How UH Professors are Working to Stop Cybercriminals in their Tracks From stolen email passwords to hacked Facebook accounts, cybercrime is on the rise. A recent assessment by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) on the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime showed a significant target shift from individuals and small businesses to major corporations, governments […]

Russia’s national airline, Aeroflot, was forced to cancel more than 50 round-trip flights on Monday following a large-scale cyberattack claimed by two pro-Ukrainian hacking groups, disrupting travel across the country at the peak of summer holidays. The Kremlin described the situation as “alarming”, and Russian lawmakers called it a critical wake-up call. Prosecutors confirmed the […]

NASCAR files reports with state regulators confirming April 2025 attack It did not say how many people were affected The company is offering free credit monitoring for affected victims NASCAR has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack and a data breach in April 2025 which saw personal information of racing fans allegedly stolen. The organization filed […]

The notorious cybercrime and hacker platform BreachForums has mysteriously resurfaced on its original dark web .onion domain. The site appears to be fully restored, including its infrastructure, user-leaked databases, official breach listings and forum posts. For your information, in early April 2025, both the clearnet and dark web domains of BreachForums went offline without explanation. […]

Happy World Wide Web Day! Every year on August 1, we celebrate the Web, an intricate and revolutionary system that lets more than 5.6 billion people share information. The modern Web has become the backbone of much of humanity’s interaction. But it’s not just a playground of information and entertainment—it’s also a hunting ground for […]

PDI Security and Network Solutions will host live webinar for organizations looking to improve their cyber readiness in response to ongoing threats ATLANTA, GA, July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dark web marketplace listings nearly doubled from April through June 2025, reaching 2.7 million entries-a 99.36% surge that signals an alarming escalation in cybercriminal activity-according […]

Numerous law enforcement agencies banded together to disrupt BlackSuit The ransomware operators had multiple websites seized No arrests had been made Notorious ransomware operator BlackSuit has had its infrastructure disrupted by a major law enforcement campaign. As part of the action, BlackSuit’s main website, accessed through The Onion Router (TOR), was defaced and left with […]

An Arizona woman received a significant federal prison sentence for orchestrating a sophisticated cybercrime operation that enabled North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers to infiltrate hundreds of American companies while generating millions in revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).  The case represents one of the largest documented instances of state-sponsored employment fraud […]

In the shadowy world of cybercrime, a notorious group known as Scattered Spider has escalated its operations, zeroing in on VMware vSphere environments with a blend of social engineering and technical prowess that has left U.S. companies reeling. This loosely affiliated collective, often described as a band of young hackers with sophisticated tactics, has pivoted […]