The study found that high digital literacy does not necessarily protect individuals from cyber fraud. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A study led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) has found that financial cybercrime victims in India are often highly educated professionals, challenging the perception that victims are primarily careless, financially...Read More
Central Alabama Water is hosting a two-day cybersecurity training event bringing together water and wastewater professionals, technology leaders and cybersecurity experts from across the state. The training, which began Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Central Alabama Water’s Historic Cahaba Pump Station, is designed to help utilities prepare for and respond to cybersecurity incidents that could affect...Read More
Sen. Katie Britt says the child safety protections Meta agreed to in a settlement with state attorneys general should extend to every social media platform, including Google-owned YouTube and TikTok. “I believe every social media platform has a responsibility to put the safety of our children first, and each should be making meaningful adjustments to...Read More
Among 1285 students in Los Angeles middle schools participating in the 2012 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, more than two-thirds (68%) owned their own cell phone.10 Of these students, approximately 20% of those with a text-capable cell phone reported receiving a sext and 5% reported sending one. Sending or receiving sexts significantly increased the odds of...Read More
“What would have happened if I wasn’t here?” The question oozes out of Robert Pattinson’s Chris Hansen as a rhetorical killshot. Primetime, Lance Oppenheim’s movie about the rise and fall of Dateline NBC’s 2000s ratings juggernaut To Catch a Predator, depicts Hansen as savoring every syllable. Their “predator”—a creep lured onto a TV set disguised...Read More
Teammates and fellow students visit a memorial for LePaul Warren Jr., a 17-year-old Westbury High School senior who was fatally shot Friday morning near the campus. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Houston Police Department officers gather outside Westbury High School after a student was fatally shot near the campus in...Read More
EUGENE, Ore. – A Eugene senior lost nearly all of her savings after falling for a fake job scam that promised easy money rating apps online, according to the Eugene Police Department. EPD officials said the woman gave scammers $80,000 since February while only receiving $1,000 in pay. She was recruited by someone pretending to...Read More
A group of Russian government hackers is refining its attacks to make it easier to eavesdrop on victims and significantly expand its targets among governments, think tanks and nonprofits around the world, with an emphasis on Ukraine, Microsoft research published Tuesday concludes. The company examined a change in the approach of a group it calls...Read More
The cybercriminal group BrainCipher has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the filing. The suit says BrainCipher claims to have pulled more than 10,300 documents from Gold Star’s IT network. The borrower behind the suit says she was a former Gold Star customer who handed over her personal information as a condition of receiving...Read More
The U.S. government is working with critical infrastructure operators to integrate artificial intelligence into the nation’s most vital systems and strengthen cyber defenses, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday. “We have been working closely, and I believe it is functioning well to get models deployed throughout sectors as quickly as possible, and they can...Read More
