Ransomware group threatens to release 3.5TB of data Image: Ingram Micro is still recovering from a cyberattack on 9th July A ransomware group is threatening to release terabytes of data allegedly stolen from IT distributor Ingram Micro, which suffered a cyberattack three weeks ago. The SafePay ransomware group has threatened to release 3.5 terabytes of...Read More
A challenge in securing any IT environment is staying ahead of the tactics and technologies that bad actors use to breach an organisation, and now it appears that the democratisation of GenAI is opening up the door to an increase in ransomware campaigns. For years, security practitioners worried about when and how threat actors would...Read More
Cybercriminals are now using ransomware not only to make money but also to spread political propaganda, according to a new report by cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai. In its State of the Internet 2025 report, Akamai shows how some ransomware groups are acting more like hacktivists — hackers who attack systems to support a...Read More
Akamai Technologies, the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, has found that bad actors are using a new quadruple extortion tactic in ransomware campaigns, while double extortion remains the most common approach. With ransomware accounting for more than half of the total data breaches in this region in 2024, Asia...Read More
The Top Ten cyber crime news summaries on The420 are meticulously curated by Future Crime Researchers from the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF) and powered by Algoritha Security Pvt. Ltd. These summaries feature the most critical cyber crime developments from around the world. Keep reading—and stay safe. 1. 31 Arrested in Connection with 18 Cybercrime...Read More
MELBOURNE – An Australian appeals court on Thursday ruled against X Corp., rejecting a challenge to a safety watchdog’s demands for details on how the Elon Musk -owned company was combating widespread child exploitation material on its platform. Three federal court judges unanimously rejected X’s appeal against a federal court decision in October last year...Read More
When Qantas first revealed it had been the victim of a cyber attack that compromised the personal data of millions of its customers, many experts attributed the attack to the Scattered Spider hacking collective. You’re out of free articles for this month
“A wave of data breaches impacting companies like Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH,...Read More
Dozens of people were arrested following a days-long operation targeting online child predators in Central Florida, state officials said Wednesday. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced 48 people face 153 charges combined after the six-day operation, coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. This is the highest number of arrests ever made during the annual operation....Read More
As the maritime industry, responsible for facilitating nearly 90% of global trade continues to evolve digitally, it has become an increasingly prominent target for advanced cyber adversaries. Recent threat intelligence from Cyble reveals a significant uptick in over a hundred cyberattacks against the sector in the past year alone, with coordinated campaigns by advanced persistent...Read More
As the cloud reshapes enterprise IT, cybercriminals have found a new weak spot not in software vulnerabilities or brute-force hacks, but in browser-based identity theft. With modern malware, phishing kits, and infostealers targeting credentials and session tokens, the humble browser has become ground zero for the most devastating breaches of the decade. From Endpoints to...Read More
