Aurora Police Department officers arrested two suspects over the last two weeks after a multi-agency online child predator operation, the department said. APD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit completed an operation that led to the arrest of 39-year-old Gregory Thomas Daniels and 68-year-old Ralph Edward Bledsoe, an airline pilot who allegedly “victimized minors throughout the...Read More
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government US Senate Unlikely to Ratify Contentious Cybercrime Treaty Amid Mounting Concerns Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 8, 2025 The U.S. Senate is unlikely to ratify the United Nations cybercrime treaty anytime soon. (Image: Shutterstock) The incoming Trump administration is unlikely to push the U.S. Senate...Read More
The school safety and security sector, valued between two and three billion dollars, remains largely unregulated despite increased funding since 2018. (Funding for school security often increases after a major tragedy.) A school is lucky if it has a dedicated safety director with the experience to assess and prioritize needs as they sift through the...Read More
Researchers have discovered a novel tactic used by Moroccan cybercrime group Atlas Lion to attack big-box retailers, apparel companies, restaurants and more. The group was observed using stolen credentials to enroll its own virtual machines (VMs) into an organization’s cloud domain, according to researchers at cybersecurity firm Expel. The move essentially allows the group to...Read More
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Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 240 fraudulent websites associated with an Egypt-based cybercrime facilitator. Abanoub Nady (known online as “MRxC0DER”) developed and sold “do it yourself” phish kits and fraudulently used the brand name “ONNX” to sell these services. Numerous cybercriminal and online threat actors purchased these kits and used them in widespread...Read More
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) The FBI has issued a security alert warning that aging home routers, particularly discontinued models from Linksys, are being exploited by cybercriminals to conceal the origins of malicious activity. The alert specifically names thirteen end-of-life (EOL) models that are no longer receiving firmware or security updates, making...Read More
Cybercrime in the last century has increased in sophistication and become much more widespread, requiring immediate and cooperative international responses. These attacks threaten national security, economic stability, and public safety; thus, it is a critical issue for global stability and no longer limited to a digital realm. An encompassing framework is needed to address both...Read More
By Lydia Hall May 9, 2025 11:53 am WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced a bipartisan bill to extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 for an additional ten years. CISA, signed into law in 2015, incentivizes companies...Read More
“In concerted efforts to curb the sale and misuse of unauthorised sale of SIM cards, the CBI conducted searches at premises of 38 Point of Sale Agents across multiple locations covering eight states – Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu,” a senior official said. The searches led to seizure...Read More
