Madhya Pradesh’s cyber cell, aided by Rajasthan’s specialist teams, has arrested two individuals who created a fake Facebook profile impersonating a senior Bhopal police official. The accused allegedly lured a minor to activate a SIM card, which was then used in fraud attempts. The plot, a combination of social media deception and SIM-based trickery, was […]
If you have an internet-connected camera inside your house or have been to a place with surveillance, you are in for a shock. According to security researchers, over 40,000 IoT security cameras have been hacked globally, with their footage available to stream through web browsers. The live feed siphoned off from these cameras includes private […]
Tonight, Know2Protect — the national campaign dedicated to combating child exploitation and online threats — will host a high-impact livestream event featuring Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Dennis Fetting and country music star John Rich. Together, they will discuss how families and communities can better protect children from online predators—and what steps we can […]
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has netted around $2.3 million USD within 5 months, the data leak stemming from the May 2025 hack of a LockBit affiliate panel has revealed. From that sum, the operators took their 20% cut (approximately USD 456,000), and they additionally “earned” some $10,000-$11,000 USD from affiliates that registered through the […]
In a sweeping blow to global cybercrime, INTERPOL has announced the successful takedown of over 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains linked to infostealer malware. This operation, dubbed “Operation Secure,” was conducted between January and April 2025, involving law enforcement agencies from 26 countries across Asia and beyond. The crackdown targeted 69 distinct strains of […]
Think tank perspective The R Street Institute’s Haimon Wong reflected on key aspects of the Trump EO, including elements on software security. Wong said, “Trump’s new cyber EO is a welcome move that signals an effort by the administration to treat cybersecurity as a core strategic and national security priority. In particular, it’s grounded in […]
Nova Scotia Power has gotten approval for a cyber security improvement project, just weeks after a ransomware attack affected the personal data of thousands of customers. The Nova Scotia Energy Board approved the $1.8-million initiative, dubbed the Next Generation Network Security Design project, on Thursday. The utility submitted its application on April 7 for the project, which it said would enhance its existing information […]
Ryan Bonsu, 30, is assessed as posing a ‘very high risk’ of causing serious harm to females aged 16 to 19 Ryan Bonsu (Image: South Wales Police) A man tried to film himself “overpowering” and raping a teenage woman, a court has heard. Police found Ryan Bonsu had also filmed himself having consensual sex with […]
On 20 May 2025, the cyber threat landscape was unsettled once again when a developer linked to the VanHelsing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group leaked critical components on a well-known hacking forum. Going by the name “th30c0der”, this former associate of the group tried to sell the entire source code for the VanHelsing ransomware on […]
Research from Europol has revealed a booming black market for stolen data, with a sprawling digital underworld consisting of online fraud and ransomware, and even child exploitation and extortion. The report – 2025 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) – paints a stark picture of a cyber-crime economy built on access to people’s systems, identify, […]
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