FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal merchandise site went offline Friday after a hack apparently tricked visitors into downloading malware. The site — unprecedented for an FBI chief — sells “K$H”-branded patriotic goods, such as clothing and books. The site, known as Based Apparel, has offered “Love It Or Leave It” T-shirts for $35, “Government Gangster”...Read More
Microsoft announced May 19 that it disrupted operations of Fox Tempest, a threat actor operating as a malware-signing-as-a-service used by cybercriminals to deploy malicious code, including malware. Microsoft said Fox Tempest has enabled attacks on a range of sectors in the U.S. and internationally, including health care, education, government and financial services. The actor has...Read More
Tech firms are agreeing to new anti-grooming measures to better protect UK children online, though Ofcom notes that some tech firms are still lacking in their protections. Snap, Meta and Roblox have confirmed to the regulator that they will bring in new safety measures designed to better protect children from online strangers who wish them...Read More
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif — A convicted child sex offender who vanished after being allowed to remain free on bail was last tracked to San Francisco before disappearing, according to an El Dorado County Probation Department report. Carl Cacconie, convicted of six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child in El Dorado County,...Read More
The dark web isn’t something you can just stumble upon, and that’s a good thing. Although it’s often used for transactions and conversations that need to remain anonymous, sites on the dark web can host illegal activity, phishing links, financial scams, and malware. There’s also little to no recourse to be had if you encounter...Read More
New Delhi (TIP): The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has shut down an India-based call centre operation, which defrauded several elderly American of millions of dollars under what is known as “tech support scam”.In a post on X, the FBI’s Boston unit said the call centre was shut after “years-long investigation that led to...Read More
A standalone Senate funding request to bolster efforts to crack down on child predation online hasn’t yet attracted support across the rotunda, despite lawmakers’ ample emphasis on the disturbing issue in recent years. Through a form filed in February, Miami Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia is seeking $2.1 million in grants for an automated analysis and...Read More
[The launch of St Stephen’s ‘school street’] A raft of new walking, wheeling and cycling improvements across our region are helping children enjoy safer, healthier journeys to school. The council’s first-ever School Street launched this week outside St Stephen’s Primary School, giving pupils a calmer, more pleasant start and end to the school day. Timed vehicle restrictions...Read More
New research from Check Point Software Technologies identified that cyberattacks targeting organizations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland surged 124% in 2025, driven by a sharp rise in hacktivist campaigns and ransomware operations. It also revealed that Germany accounted for more than 80% of all recorded incidents in the DACH region, reflecting its economic significance and...Read More
An international law enforcement operation led by France and the Netherlands dismantled First VPN, a cybercriminal anonymization service used by ransomware actors, fraudsters, and data thieves across every major cybercrime investigation Europol has supported in recent years. Bitdefender supported the investigation through Europol, helping generate intelligence that exposed hundreds of individuals linked to cybercrime. This...Read More
