AhnLab’s Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) has been instrumental in monitoring ransomware activities across dark web forums and marketplaces. Through its Live View > Dark Web Watch feature, security teams can track active groups, their collaborations, and emerging attack vectors, allowing organizations to preemptively bolster defenses. During the first half of 2025, a surge in new...Read More

A suspected administrator of a top Russian-language cybercrime forum, XSS.is, has been arrested in Ukraine with the help of French police and Europol, French prosecutors said on Wednesday. Industry experts describe XSS.is as one of the longest-running dark web forums. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “On Tuesday...Read More

The Florida Department of Education voted Wednesday at its meeting in Orlando to approve additional school safety measures for K-12 schools throughout the state. Under these changes, schools must have a Primary and Secondary District Threat Management Coordinator who helps to assess and respond to threats. Additionally, schools must enter all threats, active or otherwise,...Read More

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A man described as a “devious, manipulative, sexual predator” has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of sexually abusing a boy about 20 years ago. In April Wayne Harris, of Smithy Close in English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, was convicted of four counts of causing or inciting a child aged under 13 to engage...Read More

Out of the 262 complaints received particularly by MHA’s I4C, maximum 91 pertain to investment frauds, 75 are related to share market investment/trading, 37 UPI fraud complaints, 11 are job fraud complaints, while six pertain to digital arrests. As part of the continued probe into the major BotBro-Meta 5 Trading app-enabled forex trade investment fraud,...Read More

The collaboration began in 2024, when Alea completed its Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) certification with Continent 8. Now, the partnership has grown to include a broader set of security services, full-spectrum cybersecurity assessments delivered by C8 Secure, Continent 8’s specialist security division. For Alea, cybersecurity is at its core, and a key part...Read More

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Ransomware attacks against schools, colleges and universities rose 23% year over year in the first half of 2025, according to a report from Comparitech, a cybersecurity and online privacy product review website. The six months...Read More

UpGuard finds unprotected Elasticsearch instance belonging to Leak Zone The instance contained millions of IP addresses Leak Zone is a known underground forum with a large number of users In a moment of poetic irony, an underground “leaking and cracking forum” exposed the IP addresses of all its logged-in users, essentially doxxing them to everyone...Read More

Ukrainian police, aided by French and Europol investigators, arrest suspected administrator of long-running Russian-language cybercrime forum. International operation brings alleged forum admin to justice Authorities in Ukraine have arrested a man accused of operating one of the most prominent Russian-language cybercrime forums on the internet, XSS[.]is. The arrest, the result of a four-year investigation led...Read More