The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) says the Nigeria Police Force has rolled out fresh strategies to tackling cybercrime, kidnapping and other emerging security threats across the country. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Simeon Akpanudom, in charge of FCID Annex Lagos, stated this on Thursday while briefing journalists at the FCID headquarters in Lagos....Read More
Intellexa spyware was used to infect phones and extract personal data (Picture: Getty/Metro) British officials held talks with a spyware company whose software was used to target journalists and was later sanctioned by the US, Metro can reveal. Officials met salesmen from Intellexa, whose surveillance application Predator was used to spy on at least 87...Read More
“Research was not really a part of my plans before this. My plan was to be a software engineer with a focus on security,” said Barnes, who is a First-Generation college student. “Now I really love the world of research and contributing to it. I want to not just learn new things, but also create...Read More
Key Takeaways: Over 200 domains and IPs linked to StealC and Amadey were targeted. Malware used for credential theft, ransomware, and large-scale attacks. Operation highlights growing need for identity and data protection controls. Microsoft has disrupted critical infrastructure supporting the StealC and Amadey malware networks, two threats widely used by cybercriminals to steal sensitive data...Read More
A 21-year-old Minnesota man who operated under the online alias “Snoopy” was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a 2022 credential stuffing attack that compromised roughly 60,000 user accounts on the fantasy sports and betting platform DraftKings, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses to customers. Nathan...Read More
Zscaler uncovered “Edgecution,” a malicious Edge extension deployed via fake Outlook update sites shared in Teams phishing Attack uses ZIP archives with Python runtime to escape browser sandbox, creating a backdoor capable of shell/PowerShell execution and system data theft Believed linked to Initial Access Brokers tied to ransomware group Payout Kings, showing evolving sophistication in...Read More
Russian authorities used Cellebrite phone data extraction technology to snoop in a dissident’s device three months after the Israeli commercial surveillance company said it had cut the country off due to human rights concerns. The continued use of the powerful data extraction product — in this case Cellebrite’s universal forensic extraction device (UFED) — soon...Read More
ReliaQuest is investing $1.5 million in the University of South Florida to expand artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research while enlarging a workforce development program that has supplied the Tampa cybersecurity company with talent since 2018. The investment will establish the first endowed professorship in USF’s College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing and add an...Read More
A global crackdown on “cybercrime-as-a-service” malware that quietly drains crypto wallets has frozen tens of millions of dollars in stolen funds. Law enforcement identified, flagged, and froze more than €41 million (about $47 million) in criminal crypto assets in the latest phase of Operation Endgame, Europol said on Wednesday. The two-week, multi-country strike dismantled the...Read More
In a heartbreaking incident in Raipur Upazila of Lakshmipur, a mother and her three daughters have been hacked to death. Following the incident, an infuriated mob beat the accused youth to death. The district police and health department confirmed the deaths of the four individuals on Thursday afternoon (June 25). The deceased have been identified...Read More
