The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to repeal Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, citing its use by authorities to harass journalists, bloggers, activists, and critics across Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Saturday to commemorate...Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged President Bola Tinubu to review the Cybercrime Act and other restrictive laws. They called for an assessment of these laws for potential restrictions on free speech and press freedom in Nigeria. The general secretary of NGE, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, and...Read More
Triggers of global cybersecurity debates This section delves into the incidents and themes that have catalyzed widespread discussions. Figure 2 highlights certain events that stand out as key triggers for expansive cybersecurity debates as a function of time. Fig. 2: Number of comments per month over the years for topics cyber attacks, DdoS attacks, data...Read More
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) is offering a range of summer internship programs for students in grades 3 through 12 who are interested in exploring careers in cybersecurity. Applications for all programs are due by 5 p.m. on May 9. For middle school students in grades 6 to 8, the 2025...Read More
Over the past year, a clear pattern has emerged across the threat landscape: ransomware operations are increasingly relying on compartmentalized affiliate models. In these models, initial access brokers (IABs) [6], malware loaders, and post-exploitation operators work together. Due to those specialization roles, a new generation of loader campaigns has risen. Threat actors increasingly employ loader...Read More
AI isn’t just changing the paradigm of cybercrime—it’s creating a new, larger attack surface with no rules. Just as culture eats strategy for breakfast, generative AI is swallowing up automated phishing campaigns, deepfake fraud, malware creation and much more at an unprecedented scale—fueling a new era of cyber-attacks. In 2024 alone, credential phishing attacks...Read More
Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’ decision to install AI-powered monitoring software such as Gaggle and GoGuardian...Read More
Data breaches have become alarmingly common and costly, putting sensitive information at risk. In fact, the number of data breaches in the United States jumped from 447 in 2012 to over 3,200 in 2023. Even firms entrusted with managing personal information are not immune. The latest example is VeriSource Services, a Texas-based employee benefits and...Read More
In a media ecosystem saturated with entertainment and surface-level reporting, The420.in is bucking the trend—one investigative story at a time. With a focus on underreported but high-impact issues such as financial fraud, white-collar corruption, cybercrime syndicates, and emerging technologies, the platform has quietly built a robust reader base. Backed by Experts, Fueled by Impact: The...Read More
