COMPANY NEWS: Company celebrates further recognition of excellence as two employees named finalists in individual award categories Lumify Group has been named ‘Cyber Security Training Business of the Year’ in the 2025 Australian Cyber Awards, highlighting its commitment to boosting the next generation of cyber talent in Australia. Two employees of Lumify Group were also...Read More
Microsoft addressed 126 vulnerabilities affecting its systems and core products, including a zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) that’s been actively exploited in a series of ransomware attacks, the company said in its latest security update Tuesday. A group Microsoft tracks as Storm-2460 has exploited CVE-2025-29824 to initiate ransomware attacks “against a...Read More
SHREVEPORT, LA. Shreveport Vice Unit Nabs 6 in Online Predator Sting Operation The Shreveport Police Department’s Vice Unit recently collaborated with SOSA, (Safe from Online Sex Abuse), in an online sting operation targeting online predators seeking to exploit underage victims. Through this collaboration, volunteers dedicated countless hours posing as children online in various chat groups...Read More
“Looking back to the 1990s and early 2000s, you needed to have a reasonable level of technical competence to pull off these types of crimes,” Nicholas Court, assistant director of Interpol’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre, told CNBC. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images An expanding network of cybercrime marketplaces is making it easier than...Read More
An alleged “online predator” was arrested in the Hudson Valley. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced a Lower Hudson Valley man was arrested following an “undercover online predator sting.” Rockland County, New York Man Arrested After “Undercover Online Predator Sting” Hungry? Italy Says The Best Pizzeria In The World Is Found In...Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have urged President Bola Tinubu’s government to end the use of the “draconian” Cybercrimes Act to target journalists, activists, critics, and ordinary Nigerians for peacefully expressing their opinions online. In a joint statement released on Sunday and signed by SERAP Deputy Director...Read More
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) A decades-old manhunt came to a dramatic conclusion thanks to artificial intelligence, as facial recognition technology helped UK authorities locate and arrest one of Britain’s most elusive fugitives. The case illustrates how AI tools are increasingly being adopted for advanced investigative work in law enforcement. Richard Burrows,...Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Crimes Center (C3) has announced the expansion of its global presence with the addition of four new International Cyber Investigations Liaison (CIL) positions. These roles, based in Ottawa, Canada; London, England; The Hague, Netherlands; and Sydney, Australia, will enhance global law enforcement collaborations to tackle complex transnational...Read More
JAKARTA The UK government will issue warnings to all companies in the country to make cybersecurity an “absolute priority”. This is done, following a series of cyberattacks against several well-known retailers such as Marks & Spencer (M&S), Co-op Group, and Harrods. British Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden, on Friday 2 April chaired a briefing with...Read More
DURANT, Okla. (KXII) – A Durant man was recently arrested accused of a felony child sex crime after he was targeted by a online group that seeks to expose child predators. Nicholas Brooks, 36, was confronted by Oklahoma Predator Prevention, a group dedicated to tracking predators, on a live stream. Brooks was allegedly exchanging text...Read More
