In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining the corporate landscape, its darker side is also beginning to take shape – and it’s hitting Australian and New Zealand organisations where it hurts most: cybersecurity. Ransomware attacks, already a formidable threat to businesses, are being supercharged by AI. Threat actors are leveraging the technology not...Read More
Transnational organized crime in Southeast Asia has reached unprecedented levels, driven by a surge in large-scale cyber scam operations run by complex criminal networks, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report describes the rise of “sophisticated transnational syndicates” that have built vast cybercrime centers powered...Read More
RansomHub, GoldFactory and Lazarus are dominating the cybercrime threatscape, with ransomware, mobile banking malware and state-sponsored hacking all on the rise. Cybercrime is thriving like never before, with hackers launching attacks ranging from absurd ransomware demands of $1 trillion to large-scale theft of personal data. Despite efforts from Microsoft, Google and even the FBI, these...Read More
Important global cybercrime news has been curated by FutureCrime Researchers to keep you informed about various types of digital fraud occurring worldwide and to provide insights into the best mitigation strategies. Read below to learn more in detail. 1. Ambala cyber police arrest two in digital arrest scam, seize ₹1.65 lakh and mobile phones Ambala...Read More
AMESBURY — City officials revealed earlier this week that they are investigating why as many 40 employees were victimized by tax fraud earlier this year and whether the schemes were hatched internally or externally. “In late March, a number of city employees reported to IT that they had experienced tax fraud this season,” Mayor Kassandra...Read More
Unstructured data has quietly become a whale-like burden on IT infrastructure, storage, and security resources. Large enterprises commonly house 20, 30 or 40 petabytes (PB) of unstructured data, which is primarily generated by applications and users and ends up locked in file data storage systems that consume a disproportionate share of IT budgets. This file...Read More
Periods of inflation and rising living costs likely contribute to an increase in opportunistic fraud against financial services, ecommerce and other sectors AI-powered fraud expected to increase in 2025 ATLANTA, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LexisNexis® Risk Solutions releases its annual Cybercrime Report, an analysis of over 104 billion global transactions in the LexisNexis® Digital Identity...Read More
A two-year-old boy who spent a night alone in the Arizona wilderness was led to safety by a rancher’s dog and was recovering safely at home with his family on Thursday. The toddler, identified as Boden Allen, disappeared from his home in Seligman, Arizona, at around 5pm local time on Monday, about 100 miles south...Read More
BENGALURU: Bengaluru should be a happier place. The city recorded a 30 per cent decline in cybercrime cases in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in the previous two years, City Police Commissioner B Dayananda said on Tuesday. There is a 12 per cent drop in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) cases...Read More
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A scathing federal report on the Uvalde mass shooting released Thursday highlighted the miscommunication and lack of action between the hundreds of officers who showed up to Robb Elementary School on May 24,...Read More
