Another cyber-attack has hit the headlines – this one involving the personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales. It comes hard on the heels of recent cyber-attacks that caused huge disruption at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op, and has prompted fresh reminders for people to be extra-vigilant...Read More
Roger Pratt, 36, was arrested on a warrant for possession of child sex abuse material, Ansonia police said. Police say the arrest followed a disturbing investigation that started when a group of private citizens used social media to communicate with Pratt. These individuals, who track potential child predators online, posed as a child online and...Read More
Louisiana State University (LSU) and the cybersecurity firm TekStream this week announced a new, expanded student-run security operations center (SOC) on LSU’s campus that gives students real-world experience defending both educational and commercial clients, according to a news release yesterday. Unlike LSU’s earlier SOCs, which primarily defended university systems, the new initiative targets two issues...Read More
Reports Highlight Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on the persistent threat of AD compromise. In a blog post, Alon Rosental, Microsoft partner director of product management for endpoint...Read More
An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC’s official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Prior to his conviction and sentencing on Friday, Eric Council Jr., 26, of Huntsville, Alabama, proved once again that...Read More
Body camera video shows Rogers County deputies arresting a man accused of talking sexually online with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. They say the man was actually talking with an online predator group, and they went to his house and confronted him on camera. Sheriff Scott Walton says the group did great work,...Read More
Union home minister Amit Shah (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Monday launched the e-Zero initiative to auto-register high-value cybercrimes. The service will automatically convert cyber financial crimes above Rs 10 lakh and registered on the 1930 helpline of the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), into FIRs, news agency ANI...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
New bipartisan legislation would bar technology companies from collecting reimbursements from law enforcement officials seeking data related to child exploitation. Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday will introduce the Protecting Children Over Profits Act, Bloomberg Government learned exclusively. The bill would apply to any electronic service where users can exchange messages....Read More
Let’s face it: Australia is seen as a soft target for cybercriminals. Its fragmented cybercrime response makes both individuals and institutions more vulnerable. Australia’s cybercrime framework must be informed by diverse perspectives, and it must focus on victims as much as on perpetrators. This means dismantling outdated binaries between ‘technical’ and ‘non-technical’, challenging the militaristic...Read More
