A sophisticated credential-harvesting campaign has been targeting ScreenConnect cloud administrators for years and may be opening the door to ransomware attacks, researchers at Mimecast said in a blog post released Monday. The campaign uses compromised Amazon Simple Email Service accounts to spear-phish senior IT administrators who have elevated privileges in ScreenConnect environments. The hackers are...Read More
Kilmar Abrego Garcia , second right, leaves the Putnam County Jail. (AP Photo) Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland construction worker at the center of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown, surrendered to US authorities in Baltimore on Monday. His case, already marked by a wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year, has taken a...Read More
Michael McLaren has called out the state and federal governments, calling them “woefully inept” for failing to implement recommendations from multiple inquiries into child safety. He argues that this political “intransigence” has directly led to a system where vulnerable children are being abused. Listen to more highlights from Afternoons below: Image: iStock ! function(f, b,...Read More
New Delhi, The CBI has busted a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate that siphoned off more than ₹350 crore from US citizens since 2023, arresting three alleged fraudsters who bilked unsuspecting victims posing as tech support, officials said on Monday. ₹350 crore; three arrested” title=”CBI busts cybercrime gang that duped US citizens of over ₹350 crore; three...Read More
As President Donald Trump pushes federal law enforcement toward an immigration crackdown, agents and prosecutors fear he’s drawing resources from one of the most vulnerable groups: victims of child sexual exploitation online. Current and former government employees tell The Verge that the Trump administration’s laser focus on border security threatens to strain investigations into online...Read More
Cybercrooks are no longer limiting their operations to Bengaluru but are now preying on customers in tier-II and tier-III cities across Karnataka. Data shared by home minister G Parameshwara in the ongoing assembly session revealed that in the first seven months of 2025, about 8,620 cases were reported across the state.Bengaluru topped the list with...Read More
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dismantled a transnational cybercrime ring accused of defrauding US nationals of more than $40 million, in a joint effort with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The crackdown, part of Operation Chakra-IV, targeted illegal call centers and residential locations in the northern part of the country. Authorities seized...Read More
The banking sector is at a crossroads. For decades, legacy systems—often decades-old mainframes running COBOL or other archaic code—have formed the backbone of financial infrastructure. These systems, while historically reliable, are now a ticking time bomb. Recent data reveals that 70% of global banks still rely on legacy systems, with 43% using COBOL-based platforms to...Read More
More than £200,000 raised by charges to enter Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) will be used to improve road safety around five schools. The money will be spent on temporarily closing roads outside Broomhill Infants, Meynell, Fox Hill and Rivelin primary schools and Hinde House Secondary at pick-up and drop-off times. Sheffield City Council introduced...Read More
