Varanasi: A special Pocso court in Varanasi has sentenced a 35-year-old man convicted of sexual assault and circulating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to life imprisonment for the remainder of his life, holding that stringent punishment is necessary to deter such crimes.The court also directed the DM to chalk out an action plan for an...Read More
NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa Police are looking for additional victims of an alleged child predator. David Poff, 55, was arrested in June for 10 counts of possession of child pornography. As the investigation went on, detectives learned of five additional alleged victims. Poff was charged with additional crimes on July 28, including four counts of...Read More
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware , Social Engineering Silent Ransom Bucks Trend of Fewer Victims Paying, and Paying Less When They Do Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 30, 2026 Ransomware hackers, faced with declining willingness to exceed to extortion, are resorting to ever more outlandish pressure tactics – including sending disguised...Read More
Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s censorship-resistant, Bluetooth-enabled messaging app, has gone viral again, this time due to the Indian Government trying to get it banned from GitHub. In this latest round of authoritarian measures versus decentralized technologies, Bitchat has won. In July 2025, Jack Dorsey announced a new messaging application he described as a weekend project. The...Read More
By Robbie Kalus ( July 30, 2026, 4:48 PM BST) — ICBC Standard Bank has settled a hacking claim with a client company that alleged the lender transferred €795,000 ($912,000) from the client’s account on the instructions of an imposter impersonating the company’s director…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription...Read More
Google-owned cybersecurity firm Wiz has disclosed that it spotted a major vulnerability in Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure that could have allowed hackers to remotely compromise thousands of corporate customers using Azure CosmosDB, one of Microsoft’s flagship database services. Microsoft has fully patched the issue, stating that an internal investigation found no evidence that any customer data...Read More
On July 23, members of the Union City Police Department gave a presentation to senior citizens at Manly Heights Apartments about scams and how senior citizens can prevent themselves from becoming a victim. Scam calls are, unfortunately, a frequent occurrence for the Union City Police Department. “Our hope is that educating our community can minimize...Read More
Older adults shared harrowing stories of AI-enabled scams they experienced and the difficulties they encountered to resolve them during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing Wednesday about deepfakes, chatbots and senior fraud. The bipartisan committee is seeking ways to safeguard older Americans from AI-enabled fraud that is projected to reach $40 billion in the...Read More
It was more than two years ago that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law the SAFE for Kids Act to restrict what kids can see on social media. Only now is it set to take effect. “Social media companies, you’re now on notice,” Hochul said Tuesday. Hochul was joined at an announcement by state...Read More
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Huntsville police safety patrol aides attended an orientation Thursday morning at the Jaycee Community Building ahead of the upcoming school year. The training prepares aides to keep school zones safe and traffic moving smoothly as students and families return to local classrooms. ‘Zero in the Zone’ returns Huntsville police are also...Read More
