Louisiana State University (LSU) and the cybersecurity firm TekStream this week announced a new, expanded student-run security operations center (SOC) on LSU’s campus that gives students real-world experience defending both educational and commercial clients, according to a news release yesterday. Unlike LSU’s earlier SOCs, which primarily defended university systems, the new initiative targets two issues […]
Reports Highlight Domain Controllers as Prime Ransomware Targets A recent report from Microsoft reinforces warnings about the critical role Active Directory (AD) domain controllers play in large-scale ransomware attacks, aligning with U.S. government advisories on the persistent threat of AD compromise. In a blog post, Alon Rosental, Microsoft partner director of product management for endpoint […]
Abilene rejects ransom after a cyberattack, assuring residents that essential services continue as experts work on resolving network outages. ABILENE, Texas — The City of Abilene confirmed Tuesday it was targeted by a ransomware attack last month, but officials said they will not pay a ransom to the criminal group Qilin. The city acknowledged a […]
An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC’s official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Prior to his conviction and sentencing on Friday, Eric Council Jr., 26, of Huntsville, Alabama, proved once again that […]
Body camera video shows Rogers County deputies arresting a man accused of talking sexually online with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. They say the man was actually talking with an online predator group, and they went to his house and confronted him on camera. Sheriff Scott Walton says the group did great work, […]
ABILENE, Texas — According to an article by Comparitech, a Russian-based ransomware group, Qilin, claims to have stolen 477 GB of data from the City of Abilene, with a demanded ransom that has to be paid by May 27. On April 18, the city was impacted by a cyberattack that caused multiple departments, including the […]
Union home minister Amit Shah (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Monday launched the e-Zero initiative to auto-register high-value cybercrimes. The service will automatically convert cyber financial crimes above Rs 10 lakh and registered on the 1930 helpline of the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), into FIRs, news agency ANI […]
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The FBI and Justice Department announced on Wednesday the arrest of 205 alleged child sex predators in the last week in “Operation Restore Justice.” Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel praised the “historic, unprecedented national nationwide operation” during a news conference and thanked the 55 FBI field officers who […]
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New bipartisan legislation would bar technology companies from collecting reimbursements from law enforcement officials seeking data related to child exploitation. Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday will introduce the Protecting Children Over Profits Act, Bloomberg Government learned exclusively. The bill would apply to any electronic service where users can exchange messages. […]
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