Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it on the dark web. Peter Gregg, the utility’s president and CEO, said Friday it is believed 280,000 customers have had their information stolen — more than half of the customers in the province....Read More

A recent cybercrime report by Malwarebytes found that AI agents will soon usher in a world of far more frequent, sophisticated and difficult-to-detect cyberattacks. Since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, criminals have rushed to exploit generative AI. Threat actors today are weaponizing these tools to write malware, craft convincing phishing emails, and launch realistic social...Read More

European and North American cybercrime investigators say they have dismantled the heart of a malware operation directed by Russian criminals after a global operation involving British, Canadian, Danish, Dutch, French, German and US police. International arrest warrants have been issued for 20 suspects, most of them living in Russia, by European investigators while indictments were...Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed strong school safety legislation into law and recognized the investment of more than $230 million to strengthen safety at public and private schools across Tennessee.  “Nothing is more important than Tennessee students and teachers returning home from school safely each day,” said Gov. Lee. “Every year...Read More

MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – The Ministries of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Russia agreed to exchange data on the current situation in cybercrime. Relevant agreements were signed following a meeting of the joint collegium of the Interior Ministries of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, which took place in Mogilev on 23 May,...Read More

Is it time for AIOps to take its place at the heart of cybersecurity measures? Modern hybrid IT environments generate a staggering volume of data – and with that comes an equally overwhelming flood of security alerts. Some of these are legitimate business-critical warnings; unfortunately, many others are not. Those false positives or low-priority notifications...Read More

Nova Scotia Power says it has been the victim of a ransomware attack and the hackers who breached their system have published stolen data. In an update on Friday afternoon, the utility said it has made no payment to the threat actor after careful assessment of applicable sanctions laws and alignment with law enforcement guidance....Read More

Researchers found a huge database on the dark web The threat actors claim to have scraped it abusing a Facebook API Facebook says the database is years old A hacker claims to have scraped 1.2 billion user records from Facebook, including people’s names, locations, and phone numbers. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Cybernews, who...Read More

PHOENIX – An alleged sexual predator was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having sexual contact with a West Valley high school student and other offenses, authorities said. Michael Armijo, 26, also is suspected of exposing himself at least twice, including once in the Canyon View High School parking lot on May 15, according to the...Read More

Cybercrime is becoming more widespread and even in New Albany many people know of someone who has fallen victim to it. Being smart or sophisticated is not enough to avoid loss to some form of cybercrime but being properly informed can help. Tom Kornmeier has made it something of a personal mission to help people...Read More