India’s Telecom Department introduces ‘Financial Fraud Risk Indicator’ to combat cybercrime by sharing intelligence with banks and financial institutions. This tool helps identify mobile numbers associated with financial fraud and enhances customer protection. New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) The Telecom Department has introduced the ‘Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)’ that enables enhanced intelligence sharing with...Read More
Paul Foster, the head of the national cybercrime unit at Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA), said the ongoing investigation into a spate of recent cyberattacks against the retail sector was considering “a range” of different perpetrators who could have been responsible. Among these is an international threat group tracked as Scattered Spider, Foster acknowledged to...Read More
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has introduced the new e-Zero FIR initiative, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced. Under this initiative, the new system will automatically convert cybercrime and fraud complaints that victims report on either the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) or the 1930 helpline to e-Zero First Information Reports...Read More
SEI Drives Global Growth with First SEI Sphere Client in UK/EMEA LONDON and OAKS, Pa., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SEI® (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced that TrinityBridge has expanded its strategic partnership with SEI, adopting SEI Sphere® for unified managed services across cloud, cybersecurity, and network operations. SEI Sphere modernises enterprise technology and data infrastructure to help organisations operate...Read More
Funding shortfalls and workforce shortages leave small, rural and resource-constrained healthcare providers especially vulnerable to ransomware attacks that disrupt care delivery. That’s a reality that cannot be ignored, according to a new report prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by the Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group. HSCC says the...Read More
“Instead of being the weak link, humans can become the most crucial line of defense.” — Ross Lazer, Co-Founder and CEO of Mirage Security. Post this “Over the past decade, cybercrime has shifted from exploiting technical vulnerabilities to targeting individuals directly,” explains Lazer. “Attackers use AI to mimic voices and create hyperrealistic phishing content, making...Read More
It’s no secret that kids love Roblox, which has led to tons of parental concerns about child safety over the years. Now, the company behind the game is doing something about it. Bloomberg reported that Roblox is adding enhanced child safety features sometime next month. These include new accounts for parents that allow them to...Read More
Warning: This story contains distressing details of sexual offences against minors. For almost three decades, Richard John Dyke preyed indiscriminately on children who strayed into his dark orbit. The 48-year-old husband of a small-town home daycare operator pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual interference, child pornography and voyeurism charges on May 12 in Moose Jaw, Sask.,...Read More
NZ Police has acknowledged the sentence handed down to Donald James Sarratt in the Wellington District Court yesterday, for his role as a facilitator of a website which hosted computer-generated child sexual abuse material. Mr Sarratt, 35, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of possessing objectionable material relating to children and...Read More
A hacker community known as Scattered Spider is a key suspect in a criminal inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers including Marks & Spencer, detectives have said. Scattered Spider, a loose collective of native English-speaking cybercriminals, has been strongly linked with a trio of hacks against M&S, the Co-op and Harrods. M&S said on Wednesday...Read More
