The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the...Read More
What looks like Capture the Flag from the outside is actually securing and strengthening critical networks on the inside. The East Tennessee State University student cybersecurity team, Cyberbucs, participated and finished 12th in the semester-long MITRE Corporation Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) competition. This hands-on learning experience pitted ETSU’s cybersecurity team against 160 other teams,...Read More
An escaped cybercrime suspect, Asar Sesugh, has died after his suspected cult associates allegedly opened fire on operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Makurdi, Benue State. Sesugh was among 26 suspected cyber fraudsters arrested by operatives of the EFCC’s Makurdi Zonal Directorate on April 28, 2026. In a statement issued on Saturday...Read More
The US parent company of online learning system Canvas said Monday that it has reached a deal with a hacking group which stole student and school data on the educational platform. What’s the latest? Instructure said in a statement posted online that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.” The company said...Read More
OCRI also uses funds to support training cybersecurity skills for K-12 students for summer campus, afterschool cyber clubs and other events that encourage young people with an interest in cybersecurity, explains Michael. A good example is OCRI hosted its annual statewide Capture the Flag (CTF) competition back in April. The event involved 68 teams with...Read More
Guwahati. A major cyber fraud network allegedly operating under the guise of Customer Service Point (CSP) centres has been uncovered in Bajali district during an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime. Police have arrested four individuals in connection with the racket, which investigators believe has links across multiple states. Four Accused Arrested The arrested accused have been...Read More
For years, a unit of Russia’s military intelligence agency quietly turned ordinary home routers into tools of espionage. The GRU group known as APT28, the same outfit behind the 2016 DNC hack and a string of attacks on NATO targets, exploited unpatched firmware and unchanged default passwords to compromise thousands of devices across 23 US...Read More
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 7, 2026 09:38 AM IST The tech industry continues to grapple with layoffs, and Google is the latest company to cut jobs. According to reports, the search giant has been quietly laying off employees in its Google Cloud division over the past two weeks. So far this year, 164 companies...Read More
Muscat: Engaging in online begging or soliciting for benefits through digital platforms now carries significant legal risks in Oman, including imprisonment and substantial fines. The new legal framework introduces strict deterrents against the misuse of technology for exploitation, while providing specific protections for vulnerable groups and exceptions for cases of genuine humanitarian need. Penalties for...Read More
A former IBM cybersecurity executive is alleging that the tech giant was breached tens of thousands of times by a Chinese state-linked hacking group and then systematically covered it up to protect its federal contracts. The lawsuit, filed under seal in 2020 and recently unsealed in New York federal court, paints a picture of a...Read More
