Before the internet, social media, and smartphones, kids connecting with friends meant grabbing the house phone, or running into their front yard and shouting their name until they came outside. We’d beg our parents for “just five more minutes” of playtime, and every...
World Social Media Day celebrates how platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram have changed how we communicate, connect, and share. For creators and influencers, these platforms are more than social media platforms—they’re essential business tools. This year,...
In a push to bolster cybersecurity, the US House of Representatives has banned the use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices for congressional staffers. The decision, communicated via an internal email obtained by US news website Axios, cites concerns over the...
A new INTERPOL report has sounded the alarm over a dramatic increase in cybercrime across Africa, with digital crime now accounting for a significant proportional of all criminal activity across the continent. The report, published this week, paints a sobering picture...
A Russian court has sentenced cybercriminals tied to the REvil ransomware gang to time already served, which means they have been released. Four Russian nationals linked to the notorious REvil ransomware group were convicted by the Dzerzhinsky District Court in Saint...
Threat actors exploit encrypted messenger Signal chats in a wave of Russia-linked phishing attacks. Signal chats weaponized into delivery vectors Russian state-backed threat actors known as APT28 have launched a new wave of cyberattacks against Ukrainian government...