An Indian-origin Telugu man was apprehended in Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, USA, as part of an “Online Child Predator Operation” earlier this month. Authorities later identified the person taken into custody during the undercover operation as 26-year-old Nagaraju Balkam. Nagaraju Balkam, a 26-year-old of Indian descent, was arrested in Santa Fe, NM...Read More
International law enforcement agencies announced Friday dismantling one of the largest known networks of fraudulent platforms on the dark web, uncovering hundreds of thousands of fake websites used to scam users seeking child sexual abuse content. The investigation, launched by German investigators in 2021, initially targeted a dark web platform known as “Alice with Violence CP.”...Read More
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American travelers across the nation are facing hours-long security lines as TSA workers continue to receive empty paychecks. LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, William P. Hobby Airport in Houston and many other airports have had wait times of over 2.5 hours. Now,...Read More
The latest annual Sophos study of the real-world ransomware experiences of energy, oil/gas and utilities sector – a core element of the critical infrastructure supporting businesses – explores the full victim journey, from attack rate and root cause to operational impact and business outcomes. This year’s report sheds light on new areas of study for...Read More
The US government has moved to disrupt a cluster of IoT botnets behind some of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded, including traffic bursts topping 30 terabits per second. In a coordinated operation with authorities in Germany and Canada, the Department of Justice said it disrupted the command-and-control infrastructure behind four botnets – Aisuru, KimWolf,...Read More
Authorities seized infrastructure powering four botnets that hijacked a combined three million devices and launched more than 300,000 DDoS attacks collectively, the Justice Department said Thursday. The botnets — Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad — enabled operators to sell access to the infected devices for various cybercrimes. The aftermath spanned thousands of attacks, including some...Read More
North Korean state-backed hackers associated with the Lazarus threat group are targeting U.S. healthcare organizations in extortion attacks using the Medusa ransomware. The Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation emerged in January 2021, and by February 2025, it impacted over 300 organizations in various critical infrastructure sectors. Since then, the gang claimed at least another 80 victims. North...Read More
CISA Warns Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center 0-Day Exploit An urgent warning highlights a critical zero-day in Cisco products, now added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog after active exploitation in ransomware campaigns. Network defenders and security administrators are urged to take immediate action. The rapid exploitation of this vulnerability by financially motivated threat...Read More
More than 373,000 dark web sites have been shut down in a global operation led by German authorities and supported by Europol. The investigation against the platform Alice with Violence CP began in 2021. Since then, authorities detected that the operator managed fraudulent websites advertising child sexual abuse material and offers of cybercrime as a...Read More
Qilin, the ransomware gang behind a crippling 2024 cyber attack on a major NHS supplier partner, maintained its status as “top dog” in the ransomware ecosystem during January 2026, accounting for nearly a fifth of all observed attacks, according to data gathered by NCC Group for its regular monthly cyber barometer. In its latest...Read More
