations for digital offerings such as video games and AI chatbots, a confidential document obtained by Euronews indicates. As outlined in the...Read More
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has agreed to report child safety-related matters directly to the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), as the government pushes social media platforms for stronger safeguards and greater accountability amid a crackdown on child sexual abuse material and other harmful content online. Published – September...Read More
The nationwide debate over social media’s impact on our nation’s youth continues at every level. It’s gone from the smallest of homes to the highest courts and could boomerang all the way back. A new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in California looks to regulate how kids interact with social media apps and vice...Read More
When 16-year-old Addya Agarwal wants to hang out with her friends in their hometown of Belmont, California, their options are limited. “Sometimes we’ll just go to the library, which is near my school, and we’ll, like, play the library’s board games,” she says, “or we’ll talk or get food from the shopping center.” They’ll go...Read More
Sept. 14, 2026, 12:23 p.m. ET The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) announced it was investigating a data breach in a statement published by the department. The FLHSMV said it learned of a “data breach” conducted by an “international cybercriminal organization.” The department said the data breach was “quickly mitigated,” and...Read More
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You land on the real website of a local business and a CAPTCHA appears. It looks routine until the page tells you to open Windows Run and paste a command. That should stop you cold. Security researchers say thousands of legitimate small-business websites have been compromised to...Read More
After several cybersecurity incidents involving gaming companies in recent years, GLI Secure’s David Elmore says the vast majority of casinos aren’t equipped to handle a major threat. Cyber criminals are like sharks swimming in the ocean looking for prey – and most companies are easy pickings. Relationships with third-party providers are a major part of the problem....Read More
Readtime: 6 min Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. Apple’s latest child-safety tools are now available across iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27, giving parents more control...Read More
