According to Cybersecurity Ventures, global cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion USD in 2015. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history and is exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters in a year. If it were measured as a country, cybercrime...Read More
Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization and steering contracts worth millions more to favored vendors in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charges come as investigators also probe whether City...Read More
Last week, one of the dark web’s most prominent drug marketplaces – Archetyp – was shut down in an international, multi-agency law enforcement operation following years of investigations. It was touted as a major policing win and was accompanied by a slick cyberpunk-themed video. But those of us who have studied this space for years...Read More
There are lots of ways to protect your personal information and data from scammers. But what happens if your email or social media account gets hacked? Here are some quick steps to help you recover your email or social media account. Signs That Someone Hacked Your Account Hackers try to take over your accounts....Read More
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation’s effort to combat the cybercrime said Wednesday. Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith, in charge of the Commission for Combating Online Scams, told The Associated Press...Read More
Follow me on Twitter @drClaire There’s always a lot of violence in the world — and many of our children watch it. That’s not a good thing. Between mainstream media and social media, violence reaches far past the places and people it directly affects. Whether it’s the latest shooting, the latest terrorist attack, or some other...Read More
Image: https://www.abnewswire.com/upload/2026/03/3432330fed605e7c300906594db6cd05.jpg As organizations increasingly adopt AI solutions, internal teams face heightened responsibility for safeguarding security while integrating third-party vendors. The need for effective AI vendor management is becoming essential as the complexity of digital ecosystems grows and security threats evolve. With businesses rapidly deploying cloud-based tools, automation platforms, and advanced analytics, the challenge lies...Read More
A hacker has compromised a little-known, but popular 2.4MB software package that’s downloaded over 100 million times per week and is widely used across apps. The IT security community is sounding the alarm about the attack on Axios, an “npm package” that functions as pre-built software that a developer can easily incorporate into a JavaScript...Read More
Warning: The following post contains discussions of mental health and death by suicide. Season 24 of American Idol will feature an audition from teenage singer Khloe Grace, who previously went viral online for writing a song about the death of Aubreigh Wyatt. Khloe’s song, “Forever 13,” which was released in 2024, received support from Aubreigh’s mother,...Read More
