After Ransomware Attacks, Microsoft Teams to Block Malicious Files | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Microsoft Teams is adding two new security features to protect users against malicious links and dangerous files. Starting next month, the messaging app will be able to “detect and warn users [about] malicious URLs sent in Teams chat and channels,” Microsoft says in an update to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. It will also block “messages […]

UK sentences “serial hacker” of 3,000 sites to 20 months in prison | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker

A 26-year old in the UK who claimed to have hacked thousands of websites was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky of Rotherham, UK, was arrested in 2022 based on information received from U.S. law enforcement and charged for stealing log in details of millions of Facebook users, and […]

Eight Arrested in Las Vegas Child Predator Sting Operation | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing

An undercover operation in the Las Vegas Valley targeting suspected child sexual predators resulted in the arrest of eight individuals, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The multi-agency initiative—conducted over two weeks—was part of the Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and included participation from the FBI, local police departments in Henderson […]

Microsoft Windows Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy PipeMagic RansomExx Malware | #ransomware | #cybercrime

Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on the threat actors’ exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy the PipeMagic malware in RansomExx ransomware attacks. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2025-29824, a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) that […]

BINI files cybercrime complaint over Filipino street food spliced video | #cybercrime | #infosec

Members of P-pop girl group BINI have filed a criminal complaint before the prosecutor’s office in Santa Rosa, Laguna against the uploader of a spliced video that they said fueled online hate against them. The complaint, filed under the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, was made public through an Instagram post by the group’s lawyer, […]

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