A troubling case of cybercrime has stirred up concern in the Orange Walk community this week. A young woman’s lost cellphone turned into a nightmare when private photos were shared without her consent through her own social media accounts. But thanks to swift action by the Belize Police Department’s Cybercrime Unit, the device was recovered,...Read More
An uptick in verbal and physical aggression has large numbers of educators expressing intentions to transfer schools or resign from the profession altogether. Threats and violence against P-12 teachers and other school staff have rebounded to pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels in the United States, according to research published in May by the American Psychological Association (APA)....Read More
A continent-wide takedown of 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria in mid-2024 has spotlighted one of Africa’s fastest growing cyber threats: digital sextortion. The figure, disclosed in Meta’s internal reporting and highlighted in INTERPOL’s newly released Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2025, signals an alarming evolution in online crime across the region. No longer the domain of...Read More
BlackBerry (BB, Financial) has increased its annual revenue forecast, anticipating sustained demand for its cybersecurity services as cybercrime continues to rise. This announcement led to a 6% increase in the company’s U.S.-listed shares in after-hours trading. The surge in cybercrime and hacking incidents has prompted companies to invest heavily in cybersecurity, benefiting providers like BlackBerry....Read More
Cyberattacks against government agencies are escalating at an alarming pace. From state departments to small municipal offices, public sector organizations have become prime targets for ransomware, credential theft, and increasingly sophisticated supply chain attacks. What once were isolated breaches have evolved into systemic risks threatening public safety, economic stability, and national security. Behind this surge...Read More
A Wyoming man busted by a vigilante child predator patrol YouTuber will serve 10 years in federal prison after admitting to possessing child pornography. Federal District Judge Alan Johnson sentenced Sean Joseph Brennan, 58, of Hudson, to 120 months Tuesday afternoon in the Joseph O’Mahoney Federal Building in Cheyenne. Johnson also imposed 10 years of supervision following...Read More
Executive Summary Unit 42 researchers have been monitoring a series of attacks targeting financial organizations across Africa. We assess that the threat actor may be gaining initial access to these financial institutions and then selling it to others on the dark web. Since at least July 2023, a cluster of activity we track as CL-CRI-1014...Read More
A new report by the international police organisation has revealed escalating levels of cyber-crime across the continent and inadequate capabilities to fight it. INTERPOL has confirmed spiking rates of cyber-crime across Africa in its latest Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report. Published yesterday (23 June), the agency confirmed that cyber-crime accounted for over 30% of all crime...Read More
Upon opening the 25th ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and its Related Meetings in this capital on Tuesday, Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail noted that cybercrimes range from financial scams to ransomware attacks. Nasution Ismail emphasized that these crimes have emerged as a serious and urgent challenge in today’s...Read More
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has brought to light an age-old problem with medical IT systems: many are excessively vulnerable because they are based on legacy equipment from 20 or more years ago that were not built with cybersecurity in mind.In its report dated June 2025, the FDA said that for medical devices manufacturers...Read More
