The ranking members of two House committees are calling on the U.S. government to outline the way its cybersecurity programs operate.In a letter to chairman Gene Dodaro, comptroller of the United States Government Accountability Office, the House Democrats asked for a full assessment of the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) by the National Institute of Standards...Read More
A recent ransomware attack against a financial institution in Asia is raising eyebrows across the cybersecurity community, not just because of the ransomware, but because of how it was delivered. According to the Threat Hunter Team at Symantec and Carbon Black, Fog ransomware was first seen in May 2024. It saw the deployment of Fog,...Read More
Ariel Winter is putting her acting skills to good work by going undercover as part of a child predator sting operation. Winter, 27, teamed up with the nonprofit Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA) to film an episode of their true crime docuseries called SOSA Undercover, streaming on YouTube. During one episode, Winter posed as...Read More
KATHMANDU, June 13: A cybercrime case has been filed against Sujit KC, coordinator of the youth wing of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). The case was registered at the Kathmandu District Court by the District Government Attorney’s Office (DGAO), Kathmandu on Thursday, citing “Cyber Bureau 55” as the complainant. KC is accused of making a...Read More
Mangaluru: Home minister G Parameshwara announced that all constables in the state will receive training in handling cybercrimes. The training commenced recently, with training units established in every superintendent of police offices across the state. The initiative aims to make each constable proficient in cybercrime detection, the home minister said.He was speaking after launching the...Read More
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One summer camp hosted a competition among students with a course they designed. The fourth annual Viceroy Kids Summer Camp helped students learn cybersecurity, programming and more at Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. Officials say this helps inspire students and prepare them for the cybersecurity field. “So, there...Read More
CISA has issued an advisory about the SimpleHelp RMM vulnerability exploitation. (Photo: Tada Images/Shutterstock) The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a cybersecurity advisory highlighting the exploitation of unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software by ransomware actors. This advisory focuses on the targeting of a utility billing software provider’s customers,...Read More
TULSA — Police arrested a child sexual assault suspect out of Colorado in south Tulsa Thursday. Officers were notified in the morning by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado about wanted suspect, Matthew Reimer, who was living in an apartment near 81st and Memorial. Reimer is wanted for 10 felony counts of Sexual...Read More
Lucknow: A day after Lucknow police busted a sophisticated multi-layered cyber fraud call centre operating from the Vrindavan Yojna area, which swindled crores of rupees from unsuspecting victims across India, as many as 15 individuals, mostly from Bihar and Jharkhand, were arrested. They were allegedly lured into the racket under the pretext of lucrative job...Read More
On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14306 to scale back a range of cybersecurity requirements and government-wide approaches implemented by the Biden Administration. The associated Fact Sheet (June 6 Fact Sheet) can be found here. Although E.O. 14306 rescinds certain Biden-era cybersecurity policies pertaining to federal contractors and subcontractors,...Read More
