The crosswalk across Garfield Avenue on Moffat Boulevard near Manteca High will be getting a HAWK in the coming months. HAWK is shorthand for a high intensity activated crosswalk Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon signal system. It is part of a $3.9 million Safe Routes to Schools project the City Council awarded on Wednesday. Making the main...Read More
Visakhapatnam: Cybercrime police have arrested two more individuals belonging to an international cybercrime network. The duo lured unemployed youth from Visakhapatnam promising high-paying data entry jobs abroad, only to traffic them to Chinese-operated cyber fraud companies in Southeast Asia. Police identified the individuals as Naveen and Mohammed Altaf Ali, both from Visakhapatnam district. They functioned...Read More
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) arrested 228 individuals, including 27 women, for their involvement in various cybercrimes between 1 January and 31 July this year. The arrests were made through its seven cybercrime police stations across Telangana and other states, including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand. The director...Read More
Legislation Builds on Previous Actions and Investments To Build a More Resilient and Secure Digital Environment A new law governing how the New York’s alw Enforcment responds to Cybersecurity threats took effect earlier this week. First announced in Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State address, this legislation requires all municipal corporations and public authorities...Read More
Many City of Hamilton departments didn’t have multi-factor authentication in place before cyber criminals launched a massive ransomware attack in February 2024, paralysing nearly all municipal services for weeks. Multi-factor authentication, also sometimes in the form of two-step verification, is a widely used layer of extra security for users logging into a system like their email accounts. They’re...Read More
Akira Ransomware targets SonicWall VPNs in likely zero-day attacks Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2025 Akira ransomware targets fully patched SonicWall VPNs in suspected zero-day attacks, with multiple intrusions seen in late July 2025. Arctic Wolf Labs researchers reported that Akira ransomware is exploiting SonicWall SSL VPNs in a likely zero-day attack, targeting even fully patched...Read More
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau on Sunday said it had arrested 228 individuals—including 27 women—in connection with various cybercrime offences reported across the country between January 1 and July 31, 2025. The crackdown targeted a range of offences, including fake call centres, job scams, child exploitation, and cyber slavery rings. Three special operations carried out...Read More
The nine men admitted to being members of an “international cyberfraud syndicate.” Nigeria’s Federal High Court sentenced nine Chinese nationals to one year in prison each on June 5, 2025, for their role in an “international cyberfraud syndicate.” This criminal group recruited and trained young Nigerians to carry out online scams, including “romance scams,...Read More
In an age where digital threats loom larger than ever, cybersecurity has transitioned from a defensive expense to a strategic investment. Yet, despite the sector’s tailwinds, investors are underestimating one of its most formidable players: Palo Alto Networks (PANW). A discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, combined with the company’s robust financials and strategic AI-driven innovation,...Read More
A new survey of ransomware attacks serves up an old conclusion: Crime still does pay. Security firm Semperis posted its latest Ransomware Risk Report on Thursday, and not much of that 32-page PDF should make for encouraging reading. Among companies that responded to this survey, getting targeted by ransomware attacks seems borderline inevitable, with 81% of...Read More
