Unprivileged users could exploit AppArmor bugs to gain root access Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2026 Researchers found nine “CrackArmor” flaws in Linux AppArmor that could let unprivileged users bypass protections, gain root privileges, and weaken container isolation. Qualys researchers disclosed nine vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as CrackArmor, in the Linux kernel’s AppArmor module. The flaws have...Read More
Together, INTERPOL’s cyber specialists, our member countries and our partners form a global web to catch cybercriminals. We work to track them down, wherever the digital device they’re hiding behind may be. August 2025 – Operation Serengeti 2.0: Over 1,200 cyber threat actors arrested, more than 11,000 malicious infrastructures disrupted, almost USD 100 million recovered,...Read More
pexels.com/Ron Lach Cybercrime has grown into a thriving, highly profitable industry, threatening governments, businesses and people worldwide. With two-thirds of the world’s population online – and much of the global economy reliant on information and communications technology – everyone is a viable target. The United Nations Convention against Cybercrime opened for signature on 25...Read More
Wellington, New Zealand, March 17, 2026 — PowerDMARC, a global leader in email authentication and domain protection solutions, will exhibit at the National Cybersecurity Summit 2026 on March 17–18, 2026, at the Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre. PowerDMARC will be exhibiting at Stand 10 in partnership with Advantage NZ, an esteemed Managed Services Provider...Read More
Clearly, it’s important to cast a wide net when estimating the costs of cybercrime, notes a Barracuda blog post by Tony Burgess, a twenty-year veteran of the IT security industry. As reported in a 2025 Cybercrime Magazine article: “Cybercrime costs include damage and destruction of data, stolen money, lost productivity, theft of intellectual property, theft of personal and financial...Read More
The right-to-repair loophole aggressively slams shut across the Colorado Eastern Plains this morning. Independent operators are frantically hacking their own combines before the fall harvest kicks off. If a proprietary software lock bricks your heavy iron in the middle of a massive wheat run, your break-even point is officially dead. This massive corporate yield-killer forces...Read More
Attackers cover their tracks after credential theft After capturing them, the fake client displays an error message indicating installation has failed, the advisory said. It then directs the user to download the legitimate VPN client from the official vendor site. “In certain instances, opens the user’s browser to the legitimate VPN website,” Microsoft said. If...Read More
Thursday, March 12, 2026 3:42PM TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A convicted child predator from Tulare County has been denied parole for the next three years. 62-year-old Steven Richard Williams is serving a life sentence at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla for crimes against children. The assaults against three male victims under the age of...Read More
Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA. (from left) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, State President of Viet Nam Luong Cuong, and UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly at the opening ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime. A collective defence for the digital age In his remarks, Mr. Guterres warned that while technology has brought “extraordinary progress,” it has also created...Read More
SentinelOne reports FortiGate NGFW flaws exploited in early 2026 Three critical bugs (CVE-2025-59718, -59719, -2026-24858) enabled admin access and persistence Fortinet issued patches; firms urged to rotate credentials, enforce strong controls, and monitor for lateral movement At the start of the year, cybercriminals were exploiting three vulnerabilities in FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) to establish persistence...Read More
