(InvestigateTV) — Reports of suspected child sex trafficking to a national tipline have increased nearly 1,000 percent following implementation of a federal law requiring online platforms to report suspected crimes, according to lawmakers and child safety advocates. The bipartisan REPORT Act requires certain online platforms to report suspected child sex trafficking and online enticement to...Read More

An Iran-linked group said it hacked a US medical company, causing “global disruption” to its systems, in retaliation for the bombing of the Minab school in Iran, in an attack seen as widening the Middle East into the cyber realm. Handala, a hacker group, claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday on the Stryker Corporation,...Read More

Comparitech disclosed that in the first nine months of 2025, 293 ransomware attacks were recorded on hospitals, clinics, and other direct care providers. An additional 130 attacks targeted businesses within the healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical billing providers, and healthcare tech companies. Attacks on healthcare providers mirrored the figures from 2024 during the same...Read More

Handala hackers hit Stryker via compromised Intune admin Tens of thousands of devices wiped, but no data theft confirmed Medical products remain safe; order systems offline and manual only When cybercriminals struck Stryker last week and wiped tens of thousands of electronic devices, they did so without using any malware. Instead, they used Intune, Microsoft’s...Read More

A prominent ransomware gang has taken credit for a devastating attack on the biggest hospital in Mississippi and a large county in New Jersey. The Medusa ransomware operation, which experts believe is run out of Russia, said recently it was behind the cyberattack on the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC).  UMMC is one of...Read More

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Mexican national convicted of sex crimes in 2019 has been sentenced for illegally reentering the country, according to U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin. Suspect arrested in connection with deadly Conecuh County shooting According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, 45-year-old Marco Olavarrieta-Beranza, also...Read More

Unlike standard Mimikatz, it automates its harvesting routine and logs stolen credentials to files rather than providing an interactive interface. This enables attackers to move laterally and maintain persistent access across compromised networks. “Our analysis suggests that the attackers maintained communication with multiple compromised networks over an extended period, leveraging Pastebin and Dropbox for C2...Read More

Mar 17, 2026 According to a report from Yahoo Finance, SentinelOne provides a cybersecurity platform called Singularity, which uses artificial intelligence for automated threat detection and response. The company’s market valuation is notably lower than those of its primary competitors, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. Most analysts following the stock have assigned it a buy...Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama education officials have begun implementing a comprehensive school safety law that sets statewide standards for how public schools prepare for and respond to emergencies. The School Security Act, passed in 2024, requires, among other actions, every public school to undergo a safety evaluation at least once every five years using a...Read More

A trio of computer science students from Missouri S&T have earned top honors in several hackathon-style events over the past six months — most recently at the Midwest Blockathon hosted earlier this month by the University of Kansas Blockchain Institute.  “I always enjoy competing in hackathons because I love the entire project creation process,” says Alvin...Read More