Bitdefender and Aruba.it partner on sovereign EU cybersecurity for Italian firms Bitdefender announced a strategic partnership with Italian cloud provider Aruba.it to host its GravityZone cybersecurity platform on the latter’s EU-based infrastructure. The aim is to ensure that customer data, security events and telemetry remain within the European Union and are never transferred or processed...Read More

A childcare centre in the NSW Central West is being shut down after recording 126 breaches over a 12-year period. The NSW Early Learning Commission has announced Jenny’s Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre in Bathurst will permanently close on October 13 due to ongoing non-compliance and safety risks. The independent regulator said it had given...Read More

There is growing evidence to suggest that social media and technology are having a significant impact on the mental health of youth and adolescents. While many factors are contributing, the increase in conditions like anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphic disorder is thought to be linked to social media and technology and how they shape emotional...Read More

The assessment examined traffic movements and safety concerns affecting the Warracknabeal Education Precinct, Warracknabeal Kindergarten, early years services and St Mary’s Primary School.  The assessment identified several opportunities to improve pedestrian safety, traffic flow and vehicle movements throughout the precinct. The council has now secured funding through Victoria’s Safe Local Roads and Streets Program to...Read More

A ransomware attack targeting a financial services company has reportedly been followed by a lawsuit from one of its customers, who claims that her sensitive personal information was exposed and later appeared on the dark web. The incident highlights the growing cybersecurity risks faced by mortgage lenders and other financial institutions that store large volumes...Read More

New Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 Ransomware Report finds attackers stole nearly 900 terabytes of data, increasingly targeted employees with privileged roles, and used GenAI to accelerate operations Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the cybersecurity platform for the AI era, today released new findings from the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 Ransomware Report, showing that ransomware is on the rise,...Read More

Wythe County Sheriff’s Office (WSLS 10) WYTHE COUNTY, Va. – On Friday, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office announced the PAUSE Program, a new initiative that intends to protect local senior citizens from scams. Currently, ConfirmOk calls seniors who live alone daily to confirm their well-being. The PAUSE Program is an expansion of that effort that...Read More

NEW YORK – A criminal group known as ShinyHunters recently “revealed it had pilfered intimate details about bureau personnel from the agency’s jobs portal and threatened to leak them online,” The New York Times – which has analyzed some of the records – reports. On September 28, the F.B.I. issued a statement saying it was...Read More

Attacks on web applications are very common. (Image source: 123RF) Web applications are the face of the digital era. Software installed on a specific machine is now the exception; most digital work runs through web applications, and they attract a lot of criminal attention. Attacks on web applications are very common. Daily malicious web-application and...Read More

Deputy Interior Minister Sanzhar Adilov presented the draft law at today’s sitting. The Convention against Cybercrime was actually adopted in 2001 in Budapest. Kazakhstan received an official invitation to join the Convention in April 2023. The primary goal of the Convention is to counter cybercrimes and develop international cooperation. The Convention enables the prompt preservation...Read More