Opposition Member of Parliament, Sherod Duncan and former Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, were this morning freed of charges of exciting racial hostility by Magistrate Leron Daly. The charges were filed against the two opposition members back in 2022 during a protest for vendors outside the Georgetown Hospital. In filing the charges then, the Police...Read More
CNN — Cybercriminals have breached insurance giant Aflac, potentially stealing Social Security numbers, insurance claims and health information, the company said Friday, the latest in a spree of hacks against the insurance industry. With billions of dollars in annual revenue and tens of millions of customers, Aflac is the biggest victim yet in the ongoing...Read More
Cybersecurity experts recommend going passwordless, using alternative methods of authentication to log into your accounts, such as passkeys. (Paula Munoz/The Associated Press – image credit) A report that independent cybersecurity news outlet Cybernews published on Wednesday claimed 16 billion login credentials were exposed and compiled into datasets online, giving cybercriminals access to accounts on such online...Read More
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The FBI and Justice Department announced on Wednesday the arrest of 205 alleged child sex predators in the last week in “Operation Restore Justice.” Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel praised the “historic, unprecedented national nationwide operation” during a news conference and thanked the 55 FBI field officers who...Read More
Deeside.com > News Posted: Fri 20th Jun 2025 North Wales Police are warning residents to be alert to a persistent and highly deceptive form of scam known as courier fraud. The force’s Cyber Crime Team, part of the Economic Crime Unit, shared details this week following a recent incident. Courier fraud involves fraudsters calling potential...Read More
Detained Chinese men cover their faces as they walk into a police station in Kathmandu, Nepal December 24, 2019. — Reuters COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deported 85 Chinese nationals on Friday, months after they were detained on suspicion of carrying out cybercrimes against banks. The suspects were expelled for violating the terms of their tourist visas...Read More
Scammers are hijacking the search results of people needing 24/7 support from Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal in an attempt to trick victims into handing over personal or financial info, according to Malwarebytes senior director of research Jérôme Segura. It’s a variation of SEO or search poisoning, in which the...Read More
The Sooner State is seeking its next information security leader ahead of an impending departure from the C-suite. Oklahoma’s Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) advertised for a state chief information officer (CISO) this week as CISO Michael Toland prepares to pursue “a new opportunity,” according to Christa Helfrey, public information manager at OMES....Read More
Some county systems back online following ransomware attack Published 6:01 pm Friday, June 20, 2025 Mower County has made progress in getting some systems effected by a ransomware attack earlier this week back online. According to an update by County Administrator Matthew Verdick, some systems have been brought up to speed but not fully. “Thanks...Read More
Authorities say they have made a slew of arrests in a monthslong operation aiming to intercept child predators in Texas. KERRVILLE, Texas — The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office says the arrested 18 people after completing a monthslong operation to intercept those seeking out minors to attempt sex crimes. KCSO says they communicated with dozens of...Read More
