The CalMatters logo. CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization covering California (CalMatters via Bay City News) CalMatters/CalMatters via Bay City News Alarming trends in teen mental health and increased social media use led California to pass a new wave of laws to protect kids online. Article continues below this ad The state enacted...Read More
Former Federal Prosecutor, Cybercrime Trailblazer, and Stripe Executive Joins Cytactic to Help Shape the Future of Cyber Incident Response Management NEW YORK, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cytactic, the leader in Cyber Incident Response Management (CIRM), today announced that Shawn J. Chen, one of the leading experts in cybercrime, crisis management, regulatory investigations, and enterprise...Read More
Southeast Asia’s cyber-fraud industry has proven resilient, with international enforcement actions only succeeding in displacing it rather than shrinking it, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Corruption, cryptocurrency networks, special economic zones, and crime-as-a-service models have enabled transnational criminal organizations to quickly relocate and adapt, as reported by Dark Reading.The...Read More
Published On : 2026-07-31 Ransomware In Focus CYFIRMA Research and Advisory Team would like to highlight ransomware trends and insights gathered while monitoring various forums. This includes multiple industries, geographies, and technologies that could be relevant to your organization. Type: RansomwareTarget Technologies: Windows OS Introduction:CYFIRMA Research and Advisory Team has found InterServer Ransomware while monitoring...Read More
A VPN isn’t a silver bullet. It can’t guarantee total security or anonymity online. Instead, it is a tool that allows you to hide your browsing data from your internet service provider (ISP), adopt a virtual IP address, and access geo-restricted content. However, there are still a lot of misconceptions about what a VPN can...Read More
For the past week or so, people playing the recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 ports on PlayStation have been reporting that an alleged hacker from CoD’s past has returned to cause mayhem and misery. Now, things are so bad as a result of this infamous hacker that players are warning others to...Read More
Share Save As economies become more digitally connected, so do the risk of cybercrimes. According to Interpole’s 2025 Africa Cyberthreat, cybercrimes contributed to a financial loss of approximately $3 billion between 2019 and 2025, attributed to online scams, ransomware and business email. Creating resilient systems has become imperative today. Mastercard launched its Africa’s Cybersecurity Center...Read More
More than a year-and-a-half after sexual predator Samuel Moderie was sentenced, a new documentary is giving his victims a voice. Nicknamed the “Tinder rapist,” Moderie, who lived in the Montreal area, is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to more than 20 counts of sexual assault involving 13 victims. As part of...Read More
Shikha Goel, Director of the TGCSB, along with K. Raja Sekhar, Deputy Director General (Technology), Department of Telecommunications, Hemant Rathwe, Deputy Director General (Security), Department of Telecommunications and senior officials from the Intelligence Bureau, telecom service providers. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) on Thursday held a high-level coordination meeting...Read More
MANILA, Philippines — Cybercrime investigators of the Philippine National Police (PNP) are tracking down the administrators of nine social media accounts for allegedly attempting to sow public disorder during President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA). The Anti-Cybercrime Group is coordinating with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center for leads on the identities of...Read More
