Jakarta (ANTARA) – Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid urged the Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) and the National Police (Polri) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle cybercrimes in Indonesia. Hafid explained that this step is necessary as cybercriminals are already using AI to target victims not only in Indonesia but...Read More
Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2025/05/1746642396.jpg Now IS the right time to move into Cybersecurity stocks amid a flurry of high profile hacking incidents. The buzz surrounding AI is driving investor interest in Cybersecurity stocks. The economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff-based trade policies are a wild card regarding the Stock Market. Cybersecurity’s growing role in cloud computing...Read More
Intrusions exploiting the recently addressed Windows Common Log File System Driver zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, have been deployed by the Play ransomware gang, also known as Balloonfly or PlayCrypt, against a U.S. organization, The Hacker News reports. Initial access through a public Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance allowed Play ransomware attackers to deploy both the...Read More
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Police (Polri) Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has stated that online fraud and gambling are currently the most prevalent forms of cybercrime in the country. He made this statement during “The Risk-Based Mentoring Program on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Crimes” held in Jakarta on Thursday. General Listyo emphasized that...Read More
Hackers breached LockBit’s backend, releasing a database with thousands of Bitcoin addresses and key evidence of the ransomware group’s financial structure. Nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses linked to LockBit’s ransomware operations have been exposed following a major breach of the group’s dark web affiliate panel. The leak, which included a MySQL database dump, was shared publicly...Read More
African airlines are facing a significant threat from cybercrime, with millions lost annually to payment fraud. A recent report by Visa in collaboration with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) sheds light on the vulnerabilities facing these airlines and offers solutions to address the issue, ultimately boosting revenue and improving passenger payments. Michael Berner, Head of...Read More
A new report from cyber insurance specialist Coalition finds the majority of 2024 claims (60 percent) originated from business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud (FTF) incidents, with 29 percent of BEC events resulting in FTF. Ransomware claims did stabilize in 2024 but they remain the most costly and disruptive type of cyberattack. “Over...Read More
WARREN, Ohio, (WKBN) — Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder is appealing a county judge’s decision that her office pay Bazetta Township over $80,000 it lost when the township’s tax fund was mistakenly deposited into a fraudulent bank account. Read next: Ohio primary election: What’s on the ballot, and where can I vote? Yoder filed an...Read More
The UK has announced a series of new cybersecurity assessment schemes in a bid to push secure by design principles. Unveiled at the CYBERUK 2025 conference, the new initiatives are designed to enable firms to demonstrate their cyber resiliency, and boost confidence in the products and services used by organizations. The first scheme is the...Read More
