Lucknow: The cybercrime cell has issued an urgent public advisory warning pension holders against a rising wave of sophisticated cyber fraud targeting retirees under the guise of updating the Jeevan Pramaan Patra (life certificate).According to officials, cybercriminals are now exploiting sensitive personal data of pensioners — including date of appointment, retirement date, PPO number (pension...Read More
🚨 School safety officer shot near Philadelphia Dave & Buster’s 🚨 Suspect was arrested at a New Jersey hospital 🚨 The victim was the target of road rage, reports said PARAMUS — A man who shot an officer inside a marked Philadelphia school safety vehicle and fled to North Jersey has been arrested, according to authorities....Read More
Seeing the Unseen: The Kosmic Eye Vision In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, organizations need more than traditional tools—they need vision. Kosmic Eye, developed by Tek Yantra Inc., delivers precisely that: a cutting-edge platform that provides Unified Security Posture Management (USPM) powered by the latest in AI, quantum computing, and agentic intelligence. This isn’t just about reacting to threats. It’s about anticipating, forecasting,...Read More
The chairman of U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer declined to tell a panel of lawmakers whether the company paid a hacking group following a ransomware attack earlier this year.  “We’ve said that we are not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the threat actor,” said chairman Archie Norman, referring to the...Read More
Cybercrime is accelerating at an alarming rate, with Cybersecurity Ventures expecting around $10.5 trillion USD to be lost to the global economy in 2025 thanks to hackers, data thieves, phishers and other “bad actors”. The biggest, headline-grabbing heists involve eye-watering figures that are hard to comprehend—records and dollars are looted in their millions. But they still...Read More
There is increasing evidence that jewelers and other sellers of high-end goods are being targeted by cybercriminals, Jewelers’ Security Alliance president Jennifer Mulvihill tells JCK. Cartier and Christie’s have both been hacked, and Mulvihill—who is also an adjunct assistant professor of cybersecurity at Hunter College—wouldn’t be surprised if other luxury houses get hit. “Every company...Read More
Popular video-sharing platform TikTok has revised its Terms of Service to include stricter child protection measures following legal and advocacy efforts by Nigerian civic-tech organisation Citizens’ Gavel. The new policies set to take effect from July 25, 2025, introduce reforms, including bans on exploitative content, tougher age restrictions, and enhanced content moderation systems. Citizens’ Gavel...Read More
An Iran-linked hacking group has targeted a London-based journalist, posting photos and his ID card and accusing him of being an agent for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Posting on the Telegram messaging app in a group banned in Israel since February, the Handala Hack cyberattackers posted photos and the ID card of Mojtaba Pourmohsen,...Read More
Online scams are evolving quickly, and while younger people often adapt with ease, older adults may not be keeping up. According to Avast, nearly 60 percent of older loved ones have already fallen victim to cybercrime. Even when younger family members raise the alarm, the message does not always get through. Although 84 percent of...Read More
A lower number of defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors are prioritizing reducing plan costs, new findings from an Escalent report say. According to research from the 2025 Retirement Planscape, 40% of plan sponsors listed decreasing costs as a key focus for the coming year—a serious decline compared to 2024’s 50%. Instead, plan sponsors are shifting...Read More
