Cybercrime continues to rise, with cybersecurity and AI increasingly linked as both a threat and a defence tool, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025. Organizations face a complex landscape of evolving threats, from sophisticated deepfake scams and social engineering to a widening cybersecurity talent gap. Building resilience requires global collaboration and...Read More

A North Korea-linked hacking group has used stolen KakaoTalk accounts to spread malware in a series of recent cyberattacks, highlighting a new distribution tactic, a report showed Monday. Konni, the hacking group tied to Kimsuky and other Pyongyang-sponsored groups, was found to have recently carried out an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign using spear-phishing emails...Read More

LYON, France – Authorities in 14 African countries have arrested 260 suspects and seized 1,235 electronic devices in a coordinated international operation against cyber-enabled crime. The crackdown targeted transnational criminal networks exploiting digital platforms, particularly social media, to manipulate victims and defraud them financially.  Specifically, the operation focused on romance scams, where perpetrators build online...Read More

A new ransomware operation called Payload is rapidly emerging as a serious threat to both Windows and VMware ESXi environments, combining Babuk-style cryptography with aggressive anti-forensics and a working double-extortion model. The group claims to have been active since at least February 17, 2026. It is already hitting mid-to-large organizations across multiple sectors and countries. The hospital...Read More

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho Senate met today for a second reading of HB724, after it was reported out of committee with a Do Pass Recommendation on Friday. The Foster Child Safety Act was advanced to a third reading, positioning the bill for final debate and a vote in the Senate. Lawmakers are also...Read More

Adopted by the General Assembly in December 2024 after five years of negotiation, the Convention against Cybercrime establishes the first universal framework for investigating and prosecuting offences committed online – from ransomware and financial fraud to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. “The UN Cybercrime Convention is a powerful, legally binding instrument to strengthen our...Read More

E-mail penetration → Kakaotalk proliferation 사진 확대 A case of distributing files planted with malicious codes through KakaoTalk. [Genius] Konni, known as a North Korean-linked hacking organization, is launching a multi-level attack linking spearfishing emails and KakaoTalk, which requires special attention. Spear phishing is a method of disguising it as a normal e-mail, planting and...Read More

The award-winning Cybercrime Magazine YouTube Channel released its first Short last month and the video has more than 720,000 Views. In less than two minutes, our host Taylor Fox told the story: In the 1980s, a woman named Leslie Lynn Doucette and her network of teen hackers stole over $1.6 million without robbing a single bank. Online, she went...Read More

41 SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) and Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) have introduced legislation to stop the early release of serial child molesters under California’s Elderly Parole Program. The move comes as Governor Gavin Newsom’s parole board has been on a 2026 spree of granting early release to serial child molesters under the state’s...Read More

05 Oct Hot 150 Cybersecurity Companies To Watch In 2021 Second annual list of pure-play vendors and service providers Press Release – Steve Morgan, Editor-in-Chief Sausalito, Calif. – Jan. 5, 2021 Thousands of startups have been formed over the past decade to focus on combating cybercrime, which is expected to cost the world $6 trillion annually...Read More