BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – Four men have been arrested after a child predator sting operation, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says the undercover sting operation targeted online child predators and is part of an ongoing commitment to protecting the children of their county. Authorities say the operation...Read More
LexisNexis Risk Solutions reported that cybercrime attack rates in Asia-Pacific rose 12% year on year to 1.7%, pushing the region above the global average of 1.6%. The increase was most visible in desktop browser channels, where attacks climbed 25% to 6.9%, driven by more sophisticated automated activity. The figures are part of the group’s latest...Read More
Assistant Commissioner of Police Loraini Seru is concerned about the growing risks faced by children left behind when mothers travel overseas for work. ACP Seru says the situation is becoming increasingly concerning, particularly within vulnerable and informal communities. Speaking at an UN-facilitated event yesterday, Seru highlighted cases where children are placed in the care of...Read More
After losing roughly one-third of its workforce over the last year, CISA is eyeing a new hiring spree and is loosening restrictions on flexible work schedules. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED March 25, 2026 10:45 am 2 min read The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, after a year of workforce reductions that has left CISA’s ranks depleted, is...Read More
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), has trained police officers to strengthen the fight against cybercrime in Nigeria. The training, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, brought together frontline officers from across the South-South region who handle cybercrime complaints and investigations.The...Read More
Embeds continuous snapshot inspection to detect hidden threats and strengthen recovery confidence. NetApp has partnered with Elastio to strengthen ransomware resilience by embedding backup integrity verification directly into its storage layer. The integration adds Elastio’s recovery validation technology into NetApp’s ransomware resilience service. This will ensure that enterprise backup data remains clean and usable during...Read More
The reach of cyber hackers, whether foreign or domestic, can’t be underestimated. The city of Lowell witnessed that firsthand in April 2023, when many of its City Hall computer systems fell prey to a significant ransomware attack claimed by the criminal group Play, in which they reportedly lifted “private and personal confidential data, finances, taxes,...Read More
“If cybercrime were a country, it would be the third-largest economy in the world”, behind only the United States and China, the reinsurer said in a report. Citing figures from market analysis firm Statista, Munich Re projected cybercrime will generate global losses of some $14 billion (12.07 bn euros) in 2028. Martin Kreuzer, head of...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Private sector partners got a special shoutout in a panel of top European cyber law enforcement officials Wednesday as they discussed industry involvement in major takedowns of cybercrime groups. At RSAC Conference, Dutch National Police cybercrime director Stan Dujif, UK National Crime Agency cyber crime unit lead Paul Foster, and Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt...Read More
Global fraud attacks have grown by 8% over the past year, driven by the weaponisation of artificial intelligence (AI) and the rapid emergence of agentic bots capable of bypassing traditional behavioural detection tools. According to the 2026 cybercrime report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, which analysed over 116 billion online transactions globally in 2025, malicious...Read More
