The Vietnam-aligned threat actor known as OceanLotus has been attributed to two distinct campaigns that targeted domestic entities and stock investors with a backdoor known as SPECTRALVIPER. The campaigns involve a prolonged cyber espionage operation aimed at a Vietnamese infrastructure and transport construction corporation between mid-2024 and February 2026, as well as a supply chain...Read More
Senator Maria Collett of Fort Washington announced today grant funding administered by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to support mental health and safety programs at nonpublic schools. Grant awardees in greater Glenside include: The Academy of The New Church – Boys School – $74,671 The Academy of The New Church – Bryn Athyn Church School –...Read More
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series about an increase in scams throughout northern Illinois. In McHenry County, a Crystal Lake woman believed a caller who said she was her granddaughter and had been in a serious accident and needed thousands of dollars for an attorney. A Huntley man believed he was...Read More
Updated June 27, 2018, 3:25 p.m. ET Not wanting to hammer all teens with harsh penalties when they are caught sending nude photographs, the Ohio House voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a lesser penalty for young first-time offenders. Judges say they have struggled to handle cases of teenagers involved in sexting, where they share...Read More
CYBER-CRIMe Great Marlow restricts network access while it investigates suspected infection Great Marlow School in Buckinghamshire, England, has entered its second day of a shutdown following “a suspected malware incident.” Only students sitting their GCSE and A-level exams – those in Years 11 and 13 – were permitted to attend on Wednesday, in line with...Read More
Traditional leaders, government officials and community representatives met to discuss challenges facing children in the Nhlazuka area of the Richmond Municipality, during a child protection dialogue held at Vumukwenza Traditional Court on Monday morning. Richmond Mayor Melikhaya Ngcongo said the municipality was particularly worried about the high rate of teenage pregnancies in some communities, especially...Read More
Denis Obrezko, a Russian national suspected of hacking, is now in U.S. custody after his extradition from Thailand. The 36-year-old appeared in Boston federal court, facing charges related to a cyber espionage campaign by the Russia-aligned group Void Blizzard, targeting U.S. companies. Department of Justice prosecutors, with no current comments, are handling the case. Thailand...Read More
Eutelsat and Tototheo Global executives celebrated their partnership to distribute OneWeb LEO services to shipping (source: Eutelsat) 11 Jun 2026by Martyn Wingrove Two partnerships were announced at a shipping industry event in Athens to deliver low-Earth-orbit connectivity and managed cybersecurity services to the maritime industry France and UK-listed Eutelsat has signed an agreement with a Greek distribution firm to deliver low-Earth-orbit...Read More
Insurance experts have urged organizations to reduce their exposure to extortion-only attacks and better manage the consequences when they occur, after revealing a surge in this category of threats. Insurer Resilience said in a new report that 65% of extortion-related claims it handled in the second half of 2025 did not involve data encryption. That’s...Read More
WINTER PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Alan Chambers, the former president of an infamous Florida-based anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy organization, was arrested in an undercover child predator sting. Detectives said 54-year-old Chambers of Winter Park was taken into custody Tuesday following an undercover operation in which he allegedly communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a...Read More
