Insurance company Aflac said a “sophisticated cybercrime group” breached its systems and may have stolen data. The Georgia-based company published a statement and notified the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, explaining that the incident was initially identified on June 12.  The intrusion was stopped “within hours” and no business functions were affected by ransomware, […]

Krispy Kreme began sending out breach notification documents to thousands of victims this week after a cyberattack in November exposed troves of data.  The North Carolina-based doughnut giant reported the data breach to regulators in Maine, Texas, Vermont, South Carolina and Massachusetts, writing that they finished a months-long investigation on May 22 in which they […]

20 June 2025, 14:20 | Updated: 20 June 2025, 14:24 Another major data breach has taken place. Picture: Alamy/LBC Another day, another massive cyber crime. But how did we get here? If you’re a user of Apple, Facebook or Google services – in other words, pretty much anyone that uses the Internet, experts have warned […]

A new and concerning cyber threat, dubbed Mocha Manakin, has been identified by cybersecurity research firm Red Canary. First tracked in January 2025, this threat uniquely combines social engineering tricking people with specially built malicious software. Mocha Manakin uses a deceptive tactic called paste and run (also known as Clickfix or fakeCAPTCHA). This method fools […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka deported 85 Chinese nationals on Friday, months after they were detained on suspicion of carrying out cybercrimes against banks.The suspects were expelled for violating the terms of their tourist visas and fined around $250 each.“They were arrested by police in October over allegations that they were carrying out online scams targeting international […]

The two suspects who were arrested by the Delta State Police Command after appearing in a viral video smoking what is suspected to be marijuana while sitting on a police patrol van and making obscene gestures at law enforcement officers have been charged with cyberbullying and cyberstalking. This was made known in a statement shared […]

The advancement in Information technology brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the landscape of cybersecurity in today’s digital world. This has been evidenced in the number of ways in which AI has improved the foundational model guiding the policies and practices of securing information systems, which focuses on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (commonly […]

Imagine for one moment that you are a cybercriminal. You have compromised an organisation’s network, you have stolen their data, you have encrypted their network, and you are now knee-deep in the ransomware negotiation. However, there’s a problem. Your target is stalling for time. Who can you, as the perpetrator of the crime rather than […]