University of St. Francis/ss Local first responders, school safety personnel, and emergency management agencies from across the region will gather at the University of St. Francis Main Campus in Joliet for a full-scale School Reunification Exercise on Wednesday, July 23. The public is advised of an increased presence of emergency vehicles in the vicinity from 8:00...Read More

Vijayawada: Assembly Deputy Speaker K Raghurama Krishna Raju opined that strict measures should be taken to curb cybercrime, cheatings and betting apps. Speaking at Assembly petitions committee meeting on Friday, the Deputy Speaker said Acts should be further strengthened to prevent cybercrimes. In this regard, a bill will be introduced in coming Assembly session for...Read More

Irish business leaders are increasingly focused on people-related pressures, for example rising costs and digital insecurity, placing less emphasis on more traditional threats. Gallagher, an Illinois-based multinational insurance, risk management, HR and benefit consultancy firm, has published the inaugural Gallagher Business Risk Index for Ireland report, highlighting the areas of most concern to the region’s...Read More

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Twenty high school students spent the week at Northern Michigan University learning about the basics of cybersecurity. It’s called the Cyber Defenders Summer Camp. The campers learned about everything from ethical hacking, to SQL attacks, to Python, which is like a language for computers. Certain websites and apps are controlled by...Read More

An order by Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Manet for a crackdown on criminal cybercrime operations has resulted in the arrest of more than 1000 suspects, authorities say. Hun Manet issued the order authorising state action for “maintaining and protecting security, public order, and social safety”. “The government has observed that online scams are currently causing...Read More

France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece are preparing to test a new age verification system as part of the EU’s push to regulate how children access online content. Here are the details. The pilot program, announced by the European Commission on Monday (via Reuters), is built on the same technical standards as the upcoming European...Read More

United Natural Foods said the cyberattack that prompted the food distributor and wholesaler to completely shut down its network last month resulted in lost sales of up to $400 million. Executives, during a business update call Wednesday with analysts and investors, said the financial impact from the attack is largely contained to the current quarter,...Read More

Quick look An Iowa State student’s call for help back in 2020 led Iowa State University Police down a long and often disturbing path that more than four years later has finally resulted in federal indictments for a ring of sexual predators accused of preying on young women – many of them minors – from...Read More

Twelve suspects are facing numerous charges following a three-day child predator sting. The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office said it worked with local, state, and federal agencies to conduct “Operation Phantom Whisper.” During the operation, undercover officers posed as underaged girls in an effort to target the suspects who are accused of arranging to meet who they...Read More

The 2022 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime was released on 21 March 2022 and builds on the previous 2013 version. The National Plan framework identifies three key pillars around which to focus future action and support the development of a nationally coordinated approach to combating cybercrime in Australia: Pillar One: Prevent and Protect, which focuses...Read More