Beyond MoCo Published May 2, 2025 at 8:40AM Michael Peter Sherman, a pre-school teacher from Rockville was among eight men arrested by The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), in collaboration with the Northern Virginia Washington DC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (NOVA-DC ICAC), after concluding an internet chat operation during the week of April...Read More
The first quarter of 2025 saw a marked increase in ransomware hacks, cybersecurity consultancy firm NCC Group warned in a new study. Ransomware attacks and leaks were at an all-time high. That was the bad news. The even worse news is that it could get worse as attackers are employing evermore convincing attacks, tricking users...Read More
Nigeria has launched a first-of-its-kind joint case team to step up its response to cybercrimes that affect people and businesses at home and abroad. The ‘Joint Case Team on Cybercrime’ brings together Nigeria’s key justice and security agencies to work as one, making it easier to detect, investigate and prosecute digital offences. It is supported...Read More
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined alongside the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and multiple local law enforcement held a news conference on the arrests and charges of eight suspected child predators in New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 14. Currently, there is a warrant for a ninth arrest. “Operation Overwatch” is an undercover online chat...Read More
A third British retailer has been hit with a cyberattack The M&S incident is likely a ransomware attack from ScatteredSpider Retailers are at risk due to high downtime costs Luxury department store Harrods has become the third British retailer to be hit by a cyberattack in a matter of days, with the firm restricting internet...Read More
Cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies says cyber criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence. Check Point Software Technologies has launched its inaugural AI Security Report, exposing the rise of AI-powered cyber crime and defences. According to the cyber security firm, the report offers an in-depth exploration of how cyber criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence (AI), alongside...Read More
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, introducing both unprecedented defensive capabilities and alarming new attack vectors. The rapid evolution of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) has created a technological inflection point where digital identity verification mechanisms-including voice recognition, facial analysis, and behavioral biometrics-have become increasingly unreliable against sophisticated AI-driven impersonation attacks....Read More
The recent cyberattack on M&S is not a UK-centric incident, with the DragonForce ransomware group rapidly emerging as one of the most dangerous threats in the cybersecurity domain globally, according to Rick Welsh, CEO of Killara Cyber. Killara Cyber is the cyber insurance program of Canopy Specialty Insurance. It offers a solution for its SME...Read More
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are moving to investigate Governor Katie Hobbs after a budget shortfall at Arizona’s child welfare agency. The Department of Child Safety is asking lawmakers to approve a shift of agency dollars to cover a budget hole in funding for group homes serving children in foster care. A spokesperson for Hobbs characterized...Read More
