Disappearance of significant RaaS groups Several prominent RaaS groups, including RansomHub, Babuk-Bjorka, FunkSec, BianLIan, 8Base, Cactus, Hunters International, and Lockbit, stopped publishing new victims. Though the reasons for their disappearances vary, the net effect is a fragmented ransomware ecosystem no longer dominated by one or two major players. Decline in publicly posted victims Q2 2025...Read More
Bapatla: The Bapatla district police have cracked a major cybercrime case, arresting two individuals from Rajasthan for operating fake websites that defrauded tourists and devotees across India. The accused, Paramjeet (20) and Bittu (21), both sons of Kulwant Singh from Sahasan village in Deeg district, Rajasthan, created fraudulent websites mimicking websites of popular tourism destinations...Read More
Ransomware remains one of the most persistent threats facing enterprises and public sector organizations. The latest research from ThreatLabz confirms that attacks are not only increasing in volume, but also shifting toward more targeted, data-driven extortion tactics. The newly released Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 Ransomware Report examines year-over-year spikes in ransomware activity blocked by the Zscaler...Read More
Hyderabad: In July, cybercrime sleuths conducted operations across India and arrested 48 people for their alleged involvement in a range of cybercrimes. Among those arrested were 21 people linked to investment fraud schemes.Additional commissioner of police (crimes), Viswa Prasad, said the accused were involved in 78 cybercrime cases registered in Telangana. Over the past month...Read More
Keeping children safe The way children experience the internet has fundamentally changed, as new laws under the Online Safety Act have come into force to protect under-18s from harmful online content they shouldn’t ever be seeing. This includes content relating to: pornography self-harm suicide eating disorder content Ofcom figures show that children as young as...Read More
New data from Zscaler shows that manufacturing, technology, and healthcare remain the most frequently targeted sectors, representing high-stakes environments that are ripe for extortion and leverage, where disruption can yield maximum leverage for attackers. Meanwhile, ransomware attacks on the oil and gas industry surged 935.3% year-over-year, likely fueled by a growing reliance on automation across...Read More
The Chandigarh Police have busted a major digital arrest scam and fake policy fraud ring, arresting 10 individuals. Police said the gang was operating from within and outside the country, targeting people in the name of providing money or giving jobs. Police also uncovered the use of ‘Sim boxes’ by the gang. Talking to India...Read More
