Parents and social media companies are calling on Apple to more directly check the age of those using its devices. Apple unveiled Thursday a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing safety for children and teens using its devices, as it fends off calls that it more directly check the age of its users. The changes...Read More

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous opening line from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities of course reflects the contradictory nature of the time period surrounding the French Revolution, juxtaposing moments of great joy and sorrow, hope and sadness. But the line also quickly summarizes...Read More

Dive Brief: Ransomware gangs are adapting to stronger enterprise defenses and increased law enforcement pressure with more sophisticated tactics, according to Huntress’  2025 Cyber Threat Report. In 75% of the ransomware incidents Huntress observed in 2024, threat actors used remote access Trojans (RATs), while 17.3% of attacks featured abused of remote monitoring and management products...Read More

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Olohundare Jimoh, has reaffirmed the command’s commitment to leveraging technology in crime prevention and prosecution, particularly in tackling cybercrime and sexual and gender-based violence. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, Jimoh highlighted how technological tools were playing a pivotal role in ensuring...Read More

The best-known member of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters. Edward Coristine is among the most visible members of the Doge effort that...Read More

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged “the government of President Bola Tinubu to immediately end the use of the draconian Cybercrimes Act to target journalists, activists, critics and other Nigerians peacefully expressing their views online, and release those in custody across the country under the legislation.”...Read More

Politecnico di Milano’s Zanero on Evolving Malware Detection and Hardware Security Aseem Jakhar • May 4, 2025     Stefano Zanero, professor, Politecnico di Milano Machine learning excels at identifying repetitive patterns and anomalies, but human insight remains vital for understanding the broader context of cyberattacks – especially in cyber-physical ecosystems, said Stefano...Read More

A Medusa ransomware campaign is using a malicious driver to disrupt and even delete endpoint detection and response (EDR) products on targeted organization networks. According to new research from Elastic Security Labs, the malicious driver, dubbed ABYSSWORKER, is deployed along with a packer-as-a-service called HeartCrypt to deliver Medusa ransomware. Elastic noted the driver was first...Read More

As cybercriminals develop more sophisticated tactics, investigators like Gary Rudd must stay ahead of the latest digital threats. With nearly two decades of experience as a special agent in the U.S. Department of Defense, Rudd has spent his career tracking down cybercriminals and protecting digital assets. But even with years in the field, he saw...Read More

A significant number of children and adolescents around the world face school violence and bullying including cyberbullying, which adversely affects their health, well-being and education.  UNESCO Member States declared the first Thursday of November as the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, Including Cyberbullying, recognizing that school-related violence in all its forms is an infringement...Read More