Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a novel ransomware family dubbed Charon, deployed in a sophisticated campaign targeting the public sector and aviation industry in the Middle East. This operation employs advanced persistent threat (APT)-style techniques, including DLL sideloading via a legitimate Edge.exe binary (originally cookie_exporter.exe) to load a malicious msedge.dll loader known as SWORDLDR. Discovery...Read More

A survey of more than 10,000 Australians online found nearly half have been victims of cybercrimes, including scammers hacking data and stealing money. A report from the Australian Institute of Criminology found identity theft accounted for more than one-in-five victims (22 per cent), while fraudsters and scammers duped almost one-in-10 (9.5 per cent). Some of...Read More

LIVINGSTON — For the second time this year, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has teamed up with TV journalist Chris Hansen to take suspected online predators off the streets. The latest effort, dubbed “Operation Waterfront”, ran through June and July 2025 and led to 15 arrests. Earlier this year,...Read More

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, in close coordination with U.S. and international law enforcement partners, has successfully dismantled critical infrastructure used by BlackSuit ransomware, a major cybercriminal operation and successor to Royal ransomware, responsible for attacks on essential services around the world. The operation resulted in the seizures of servers, domains and digital assets used to...Read More

Visakhapatnam: Elderly citizens in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kurnool and a few other cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh are turning targets for cybercrooks. Police observed that senior citizens are vulnerable to cybercrooks due to their trusting nature, lack of much digital awareness, loneliness, financial stability and lack of immediate support.The police said the senior citizens...Read More

School Resource Officers (SROs) across the state—including deputies with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office—are returning to campuses this year with a sharpened focus on prevention, partnership, and rapid response. “The SRO role is more than a gun and a badge,” Sheriff Tommie Johnson said. “We’re part of that school community.” Renewing their commitment to student...Read More

ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 Certified “Attacker-Oriented” Boutique Launches in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland with Advanced Manual Penetration Testing and Defense Services. Verona, Italy – ISGroup SRL, an Italian boutique cybersecurity firm specializing in high-depth Ethical Hacking and manual Penetration Testing, announces its expansion into the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia,...Read More

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Federal and international law enforcement officers moved in late July to disrupt the BlackSuit ransomware gang, seizing servers, domain names and roughly a million dollars in cryptocurrency tied to its operations. According to the Justice Department, the action included an unsealed warrant...Read More

YouTuber JiDion was in Indianapolis on July 22 to confront an adult youth volleyball coach who was allegedly communicating with a 14-year-old decoy. INDIANAPOLIS — It’s becoming a much more common sight both online and in the community: citizen-led vigilante groups posing as underage kids, working to expose child predators online. A video from a...Read More

Prairie Eye and LASIK Center, a full-service eye and vision care provider based in Springfield, Illinois, experienced a data breach involving a ransomware attack. On Aug. 7, 2025, cybercriminal group known as Abyss claimed responsibility for the attack, stating on their Tor-based leak site on the dark web that they had obtained sensitive data belonging...Read More