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*This list of cyberbullying statistics from 2018-2024 is regularly updated with the latest facts, figures, and trends. Internet connectivity is important because it provides both educational and social benefits for young people. Unfortunately, these positive attributes are counterbalanced by potentially dangerous consequences. Alongside improving communication and democratizing access to information, the internet lets people conceal themselves behind a mask of anonymity. This creates a whole new set of risks for children – and often adults too. The internet creates not only a threat for teens who could fall victim to cyberbullying, but also the potential for children to engage in…

In brief Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2, launched its Aztec Tierra upgrade, fixing a critical vulnerability and adding security hardening. A new architecture cuts Ethereum-to-Aztec message delivery from two minutes to as low as 12 seconds. It arrives with private apps spanning payments, trading, AI and social—led by the revived zk.money—amid a broader Ethereum privacy push. Aztec, the privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 network, has rolled out a major upgrade that fixes a critical vulnerability from its previous version, doubles the speed of private transactions, and ushers in a wave of applications built to keep user data hidden.The Aztec Foundation said Tuesday…

The US State Department is offering up to US $10 million for information about the whereabouts of Zhang Yu, a 44-year-old Chinese national who is accused of being a key figure in China’s state-sponsored hacking group, Hafnium.Hafnium (also known as Silk Typhoon) is widely believed to be the group thatexploited zero day vulnerabilities to breach Microsoft Exchange Server systems in early 2021,According to the bounty announcement on the United States Rewards for Justice website, Zhang is a director at Shanghai Firetech Information Science and Technology and works under the direction of the Shanghai State Security Bureau (part of China’s Ministry…

Hope is not a strategy. Neither is nostalgia. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada   Business leaders cannot respond to AI-era cyber risk by longing for a simpler technology stack, slower decision-making or a security model built around a trusted internal network. AI is changing how organisations operate—and how adversaries identify and exploit weaknesses—faster than many leadership teams can anticipate. Cybersecurity has therefore evolved from a “coconut strategy”, built around a hardened perimeter and trusted interior, to what I call a “mango strategy”. The modern enterprise and its digitally connected ecosystem have a porous, continuously changing edge, but it must…

The need for agility is becoming even more apparent as agencies increase their investment in AI and other emerging technologies.

Even if you haven’t been a staunch supporter, it is hard to ignore the impact that cryptocurrency has had on the global financial market. Most are familiar with the behemoth that is Bitcoin, but there are thousands of other crypto options out there now. In fact, you can even get a crypto Visa card from a litany of established financial institutions. But before you run out to get your own crypto debit card, there are a few important things that you should keep in mind so that you can use it to your fullest advantage. Traditional vs. Crypto The concept…

This report provides an overview of the top five initial access threat vectors observed by Unit 42 Threat Intelligence for September 2026. Adversary activity during this period demonstrates a pronounced reliance on external edge exploitation and identity compromise, with the targeting of public-facing infrastructure and legitimate credential abuse serving as the primary footholds for intrusion campaigns. Concurrently, social engineering continues to drive targeted operations against public sector and critical infrastructure targets, while high-impact supply chain intrusions and zero-interaction drive-by compromises pose acute systemic risks across interconnected technology ecosystems. Ranking Threat Title Overview & Behavior Description 1 (Primary Entry Vector) Exploitation…

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution to victims. One of several selfies from the Facebook page of Cameron Wagenius. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was stationed at a U.S. Army base in South Korea when he adopted the cybercriminal persona “Kiberphant0m.” Working with three alleged co-conspirators, Kiberphant0m downloaded data from several large customers of the cloud data storage service Snowflake that…

AI will run in many places. The enterprise fabric should remain one. Earlier this year at Cisco Live, our team spent an evening talking with several NeoCloud providers alongside colleagues from Cisco’s AI Infrastructure organization. We expected the conversation to revolve around GPUs, AI factories, and inference capacity. Instead, the same request kept surfacing. Their enterprise customers wanted an easier way to connect AI workloads running in these environments into their existing Cisco SD-WAN networks. They weren’t simply asking for another connection. These customers had already built routing, segmentation, security, and application policies into their SD-WAN fabric. They wanted that…