The fall of two of the most dominant ransomware syndicates, LockBit and AlphV, triggered a power vacuum across the cybercriminal landscape, acccording to a Black Kite survey. In their place, dozens of new actors emerged, many of them lacking the infrastructure, discipline, or credibility of their predecessors. The result was a surge in attack volume,...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
Marissa Newman May 14, 2025 – 12.00pm Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login In 2015, cybercriminals targeted several currency trading companies and stole sensitive data, leaving behind a ransom note. They received a frantic response...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
Power lines converge at switching stations for Green Mountain Power and VELCO in Williston. Seen on March 9, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger “The exact numbers on that I don’t know because it is literally continuous.” That’s what Dan Nelson, chief technology officer for the Vermont Electric Power Company, said Tuesday when lawmakers asked...Read More
Community Government The Pierce County Library system confirmed Tuesday that a “cybersecurity event” caused a multiweek outage affecting services at its branches around the county. The library system sent a letter to patrons acknowledging that “an outside entity gained unauthorized access” to its network. The library discovered the problem on April 21 and took its...Read More
Andy Frain Services has notified over 100,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised in a data breach that occurred in October 2024. The security firm, which provides services to clients such as the NFL, NBA, and NASCAR, confirmed that notifications were sent to 100,964 people affected by the breach. Details of the compromised information...Read More
A major data leak has exposed the inner workings of the notorious ransomware group LockBit. The leak contains thousands of chat conversations between the hackers and their victims, revealing for the first time how structured and businesslike this criminal organization operates. Security company Defenced analyzed the data dump and gained insight into the group’s modus...Read More
It’s a scam that didn’t exist a year ago. Now, it’s the leading cyber scam in America, and Florida is proving to be a huge target for criminals trying to steal your money. If you have gotten one of those suspicious text messages on your phone warning you that you have an overdue toll bill...Read More
A security researcher has created a proof-of-concept ransomware that can virtually bypass all antivirus programs by altering a CPU’s microcode. This means that even if you change hardware components like the motherboard, RAM and storage or format your PC, the ransomware will still be able to run. According to The Register, Christiaan Beek, the security...Read More
