It was a chilly winter morning when Inspector Faraz received an unusual call. A mother, trembling with panic, reported that her 17-year-old daughter had gone missing after being blackmailed online. The girl had been chatting with someone she believed was a schoolmate. But the boy turned out to be a predator who had gathered private...Read More
Montana surges into the Top 3. Michigan tumbles 28 spots. And Alaska ranks dead last. Again. Just six months after the last edition, the 2025 Data Security Index reveals dramatic shifts in how U.S. states protect (or fail to protect) their residents’ personal data. This report ranks states by how safe your personal information is,...Read More
Apollo Information Systems has announced the launch of iCOUNTER, a cyber risk intelligence company led by John Watters, a pioneer in cyber threat intelligence. iCOUNTER focuses on delivering precision risk intelligence to protect customers in the SLED, SMB, and enterprise sectors from targeted attacks. Backed by a $30 million Series A funding from SYN Ventures,...Read More
File Photo Dubai Police have arrested a cybercrime gang that orchestrated a large-scale online fraud operation by promoting fake trading and investment schemes via social media platforms. The arrests were carried out by the Anti-Fraud Centre of the General Department of Criminal Investigation following a detailed monitoring and investigation process. The operation was part of...Read More
Kilgore Police Department recently announced their School Resource Officers have returned from a school safety conference which included specialized safety training to better equip them to protect Kilgore’s students. “Our School Resource Officers have just returned from the National School Safety Conference, held in Grapevine,” KPD shared. “This conference is put on by the National...Read More
The UK government is warning that Russia’s APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been deploying previously unknown malware to harvest Microsoft email credentials and steal access to compromised accounts. Both the UK and the US have previously said APT28 is part of Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) military unit...Read More
NEW DELHI: A data compiled by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has revealed that a majority of cyber frauds targeting Indian citizens are being operated from Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. These frauds are primarily linked to organised networks allegedly...Read More
A proposal to pause a planned tax hike on retail cannabis has set off alarm bells among child safety advocates whose substance use prevention and treatment work depends on funds generated by sales of cannabis products. Industry members say the move, which lawmakers in Sacramento are considering, is necessary to keep struggling retailers afloat. This...Read More
It’s been a busy seven days for security alerts. Google is addressing another actively exploited zero-day in Chrome, and VMware has rolled out key patches for its own set of vulnerabilities. We’ll also break down the methods behind a new FortiWeb hack and discuss the rising trend of attackers abusing Microsoft Teams for their campaigns....Read More
