CHENNAI: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has issued an urgent advisory cautioning citizens about a surge in fraudulent social media scams in the form of campaigns falsely linking billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to cryptocurrency. These schemes, proliferating on platforms like Instagram, use doctored videos and deceptive claims of “free Bitcoin” to...Read More
In the past, cyber criminals have accessed internal messaging systems of companies including Uber and Rockstar Games to spy on communications and post ransom demands. These kinds of tactics were used by a group called Lapsus$ which was made up of English speaking teenagers – two of whom were arrested and convicted in the UK...Read More
BRUNSWICK, Ohio — It is now a crime in Ohio if a person is caught blackmailing another person into sending explicit images or threatening to release those explicit images in exchange for money. “No kids should be hurt and that’s what these criminals are doing, so for them to get punished for it is a...Read More
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, organizations require more sophisticated tools to protect themselves. CIRA, the national non-profit that protects over eight million Canadians with its cybersecurity products, is responding to this challenge by launching a new enterprise-grade service, CIRA XDR, that leverages an open-source codebase...Read More
It’s sniffles season. People with asthma commonly suffer from allergies, too. Help your patients understand their allergic triggers with ImmunoCAP™ Specific IgE blood tests. And with this lab ordering guide, providers can browse region-specific profiles to help patients identify local allergic triggers. Learn more. One of the latest healthcare hacks may have had little clinical...Read More
Two East Idaho school districts — Jefferson County and American Falls — were recently targeted in ransomware attacks that temporarily disabled their systems and derailed learning. For weeks, students and teachers had to revert to “old-school” learning — without the aid of devices or internet. Teachers could not access email, grade books or school phones. ...Read More
The Latest IC3 Report on Cybercrime is out from the FBI. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images Cybercrimes and crypto scams are becoming more common. I’ll never forget the call from my friend’s uncle. He’s the type who keeps meticulous spreadsheets for everything—grocery lists, travel budgets, even holiday gifts. So when he told me...Read More
The UK’s data protection overlord is not going to pursue any further investigation into the British Library’s 2023 ransomware attack. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it doesn’t think its resources would be best spent on UK’s national library, even though it was such a disaster due to MFA not being applied on an admin...Read More
(TNS) — Organized groups of Nigerian cybercriminals are contacting American kids via social media and gaming, befriending them, and exchanging nude photos with them. When they have the American child’s likeness, they blackmail them, demanding money. That was just one of the disturbing revelations during a hearing on cybersecurity in Northampton Monday, convened by Bucks...Read More
Morphisec recently investigated an incident involving a new variant of one of the most aggressive ransomware families: Mimic version 7.5. First observed in 2022, Mimic remains relatively underreported in the public domain, aside from a detailed analysis of Mimic version 6.3 that was previously published by Cyfirma and Kaspersky. Target Audience: This threat analysis...Read More
