Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime police have arrested a 32-year-old former cricketer for impersonating a senior official from the Telangana chief minister’s office and attempting to defraud prominent business figures.Police said the accused, B Nagaraju, a resident of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, has a long history of fraud and has been involved in over 30...Read More
For thousands of people around the world, the nightmare began the same way: a frozen screen, a blinking message, and a demand for money. Doctors, small business owners, factory workers, and even school staff found their computers suddenly hijacked. The US Department of Justice has indicted Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, a 48-year-old Russian national from Moscow,...Read More
A scene from “Fear Street: Prom Queen.” Netflix/Alan Markfield The new Netflix horror thriller Fear Street: Prom Queen from Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine is scaring away critics. Rated R, Fear Street: Prom Queen debuted on the streaming platform on Friday. The logline for the film reads, “Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of...Read More
The logo of the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust, is pictured on its headquarters ahead of a news conference on alleged war crimes, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo European, American, and Canadian authorities have dismantled over 300 servers globally and issued international arrest...Read More
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal. Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple, alongside Google, has been working...Read More
The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against several Russian nationals accused of developing, administering and operating the DanaBot malware-as-a-service platform, tracked by CrowdStrike as SCULLY SPIDER. SCULLY SPIDER has been active since 2018 and was initially known for deploying DanaBot as a banking trojan. Over time, DanaBot evolved into a rentable...Read More
The European and North American law enforcement agencies have dismantled what investigators call the “nerve center” of Russian cybercrime. Operation Endgame, led by Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), has resulted in arrest warrants for 20 suspects and indictments against 16 others—unmasking the masterminds behind the infamous Qakbot, Danabot, and Conti malware operations. With links to ransomware attacks...Read More
MISSOULA, Mont. – The University of Montana and Blackfoot Communications have teamed up to launch a new cybersecurity program aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in rural areas of Montana. The partnership, through the PISCES program, will provide cybersecurity analysis and training to local governments, schools, and utilities. It will also offer students hands-on experience. Thomas Gallagher,...Read More
Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it on the dark web. Peter Gregg, the utility’s president and CEO, said Friday it is believed 280,000 customers have had their information stolen — more than half of the customers in the province....Read More
