1. e-Zero FIR System Launched to Speed Up Cybercrime ResponseThe Ministry of Home Affairs has launched a pilot e-Zero FIR system in Delhi to fast-track FIR registration in cyber financial frauds above ₹10 lakh. It enables instant electronic FIRs via NCRP or helpline 1930, boosting fund recovery chances and removing jurisdiction delays. 2. ₹6.67 Crore...Read More
With just days to go before winter break, another heartbreaking school shooting shook the nation. On December 16, 2024, a 15-year-old student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another student before taking her own life. As someone who once called Madison home, this incident hit especially close...Read More
(TNS) — The messages seemed innocuous, mundane even. Someone posing as a prospective guest emailed a hotel questions about a purported comment left on Booking.com. Another message was supposedly from that third-party booking site to review negative guest feedback. But they were all fake. The emails were phishing scams designed to get the recipient to...Read More
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a Blair County man regarding possession and dissemination of child sexual abuse materials — including artificially-generated files. Joseph B. Hazlett, 43, is charged with seven felony offenses, and was recently arraigned when bail was set at $50,000 unsecured. The case involves a felony charge recently enacted...Read More
Kettering Health is working to mitigate impacts from a cybersecurity incident that resulted in a systemwide technology outage this week.The outage, which has been reported to be the result of a cyberattack, limited the network’s ability to access certain patient care systems across the organization.The health network said Tuesday’s incident resulted from someone gaining “unauthorized...Read More
ABILENE, Texas — The City of Abilene was impacted by a cyber attack April 18 that caused multiple city departments to be taken offline. RELATED | Russian group ‘Qilin’ claims Abilene data breach, demands ransom by May 27 According to a Comparitech article, a Russian-based ransomware group known as Qilin claims to have stolen 477...Read More
We speak with Ethical Hacker Juan Francisco ‘Fran’ Bolivar and Sajeeb Lohani, Global TISO for Bugcrowd. Fran successfully claimed 90 bounties as a result of a ServiceNow configuration compromise, with bounties ranging between $100K and $3K. Fran provides insight into his methodologies, learning outcomes and the challenges of being an ethical hacker. For more information...Read More
TEXAS (KAUZ) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, an effort to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators. The DOJ said the operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown. “The Department of Justice...Read More
The hacker ecosystem in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, and espionage. Now an indictment of a group of Russian nationals and the takedown of their sprawling botnet offers the clearest example in years of how a single malware operation allegedly enabled hacking...Read More
