New research examining global ransomware trends has revealed that 69% of companies afflicted by ransomware have paid a ransom, with the figure rising to 83% among UK government and public sector organisations. The findings, published in the 2025 Ransomware Risk Report by Semperis, are based on a study involving nearly 1,500 companies across industries in […]
Vijay Sethupathi denies sexual abuse allegations Refuting the allegations, Sethupathi said, “Anyone who knows me even remotely will laugh at this. I know myself too. This kind of filthy accusation can’t upset me. My family and close friends are upset, but I tell them, ‘Let it slide. This woman is obviously doing it to be […]
AI has a profound impact on cybersecurity. On one hand, the AI-powered security controls enable efficient analysis of large datasets in real-time and quicker identification of anomalies that allow human analysts to focus on more complex cybersecurity tasks. On the other hand, AI also enables cyber attackers to create adaptive and blended threats at a […]
Ransomware group threatens to release 3.5TB of data Image: Ingram Micro is still recovering from a cyberattack on 9th July A ransomware group is threatening to release terabytes of data allegedly stolen from IT distributor Ingram Micro, which suffered a cyberattack three weeks ago. The SafePay ransomware group has threatened to release 3.5 terabytes of […]
A challenge in securing any IT environment is staying ahead of the tactics and technologies that bad actors use to breach an organisation, and now it appears that the democratisation of GenAI is opening up the door to an increase in ransomware campaigns. For years, security practitioners worried about when and how threat actors would […]
Cybercriminals are now using ransomware not only to make money but also to spread political propaganda, according to a new report by cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai. In its State of the Internet 2025 report, Akamai shows how some ransomware groups are acting more like hacktivists — hackers who attack systems to support a […]
Akamai Technologies, the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, has found that bad actors are using a new quadruple extortion tactic in ransomware campaigns, while double extortion remains the most common approach. With ransomware accounting for more than half of the total data breaches in this region in 2024, Asia […]
The Top Ten cyber crime news summaries on The420 are meticulously curated by Future Crime Researchers from the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF) and powered by Algoritha Security Pvt. Ltd. These summaries feature the most critical cyber crime developments from around the world. Keep reading—and stay safe. 1. 31 Arrested in Connection with 18 Cybercrime […]
MELBOURNE – An Australian appeals court on Thursday ruled against X Corp., rejecting a challenge to a safety watchdog’s demands for details on how the Elon Musk -owned company was combating widespread child exploitation material on its platform. Three federal court judges unanimously rejected X’s appeal against a federal court decision in October last year […]
When Qantas first revealed it had been the victim of a cyber attack that compromised the personal data of millions of its customers, many experts attributed the attack to the Scattered Spider hacking collective. You’re out of free articles for this month “A wave of data breaches impacting companies like Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH, […]
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