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A man described as a “devious, manipulative, sexual predator” has been jailed for six years after being found guilty of sexually abusing a boy about 20 years ago. In April Wayne Harris, of Smithy Close in English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, was convicted of four counts of causing or inciting a child aged under 13 to engage […]
Companies would be better minded to worry about the basics of cybersecurity than hype around malign AI models, argues NetSPI’s Ben Lister. (Image: Shutterstock) The recent wave of high-profile ransomware attacks targeting brands like M&S has reignited fears that AI is fuelling a surge in cybercrime. While AI is undeniably reshaping the threat landscape – […]
Out of the 262 complaints received particularly by MHA’s I4C, maximum 91 pertain to investment frauds, 75 are related to share market investment/trading, 37 UPI fraud complaints, 11 are job fraud complaints, while six pertain to digital arrests. As part of the continued probe into the major BotBro-Meta 5 Trading app-enabled forex trade investment fraud, […]
The collaboration began in 2024, when Alea completed its Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) certification with Continent 8. Now, the partnership has grown to include a broader set of security services, full-spectrum cybersecurity assessments delivered by C8 Secure, Continent 8’s specialist security division. For Alea, cybersecurity is at its core, and a key part […]
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Ransomware attacks against schools, colleges and universities rose 23% year over year in the first half of 2025, according to a report from Comparitech, a cybersecurity and online privacy product review website. The six months […]
The recently uncovered Gunra ransomware is the family to weaponize leaked Conti source code, unleashing rapid-fire double-extortion attacks against Windows endpoints worldwide. First seen on dark-web leak sites in April 2025, Gunra moves with blistering speed, pressuring victims to negotiate within five days and threatening public data dumps to multiply the pain. Unlike spray-and-pray spam […]
UpGuard finds unprotected Elasticsearch instance belonging to Leak Zone The instance contained millions of IP addresses Leak Zone is a known underground forum with a large number of users In a moment of poetic irony, an underground “leaking and cracking forum” exposed the IP addresses of all its logged-in users, essentially doxxing them to everyone […]
A new wave of ransomware attacks has surfaced in July 2025, leveraging weaponized HTML (.HTA) files to silently deploy the Epsilon Red strain of ransomware. The campaign, which has spread globally, masquerades as innocuous verification pages branded as “ClickFix,” luring users who frequent popular platforms such as Discord, Twitch, Kick, and OnlyFans. By exploiting users’ […]
Ukrainian police, aided by French and Europol investigators, arrest suspected administrator of long-running Russian-language cybercrime forum. International operation brings alleged forum admin to justice Authorities in Ukraine have arrested a man accused of operating one of the most prominent Russian-language cybercrime forums on the internet, XSS[.]is. The arrest, the result of a four-year investigation led […]
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