An online sex offender who was caught trying to groom someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl has been jailed. Giampiero Franchi was actually speaking to an undercover police officer in a chat room when he engaged them in sexual communications on 9 July 2024. When the incident was passed to Nottinghamshire Police they...Read More
“Colt are being extorted by Warlock ransomware group, they have been for over a week, Colt are trying to cover it up,” Beaumont wrote on Mastodon on Friday, Aug 15. “Entry likely via sharehelp.colt.net via CVE-2025-53770 as they were interacting with it.” Beaumont added that the group has stolen a few hundred gigabytes of customer...Read More
A 27-year-old construction labourer struggling with alcoholism who was hooked to online rummy. A 32-year-old son of an armed forces veteran, who was dabbling in cryptocurrency trades. A 21-year-old ice-cream factory worker desperately hunting for an online job. These three unrelated men had something in common — they all ended up as cyber mules, becoming...Read More
“Firing the CISO might seem like a necessary reset for CIOs or boards, but it’s not always a strategic move. If the incident response plan was followed, the detection tools worked, and recovery was within SLAs, then replacing the CISO often sends the wrong message internally,” Avakian maintains. “It shows that the security role is...Read More
The incident, which occurred in April 2025 at a small hydropower facility, is seen as primarily symbolic. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) stated on August 13, 2025, that it suspected pro-Russian cybercriminals of sabotaging a dam in the country’s southwest. This marks the first time a state authority has publicly linked the incident to...Read More
Directorate of School Education Kashmir on Monday issued advisory for safety of school going students and staff amid Inclement weather. According to a notification issued by Directorate School Education Kashmir, “In light of recent cloudburst incidents, all Chief Education Officers and Heads of Institutions (HOIs) are directed to implement the following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)...Read More
August 18, 2025 News Background of the Incident A 38-year-old Israeli official, T. A. A., recently found himself embroiled in a significant legal controversy during a visit to the United States. The visit was intended for him to attend the prestigious Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference held from August 2 to 7 at the Mandalay...Read More
Wellix FNI Loan Attacked, “Savings Bank Customer Information Is No Problem” 사진 확대 Welcome Financial Group headquarters in Yongsan-gu, Seoul Some affiliates of Welcome Financial Group were recently attacked by ransomware hacking. Welcome Financial Group said it had nothing to do with its major affiliate Welcome Savings Bank. According to the financial sector on the...Read More
Roblox’s chief executive is facing a wave of fury after his company sent a cease and desist letter to a YouTuber known for exposing alleged child predators on the online gaming platform. The Roblox Corporation reportedly issued a legal complaint last week to a 22-year-old content creator known as “Schlep,” who revealed this in a...Read More
Colt Technology Services pulls services offline, confirms this was due to a cyberattack A ransomware group called WarLock claimed responsibility Independent researchers believe the attackers struck the company’s SharePoint servers Colt Technology Services has suffered a cyberattack which forced it to pull parts of its IT network offline for several days, thought to be a...Read More
