Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management , Insider Threat Experts Say MDR Services and Proactive Defense Can Break the Payment Cycle Aaron Bugal • July 14, 2025     Image: Shutterstock Organizations across Asia Pacific and Japan are seeing some relief from ransomware criminals, especially in terms of the ransom cost. The […]

Kevin Durkin expected his Introduction to Cybercrime class at USF to be just another required course for his criminology degree – but it was a spark that ignited his career. He says he wasn’t a “techy person” and didn’t know much about computers, but by the end of the course, he was sold. What began […]

Albemarle County IDs group behind ransomware attack  The Daily Progress Source link …………………….

by Ethan Faverino | Jul 14, 2025 | Economy, Must Read, News By Ethan Faverino | A new report reveals a rise in financial cybercrime across the United States, with Arizona ranking 47th out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., as one of the riskiest states. Based on the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Complaint […]

FAIRFAX, Va., July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sphinx, a leading developer of Counterintelligence (CI) and cyber tools for the digital battlefield, proudly announces the acquisition of Enigma International. The addition of Enigma’s language and systems development capabilities enhances Sphinx’s mission to deliver unparalleled protection against advanced threat actors for defense and commercial security clients. Enigma’s core […]

The Interlock ransomware gang has been detected targeting organizations with a new remote access trojan (RAT) in a widespread campaign, according to researchers from The DFIR Report in partnership with Proofpoint. The new malware, observed since June 2025, uses the general purpose PHP programming language. This differs from the previously identified JavaScript-based ‘NodeSnake’ RAT deployed […]

WFMT, a prominent classical music radio station based in Chicago, has reportedly fallen victim to a ransomware attack by the cybercriminal group known as Play. The attackers claim to have exfiltrated a large volume of sensitive personal and business data, allegedly in an effort to pressure the station into meeting ransom demands. The breach was […]

The first half of this year saw a sharp rise in the number of ransomware attacks, with US companies, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and manufacturing firms among the hardest hit. Between January and June, 4,198 ransomware cases were exposed on the dark web, up 49% from the 2,809 cases recorded in 2024, according to […]