[ad_1] By Sanjana CS As discussions around the recent Pahalgam attack dominate among public and official discourse, cybercriminals have seized the moment to launch a new wave of cyberattacks that exploit both technological vulnerabilities and human emotions. According to the city’s cybercrime officials, a dangerously sophisticated malware campaign is circulating, using emotionally charged content related...Read More
[ad_1] Gunra Ransomware, has surfaced as a formidable threat in April 2025, targeting Windows systems across industries such as real estate, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. As reported by CYFIRMA, this ransomware employs a sophisticated double-extortion strategy, encrypting victims’ data while exfiltrating sensitive information to coerce payments. With documented attacks in Japan, Egypt, Panama, Italy, and Argentina,...Read More
[ad_1] Lauren Smith is passionate about curbing cybercrime, a field that is constantly changing as criminals find new ways to take advantage of emerging technologies. That passion led her to pivot from a pre-veterinary college track to one in criminology and, most recently, USF’s fully online Master of Science in Cybercrime program. She says the...Read More
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Archdiocese of New Orleans is raising concerns about compromised personal information following a ransomware attack that may have exposed data on clergy sex abuse survivors and people connected to local Catholic schools. The issue came to light during a May 1 federal court status hearing in the archdiocese’s ongoing...Read More
[ad_1] Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Huione Group Helped Criminals Launder Over $4 Billion Worth of Cybercrime Proceeds Jayant Chakravarti (@JayJay_Tech) • May 5, 2025 Image: Shutterstock The U.S. Department of Treasury set in motion a process to ban a Cambodian company’s access to the dollar financial system for running a vast...Read More
[ad_1] New Mexico State University initiated its Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity in 2020 and last year graduated its first cohort. The program is cross-disciplinary, including courses in information technology and electrical engineering as well as computer science. The BS in cybersecurity has a new certification to add to its value. Recently, NMSU’s cybersecurity degree...Read More
[ad_1] Cyberkriminelle haben die Server der AWO Gießen verschlüsselt. Elena Uve – Shutterstock.com Nach eigenen Angaben stellte die AWO Gießen am 27. April 2025 fest, dass Cyberkriminelle in die IT-Systeme eingedrungen sind und Dateien verschlüsselt haben. „Dank umfassender Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und funktionierender Backups konnte die Versorgung der Bewohner und Kunden jederzeit aufrechterhalten werden. Der Betrieb in...Read More
[ad_1] A new “Bring Your Own Installer” EDR bypass technique is exploited in attacks to bypass SentinelOne’s tamper protection feature, allowing threat actors to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) agents to install the Babuk ransomware. This technique exploits a gap in the agent upgrade process that allows the threat actors to terminate running EDR agents,...Read More
[ad_1] A malicious AI tool that claims to offer advanced capabilities without the need for jailbreaks was discovered by SlashNext researchers, according to a blog post published Monday.Xanthorox AI, which was first spotted on dark web cybercrime forums in Q1 2025, purports to offer five models specifically designed to aid malicious activity.These models include Xanthoroxv4,...Read More
