[ad_1] A financially motivated threat actor has been involved in a cluster of activity linked to the ToolShell vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said Tuesday. The threat actor has developed a custom tool set that includes ransomware, deployment of a malicious backdoor called AK47C2, and loaders. Microsoft in July...Read More
[ad_1] Washington, D.C., August 8, 2025—Qatari authorities should reconsider the implications of an amendment to the country’s cybercrime law, which could be used to prosecute journalists, photojournalists, and bloggers for doing their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On August 4, Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani approved an amendment to a 2014 cybercrime law that adds a new...Read More
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Students will be back in the classroom at the Clark County School District on Monday. The district’s superintendent, Jhone Ebert, was made available for one-on-one interviews. Below is that conversation where Ebert discussed a range of things, including boosting student performance, extending the school day, pushing back school start times,...Read More
[ad_1] The thing about security conferences like Black Hat, which took Las Vegas by storm this week, is that you end up seeing some nuanced, technical things that seem like they don’t matter but actually do, and then you see other things that are just terrifying beyond belief. Thankfully, the PCMag security team was there...Read More
[ad_1] Marrakech – During talks in Nairobi on Thursday with Morocco’s Ambassador to Kenya and South Sudan, Abderrazzak Laassel, Kenya’s Attorney General Renson Ingonga spoke emphatically of the East African country’s desire to benefit from Morocco’s expertise in fighting cybercrime. Ingonga praised Morocco’s major advances in digital forensics, describing it as a priority cooperation area...Read More
[ad_1] Fifteen years ago on August 10, 2010, I wrote the blog, “Malicious vs unintentional cyber incidents – why it is necessary to include unintentional incidents”. This blog was written weeks before Stuxnet and its impact on control systems and centrifuge damage were made public. As I mentioned in my July 24 blog on the...Read More
[ad_1] The thing about security conferences like Black Hat, which took Las Vegas by storm this week, is that you end up seeing some nuanced, technical things that seem like they don’t matter but actually do, and then you see other things that are just terrifying beyond belief. Thankfully, the PCMag security team was there...Read More
[ad_1] The North Korean state-backed hacker group tracked as ScarCruft recently took the unusual step of infecting targets with ransomware alongside other malicious files, researchers said. ScarCruft, primarily known for cyber-espionage campaigns against high-profile individuals and government entities, used “newly observed” ransomware as part of the operation, analysts at South Korean cybersecurity firm S2W said...Read More
[ad_1] The cyber crime wing of the Cyberabad Police arrested 15 people in connection with 11 cybercrime cases detected between July 29 and August 4, 2025, exposing a network of fraudsters operating across multiple States. Of the 15 suspects held, 12 were involved in trading fraud cases, which accounted for nine of the incidents reported...Read More
[ad_1] Navi Mumbai: In a significant breakthrough, Vashi Police arrested two men from Jaipur for supplying bank accounts to cyber fraudsters. Rahul Chaudhary and Manoj Samota allegedly bought accounts from needy youths for Rs 10,000 each and sold them to cyber gangs. Police are probing how many accounts were supplied. The case began in March when...Read More
