The commission has busted several hideouts where young criminals learn their scams. Cyber crime experts also warn foreign “cyber crime syndicates” have set up shop in the country to exploit its weak cyber security systems. The commission said foreign gangs recruited Nigerian accomplices to find victims online through phishing scams, in which attackers typically try...Read More
Body camera and drone video show Owasso Police arresting two men in three days, accused of trying to meet who they thought was a child, for sex. Owasso Police say both men were messaging an undercover investigator, and one of them drove to Owasso from Oklahoma City to meet. Police used their drone to track...Read More
Bokeo province, Laos – Khobby was living in Dubai last year when he received an intriguing message about a well-paying job working online in a far-flung corner of Southeast Asia. The salary was good, he was told. He would be working on computers in an office. The company would even foot the bill for his...Read More
A two-day undercover sting in Mandeville led to the arrests of five men accused of trying to meet children for sex—only to discover the “children” were undercover officers with a Northshore task force cracking down on online predators.Each suspect allegedly initiated contact with what they believed were minors online and attempted to arrange in-person meetings....Read More
AVCheck, a large-scale service that cybercriminals use to check if their malware can be detected by various antivirus tools, was seized and taken offline Tuesday by a globally coordinated law enforcement action. Officials on Thursday said they seized four domains and a server associated with the online software crypting syndicate. The site for the counter...Read More
The Trump administration is proposing to cut more than 1,000 positions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Under the 2026 budget request, CISA would go from approximately 3,732 funded positions today to 2,649 positions next year. The staff reductions are detailed in CISA’s fiscal 2026 budget justification, posted today. They present the most detailed...Read More
4.8 months: the average amount of time it takes schools and colleges to report a data breach following a ransomware attack. Here’s why. Those five months are the longest time to report across four major sectors—business, education, government, and healthcare, according to a recent analysis from Comparitech, a cybersecurity firm. According to the research, educational institutions...Read More
The US Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a vote on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives. Two bills – the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, nicknamed Coppa 2.0 and Kosa – would need to pass in the...Read More
OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) – On Friday, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education allocated Fiscal Year 2026 state appropriations. Highlighted as a targeted allocation of funds for Cameron University are a STEM education facility and a cybersecurity plan. The State Regents cited the importance of investing in high-demand programs within STEM and healthcare, along with...Read More
For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as other members of the group were outed in leaks and unmasked. This week German authorities revealed, without much fanfare, who they believe that enigmatic hacker kingpin to be: Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev, a 36-year-old Russian man...Read More
