It couldn’t have been more obvious that Jessica Walker was a vulnerable 13-year-old. The anorexic teen was a religious follower of the unfathomably thin YouTuber Eugenia Cooney and regularly posted on Discord servers dedicated to her fandom. That’s where the Strasburg, Virginia, teen was contacted by a 29-year-old man, who she now realizes worked out...Read More
Dive Brief: About one in four companies targeted in a ransomware incident in the last year did not get all their data back after paying the attacker, cybersecurity firm Delinea said in a report released Wednesday. Delinea also found that most ransomware today includes data-theft extortion, with 85% of victims saying they were threatened with having their...Read More
Gen Protects Millions of People as Breached Personal Information, Phishing Reports, Fake Browser Update Scams, and Scam-Yourself Attacks Are on the Rise TEMPE, Ariz. and PRAGUE, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), a global leader powering Digital Freedom with a family of trusted brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion and more, today released...Read More
Healthcare , Industry Specific , Information Sharing Phil Englert of Health ISAC, Murad Dikeidek of UI Health on Conquering Challenges Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 28, 2025
Phil Englert, vice president, medical device security, Health-ISAC, and Murad Dikeidek, head, info security, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
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Law enforcement and judicial officials, working together with Europol and Eurojust, have dealt a devastating blow to the worldwide ransomware ecosystem in a historic international operation. From May 19 to 22, 2025, Operation Endgame targeted the critical infrastructure behind ransomware attacks, dismantling approximately 300 servers and neutralizing 650 malicious domains worldwide. This operation not only...Read More
The changes come after the service faced a number of negative headlines in recent years as it exploded in popularity. Roblox features a vast number of colorful and anarchic games and “experiences,” many of which are made by users themselves and often involves real-time messaging between players. But anyone younger than 13 will by default...Read More
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) is the latest big-name organization to disclose a serious cyberattack leading to data theft, with the number of affected individuals pegged at 364,333. A notification letter being dispatched to affected individuals says that an “unauthorized party” gained access to a third-party software development platform on December 25, 2024, and made off...Read More
Published: May 28, 2025 Photo from Ron Lach via Pexels By Gavin Boyle A police officer shared a sickening story he recently encountered which reveals how online predators exploit kids even when parents do everything right. “My daughter was/is the victim of an online predator. She’s officially considered an exploited child. Let me just tell...Read More
The Interlock ransomware gang is deploying a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) named NodeSnake against educational institutes for persistent access to corporate networks. QuorumCyber researchers report seeing NodeSnake’s deployment in at least two cases targeting universities in the UK in January and March 2025. The two malware samples significantly differ, indicating active development to...Read More
