The LockBit ransomware group has itself fallen victim to a data breach after its affiliate panels on the dark web were hacked and provided with a message containing a link to a MySQL database dump. All of the group’s management pages now display the text: Don’t commit crimes. Crimes are bad. Greetings from Prague. The […]
One of the largest hacks of US schools continues as teachers across the country say that threat actors are extorting them for more money and threatening to release the data. “We received about 50 emails to various employees at the department of public instruction and confirmed that 20 local education agencies were contacted through emails,” […]
Cybersecurity specialists have devised an innovative approach to combat an emerging cybercrime called “PigButchering” on the Telegram platform. This form of cyber fraud involves scammers cultivating false relationships with victims over time, much like fattening a pig for slaughter, only to deceive and defraud them at the opportune moment. Digital Sleuths and the Cyber Swindle […]
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — Online predators are targeting children every day in the United States — Channel 9 got an inside look with an undercover operation to find these predators, and it turned out that we didn’t have to go far to find adults accused of soliciting children online. Our team followed Cabarrus County deputies […]
May 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Ransomware Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based loader that plays a critical role in cyber attacks,” […]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid urged the Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) and the National Police (Polri) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle cybercrimes in Indonesia. Hafid explained that this step is necessary as cybercriminals are already using AI to target victims not only in Indonesia but […]
Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2025/05/1746642396.jpg Now IS the right time to move into Cybersecurity stocks amid a flurry of high profile hacking incidents. The buzz surrounding AI is driving investor interest in Cybersecurity stocks. The economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff-based trade policies are a wild card regarding the Stock Market. Cybersecurity’s growing role in cloud computing […]
Intrusions exploiting the recently addressed Windows Common Log File System Driver zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, have been deployed by the Play ransomware gang, also known as Balloonfly or PlayCrypt, against a U.S. organization, The Hacker News reports. Initial access through a public Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance allowed Play ransomware attackers to deploy both the […]
A sexual predator was recently sentenced in a Grundy County court case. Lawrence Raibley, 62, pled guilty to Failing To Register as a Sex Offender, a class three felony and was sentenced to two years of probation. Raibley failed to register as a sex offender with the Morris Police Department on August 13th of 2024. […]
MILWAUKEE — A nationwide effort to track and arrest online child predators leads to two arrests in Wisconsin. The Department of Justice said Wednesday Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators, resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders […]
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