Chile’s newly established cybersecurity agency ANCI may not be sufficient to confront the cyber threats facing the country’s critical infrastructure, and there is little information on the extent to which these threats have already impacted the country, according to former telecommunications undersecretary Christian Nicolai. “There are no statistics. We’ve seen isolated cases, and we also had […]

Redefining cloud resilience with validated, secure, and recovery-ready AWS data BOSTON, May 13, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Elastio, the leader in ransomware recovery assurance, today announced a strategic partnership with Aligned Technology Group (Aligned TG), an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner known for its expertise in Cloud Finance, Cloud Engineering, and Cloud Security. This collaboration brings the Elastio […]

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Liridon Masurica, the alleged lead administrator of cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc, was extradited to the United States on Friday and faces charges that carry a maximum penalty of 55 years in federal prison, the Justice Department said Tuesday.  Masurica, 33, who is also known as “@blackdb,” was arrested by authorities in Kosovo on Dec. 12. He […]

The 2025 Third-Party Breach Report from Black Kite highlights a staggering 123% surge in ransomware attacks during 2024, driven largely by sophisticated exploitation of third-party vendor ecosystems. As cybercriminals refine their tactics, third-party vendors have emerged as the predominant entry point for some of the most catastrophic breaches in recent history. The report underscores how […]

AMBALA: The Ambala Cyber Crime police arrested two accused individuals and recovered Rs 1.65 lakh in cash along with three mobile phones in a digital arrest scam. The arrests were made under the guidance of Ambala SP Ajit Singh Shekhawat, as part of a larger crackdown on cybercrime and absconding criminals.On May 9, 2025, the […]

Security experts say the theft of customer data from Nova Scotia’s electric utility has the hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals. In a news release following the April 25 data breach, the utility said it notified police about the theft and confirmed that “certain customer personal information was accessed and taken by an unauthorized […]

U.S. authorities unsealed charges against four foreign nationals accused of operating a global cybercrime scheme that hijacked outdated wireless routers to create malicious proxy networks. Russian nationals Alexey Viktorovich Chertkov (37), Kirill Vladimirovich Morozov (41), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shishkin (36), and Kazakhstani Dmitriy Rubtsov (38) face conspiracy and computer crime charges for allegedly profiting from botnets […]

Getting a shiny new pair of Apple AirPods from your employer seems like a great work perk, right? But tech experts are warning that it could be an act of hidden surveillance. Marc Porcar, a cybersecurity specialist at QR Code Generator, hints that AirPods gifted by employers could be secretly tracking your movements. How do […]

Ransomware is a particularly vile type of malware that holds a device hostage by disabling it until the owner pays a ransom. Ransomware has been a sad reality of the computer world for decades now, but now that it’s been proven to be able to go straight to the heart of a computer—the CPU—it shines […]