A man who managed to slip past tight security at 30 Rockefeller Center and approach “Today” show co-host Craig Melvin was taken into custody Thursday morning, according to NBC News and a law enforcement official. The person entered an unauthorized area in a vestibule near Studio 1A and approached Melvin, who alerted security, NBC’s “Today”...Read More
Cybersecurity researchers identified DIG AI on September 29, 2025. Within 24 hours, the uncensored dark web tool had processed 10,000 requests from criminals looking to generate malware, phishing scripts, and exploit code. By Q4, mentions and use of malicious AI tools on cybercriminal forums had increased by more than 200% from the previous year. Traditional...Read More
Kirbor Homes, a locally owned home builder serving the Hampton Roads area in Virginia and North Carolina, disclosed a data breach after discovering that a ransomware attack had compromised its computer systems. Kirbor Homes posted a notice about the incident on its website. The ransomware group known as PLAY claimed responsibility for an attack on...Read More
The Symantec Threat Hunter Team reported July 16 that Spirals — a previously unseen ransomware family — deployed a double extortion attack in under 24 hours against an unknown South Asia IT services company in June.According to Symantec, the full ransomware attack — from initial access to data theft and on to encryption — took...Read More
Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20, were each sentenced to five and a half years at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, 16 July 2026, for the 2024 hack of Transport for London. The attack left 148 TfL systems inoperable and forced all 27,000 of the transport authority’s employees into an office to get their...Read More
TD SYNNEX has been named an approved global distributor for Fortinet, expanding its role in cybersecurity distribution worldwide. The agreement gives TD SYNNEX broader reach with global systems integrators and large international partners. The new status is expected to support multi region Fortinet deployments and centralized support for enterprise customers. TD SYNNEX (NYSE:SNX), currently trading...Read More
Concerns that TikTok might be failing in its duties relating to the safeguarding of children on its platform have prompted the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, to launch an investigation into the platform. Specifically, the regulator is looking at whether TikTok has failed, or is currently failing, to comply with requirements outlined in Section 12 of...Read More
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — A Chatsworth man has been arrested after investigators say he tried to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old for sexual purposes. The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office says its Special Victims Unit wrapped up the operation Thursday. Investigators arrested Shawn Ridner and charged him with sexual exploitation of children under Georgia...Read More
Two Scattered Spider Members Sentenced to Prison Over £29 Million TfL Cyberattack Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2026 Two members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group received jail sentences in the UK for the 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London. A UK court sentenced two Scattered Spider members, Thalha Jubair (20) and Owen Flowers (18), for...Read More
Mumbai: At least eight people lost Rs 49,000 each after fraudsters hacked into Shiv Sena national spokesperson and fashion designer Shaina NC’s WhatsApp account on Thursday and sought financial assistance. The fraudsters sent messages saying, “Need some help’’, asking for money and promising to return it in two hours.Speaking to TOI, Shaina said some of...Read More
