OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — A viral video on a Russian-American YouTube channel, filmed in Carl Traeger Middle School, prompted the Oshkosh Area School District to conduct a cyberbullying investigation. The district had the YouTube channel take down the video. The video reached 3.3 million views. In the video, a student points out where “popular kids”...Read More
SINGAPORE – An influx of blurry selfies of children has flooded social media, with even government organisations in Singapore not immune to the cuteness. Babies have invaded the Instagram accounts of at least three government organisations over the weekend with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and gov.sg...Read More
Numerous interdependent players in the cybercrime ecosystem create economies of scale for criminals. Given the covert nature of cybercrime operations, greater information and transparency will help combat them. A shared map of the ecosystem will serve cybercrime defenders, prosecutors, legislators and investigators to plan, communicate and collaborate effectively. As highlighted in the Global Cybersecurity Outlook...Read More
For years, we have repeated that cybercrime knows no borders. Now, the United States has decided to use those very borders to combat it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently announced a policy that will allow visas to be denied or revoked for foreign nationals deemed responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and digitally enabled...Read More
Anthropic said Thursday that its AI model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a rogue-agent episode involving AI firm Hugging Face. Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed...Read More
BRUSSELS — The European Union rolled out a new team on Friday to rein in AI companies across the world, in one of the most aggressive regulations the high-tech sector has so far faced as fears rise over the risks the rapidly advancing technology poses to people, politics and prosperity. Brussels aims to track the...Read More
Researchers from the cybersecurity company AhnLab have found evidence that the North Korean advanced persistent threat group Lazarus may be sharing tools and access to compromised systems with the ransomware gang Gunra, which has focused its attacks on organizations in South Korea. According to the report, both groups exploited the same vulnerabilities in a widely...Read More
Aiden Westcott from Bournemouth has developed Safe2Sharp, a tamper-resistant pencil sharpener designed to reduce the risks associated with exposed blades in traditional models. The device is intended for use in schools, mental health facilities, custodial settings and homes any environment where easy access to sharp objects could pose a safeguarding concern. Safe2Sharp pencil sharpeners (Image:...Read More
By Arun Pratap SinghGarhwal Post Bureau HALDWANI, 31 Jul: A joint team comprising the Child Rights Protection Commission, Child Helpline, Child Welfare Committee, District Legal Services Authority, Anti-Human Trafficking Cell and police conducted surprise inspections at various locations in Nainital district to check arrangements at child protection institutions and ensure compliance with child safety standards....Read More
