Airtel has informed the government and regulator Trai that it has approached Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea with a proposal for a joint initiative to unite the industry against rising telecom fraud and scams. Airtel has also urged all telcos to collaborate and collectively address the growing threat of deceptive and malicious scams targeting vulnerable...Read More
Oswin M. Guillen Padilla, 41, of Hampton Bays, was wanted by Duluth Police for inappropriate communication with a minor, troopers said. The investigation began when the victim’s mother discovered disturbing photos and videos showing explicit conversations and content exchanged between her child and Padilla, police explained. New York State Police Computer Crime Unit located Padilla’s...Read More
People wait in line to change their universal subscriber identity module chips at an SK Telecom Co. store in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap) South Korea’s major companies spent an average of 2.9 billion won ($2.1 million) per year on information protection, industry data showed Monday. According to data from the Korea Internet & Security Agency...Read More
The Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030 provides a clear roadmap for action, which can easily be replicated at regional and national level Several countries across the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific region have already fully integrated the CSSF in their Education and/or Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy Frameworks. Similar initiatives could be reproduced in other regions....Read More
German sportswear company Adidas has reported a data breach involving a customer service provider. As Reuters reported, the company announced Friday (May 23) that cybercriminals had accessed customer data via a third-party customer service provider, while noting that the breach did not involve passwords or credit card data. “We immediately took steps to contain the...Read More
Bloomberg reports a new series of child safety reforms are coming to Roblox sometime next month. In an email to the outlet, Roblox Corp. said the new measures “are part of [our] commitment to making the platform one of the safest online environments for our users, particularly the youngest users.” These changes will require users...Read More
The US is increasing export controls on advanced AI chips to limit China’s technological and military progress. In response, China has strongly condemned these actions as ‘bullying’ and protectionism. A coalition of leading technology and cybersecurity firms, including Carahsoft, Dell Technologies, Forescout, Google Cloud, Trellix, and Velos, has launched the Strategic Cybersecurity Coalition (SCC). The...Read More
Ahmedabad: New hotspots are emerging in India’s cybercrime landscape. Not very long ago, regions such as Jamtara in Jharkhand, Alwar and Bharatpur in Rajasthan, and Mewat and Nuh in Haryana were notorious for cybercrime activities.Now, Gujarat has entered the scene, with Banaskantha, Mehsana and Bhavnagar becoming areas of concern for the state police.This change comes...Read More
France’s cloud security certification scheme, SecNumCloud, has emerged as one of the most protectionist digital regulations in Europe.[1] Administered by France’s national cybersecurity agency (ANSSI), the latest version of SecNumCloud (v3.2, March 2022) imposes stringent “sovereignty requirements” that effectively bar foreign cloud providers from qualifying as “trusted” vendors.[2] To gain certification—which is mandatory for public...Read More
Leader of Qakbot cybercrime network indicted in U.S. crackdown Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2025 The U.S. indicted Russian Rustam Gallyamov for leading the Qakbot botnet, which infected 700K+ devices and was used in ransomware attacks. The U.S. authorities have indicted Russian national Rustam Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot operation, which infected over 700,000 computers...Read More
