[ad_1] A recent ransomware attack in Gloucester County, Va., has compromised residents’ personal information and officials are monitoring its aftermath amid a state and federal investigation. The county’s Information Technology Department (ITD) detected the incident “on or about April 22,” according to an online update July 2, but staffers quickly secured and restored systems. The...Read More
[ad_1] Families urged to prioritize Cyber Safety education as over half of older loved ones have fallen victim to cybercrime TEMPE, Ariz. and PRAGUE, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As people try to keep up with rapidly evolving online safety threats and scams, their parents and grandparents may need their help. According to Avast, a...Read More
[ad_1] Italian authorities and FBI agents have arrested a Chinese man who allegedly helped Beijing’s Hafnium group conduct a series of high-profile cyberattacks in 2020 and 2021. Xu Zewei, 33, faces charges of hacking into the computers of U.S. researchers studying the COVID-19 virus and exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers that kicked off a...Read More
[ad_1] British retailer Marks & Spencer believes the ransomware operation behind the April cyberattack which forced it to suspend online shopping for nearly seven weeks was a group called ‘DragonForce’, its chairman said. Archie Norman told lawmakers on parliament’s Business and Trade Committee that “loosely aligned parties” worked together on the cyberattack. “We believe in...Read More
[ad_1] A newly identified ransomware group, BERT, tracked by Trend Micro as Water Pombero, has emerged as a significant threat to organizations across Asia, Europe, and the US. First observed in April, BERT targets critical sectors such as healthcare, technology, and event services, employing a dual-platform approach to infect both Windows and Linux systems. Threat...Read More
[ad_1] Gurugram, Jul 8 (PTI) A cybercrime awareness workshop in Gurugram on Tuesday brought over 100 cyber experts to educate participants on rising cyber threats, officials said. The workshop primarily focused on five major types of cyber frauds: investment frauds, customs and parcel delivery frauds or digital arrests, vishing scams, task-based frauds and search engine...Read More
[ad_1] Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a 40-year-old Allegheny County man who believed he was soliciting online sexual contact from a 12-year-old girl. An Office of Attorney General agent posing as the “child’s” mother communicated with Lane Alan Simpson, who agreed to pay a cash sum to have the contact. Simpson was recently charged...Read More
[ad_1] M&S confirmed today that the retail outlet’s network was initially breached in a “sophisticated impersonation attack” that ultimately led to a DragonForce ransomware attack. M&S chairman Archie Norman revealed this in a hearing with the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security regarding the recent attacks on the retail sector in the country....Read More
[ad_1] Gurgaon: The city saw an uptick in cybercrime cases, with more than a 17-fold increase in 2024 compared to 2021. Cybercrime recorded a skyrocketing trend from 79 to 1,300 cases by last year. Meanwhile, police action in terms of arrests also reflected a corresponding rise, though there was a substantial gap between the cases...Read More
[ad_1] A new report out today from endpoint security firm Morphisec Inc. reveals the resurgence of Pay2Key, a ransomware operation with ties to Iran’s Fox Kitten advanced persistent threat group, now rebranded as Pay2Key.I2P. Originally exposed in 2020, the updated threat actor is leveraging a ransomware-as-a-service model and incorporating techniques and components associated with the Mimic ransomware family, including...Read More
