2025-05-04T19:01:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Sunday, Iraq’s National Security Service arrested an individual involved in online threats and blackmail. In a statement, the Security Service described the suspect as a mastermind of the “Ahl Kirkuk” and “Huna Kirkuk” platforms. He allegedly targeted civilians, public servants, judicial officials, lawmakers, doctors,...Read More
Multiple people were recently arrested in connection with an undercover operation that targeted child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley, police said. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the multi-agency operation, which took place April 28 and 29, led to the arrest of 10 people. Authorities said that those arrested face charges varying from...Read More
Events , Government , Industry Specific National Cybersecurity Alliance’s Lisa Plaggemier on Replacing Shrinking Public Funds Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • May 4, 2025
Lisa Plaggemier, executive director, National Cybersecurity Alliance
Cybersecurity nonprofits face reduced federal funding, but that hasn’t slowed efforts to educate and protect the public. The National Cybersecurity Alliance...Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to repeal Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, citing its use by authorities to harass journalists, bloggers, activists, and critics across Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Saturday to commemorate...Read More
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged President Bola Tinubu to review the Cybercrime Act and other restrictive laws. They called for an assessment of these laws for potential restrictions on free speech and press freedom in Nigeria. The general secretary of NGE, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, and...Read More
Triggers of global cybersecurity debates This section delves into the incidents and themes that have catalyzed widespread discussions. Figure 2 highlights certain events that stand out as key triggers for expansive cybersecurity debates as a function of time. Fig. 2: Number of comments per month over the years for topics cyber attacks, DdoS attacks, data...Read More
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) is offering a range of summer internship programs for students in grades 3 through 12 who are interested in exploring careers in cybersecurity. Applications for all programs are due by 5 p.m. on May 9. For middle school students in grades 6 to 8, the 2025...Read More
Over the past year, a clear pattern has emerged across the threat landscape: ransomware operations are increasingly relying on compartmentalized affiliate models. In these models, initial access brokers (IABs) [6], malware loaders, and post-exploitation operators work together. Due to those specialization roles, a new generation of loader campaigns has risen. Threat actors increasingly employ loader...Read More
AI isn’t just changing the paradigm of cybercrime—it’s creating a new, larger attack surface with no rules. Just as culture eats strategy for breakfast, generative AI is swallowing up automated phishing campaigns, deepfake fraud, malware creation and much more at an unprecedented scale—fueling a new era of cyber-attacks. In 2024 alone, credential phishing attacks...Read More
Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’ decision to install AI-powered monitoring software such as Gaggle and GoGuardian...Read More
