CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will start a new school year next Monday, August 25. Corryn Johnson, of Charlotte, is preparing to start her senior year at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology. While there are a number of things a high school senior might worry about, Johnson said safety is not...Read More
Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to using the same password across multiple accounts. Experts say that makes it easier for hackers to break in. DALLAS — North Texans may be more alert than most when it comes to cyberattacks, but a new survey suggests they still face serious digital risks. The study, released by...Read More
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign where cybercriminals disguise malicious software as the popular ChatGPT Desktop Application to deploy ransomware across multiple sectors worldwide. The malware, dubbed PipeMagic, represents a significant evolution in attacker tactics, combining social engineering with advanced technical capabilities to compromise organizations in the IT, financial, and real estate...Read More
A 22-year-old Eugene man has been accused of developing one of the world’s most powerful hacking networks and renting it out to others to conduct large-scale cyberattacks targeting victims – including Elon Musk’s social media site X — in more than 80 countries. Ethan J. Foltz was identified as the administrator of the Rapper Bot...Read More
The understandable outrage of the bonded release of an alleged child predator visiting Nevada from Israel has been lighting up social media, but the blame game has spiraled into disinformation and antisemitic tropes that ignore the facts found in the numerous Democrat-led revisions to Nevada state law. The state, not federal, case involves the arrest...Read More
A comprehensive reverse engineering analysis has unveiled the sophisticated technical mechanisms behind Lockbit’s Linux ESXi ransomware variant, first discovered in 2022 but recently dissected to reveal advanced evasion techniques and cryptographic implementations that specifically target virtualized server environments. Anti-Analysis Evasion and Obfuscation Techniques The malware employs a clever anti-debugging mechanism using the ptrace system call...Read More
By Joyce Hanson ( August 19, 2025, 10:28 PM EDT) — The mother of a 10-year-old girl has hit Roblox Corp. with a lawsuit joining the many that accuse the popular gaming platform of putting children in danger, claiming that a man the girl met on the company’s app groomed her until she shared sexually...Read More
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -A Bryan man already facing an online solicitation charge is now accused of possessing a sizable amount of child pornography, according to 82 pages of arrest documents obtained by KBTX. The case has sparked renewed debate about the role of private citizen groups in pursuing alleged predators. Police say 78-year-old Frank Lopez...Read More
Sophos’ Aaron Bugal on Evolving Ransomware Tactics and Endpoint Vulnerabilities Brian Pereira (creed_digital) • August 11, 2025 Aaron Bugal, field CISO, APJ, Sophos Ransomware demands in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region fell by 50% in 2025, according to Sophos’ latest State of Ransomware report. Aaron Bugal, field CISO at Sophos, said this change...Read More
A sophisticated malware campaign has been identified, utilizing PipeMagic, a highly modular backdoor deployed by the financially motivated threat actor Storm-2460. This advanced malware masquerades as a legitimate open-source ChatGPT Desktop Application while exploiting the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2025-29824 in Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) to deploy ransomware across multiple sectors globally. Key Takeaways1. PipeMagic...Read More
