Summary Payload is a Windows ransomware family that encrypts files with ChaCha20 and uses a per-file Curve25519 ECDH exchange, then appends the .payload extension to impacted data. The malware drops a RECOVER_payload.txt ransom note, creates its own log file, and applies several anti-forensic measures, including ETW patching, deletion of VSS shadow copies, clearing of event...Read More

Hackers posing as IT experts are showing up in person at law firms, the FBI has warned. In the past, the Silent Ransom Group (SRG), also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, sent phishing emails purportedly charging small ‘subscription fees’. To cancel the fake subscription, the victim was instructed to call the threat...Read More

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Participants at EuroDIG 2026 debated whether social media age bans are an effective way to protect minors online, with speakers warning that blanket restrictions may oversimplify a far more complex issue involving platform design, digital literacy, privacy, and children’s rights. The session, titled ‘Youth Online Safety – Are Social Media Age Bans a Solution?’, focused...Read More

Twelve men were arrested during a monthslong undercover operation targeting people who allegedly sought sexual encounters with children online, the Kenner Police Department announced Thursday. Arrested were Carlos Carranza, Cody Ritchey Sr., Connor Westbrook, David Berniard Jr., Dominic Thompson, Dontrell Watts, Michael Kamm, Dylan Huguet, Ryan Montero, Steve Brown, Tristan Ory and John King. Suspects...Read More