I have email chains about my kids’ public school’s street safety that go back years. Parents at Bache-Martin, my neighborhood K-8 school, were concerned about letting their kids walk to school past aggressive drivers. Neighbors were equally concerned about traffic speeding down the block. We threw around ideas to solve these problems: Install speed...Read More
Africa, the main target of cybercrime in 2023 2025: the most critical year? Africa faces the challenge of protecting its digital space A recent Interpol report published on 23 June warns of a worrying increase in cybercrime on the African continent. According to the document, ‘two-thirds of African member countries reported that cybercrime accounts for...Read More
Redazione RHC : 28 June 2025 20:21 The main US cybersecurity agencies, CISA and NSA, have published a joint document recommending that software developers opt for programming languages considered “memory safe”. These languages are designed to provide protection against critical crashes caused by memory management errors, which are one of the most dangerous and frequent types of...Read More
Agartala: Tripura CM Dr Manik Saha on Saturday inaugurated the state’s first cybercrime police station at AD Nagar in Agartala, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee.“Cybercrime is like fighting against shadows. Technical skill is required to combat it. People also need to be more aware and alert about cybercrime. The security system, too, should be developed further and...Read More
VISAKHAPATNAM: Visakhapatnam city police have rescued from Myanmar and Cambodia 85 youth forced into committing cybercrimes. They have arrested 20 agents who lured these persons with promises of high-paying jobs overseas and registered eight cases against the agents. Vizag police commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi on Saturday said their investigations revealed that the agents trapped their victims...Read More
LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2025 Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small...Read More
Representational Image Hyderabad: The cybercrime police arrested a cybercriminal in connection with a case of advertisement fraud on June 28. The cybercriminal was responsible for multiple cases of fraud, with a booty of Rs 2.3 lakhs. The accused, 30-year-old Peketi Veerababu, duped a 33-year-old private worker by advertising an embroidery machine on OLX for Rs...Read More
Based on insights from almost 550 CISOs and security professionals from around the world, the study reveals that the current methods that organisations use to manage risk are not keeping up with emerging threats. Insights and recommendations Third-party involvement in breaches rose from 15% to nearly 30% due to the small number of third-party...Read More
interview The ceasefire between Iran and Israel may prevent the two countries from firing missiles at each other, but it won’t carry any weight in cyberspace, according to former NATO hacker Candan Bolukbas. “In the cyber world, there’s no such thing as a ceasefire,” he told The Register. If we see something in cyberspace that...Read More
A sophisticated new malware campaign targeting Near Field Communication (NFC) payment systems has emerged as a significant global cybersecurity threat, transforming what began as a localized attack in Eastern Europe into a worldwide phenomenon. The malicious operation, first identified by ESET researchers in late 2023 among Czech banking customers, has now expanded across multiple continents...Read More
