The commission has busted several hideouts where young criminals learn their scams. Cyber crime experts also warn foreign “cyber crime syndicates” have set up shop in the country to exploit its weak cyber security systems. The commission said foreign gangs recruited Nigerian accomplices to find victims online through phishing scams, in which attackers typically try […]
Body camera and drone video show Owasso Police arresting two men in three days, accused of trying to meet who they thought was a child, for sex. Owasso Police say both men were messaging an undercover investigator, and one of them drove to Owasso from Oklahoma City to meet. Police used their drone to track […]
An Iranian man has pleaded guilty for his role in a ransomware attack that crippled Baltimore’s computer network in 2019, halting critical city services and costing more than $19 million. Sina Gholinejad entered the plea Tuesday, admitting his role in the scheme that took hostage computer networks of several cities, corporations and health care organizations. […]
Bokeo province, Laos – Khobby was living in Dubai last year when he received an intriguing message about a well-paying job working online in a far-flung corner of Southeast Asia. The salary was good, he was told. He would be working on computers in an office. The company would even foot the bill for his […]
A two-day undercover sting in Mandeville led to the arrests of five men accused of trying to meet children for sex—only to discover the “children” were undercover officers with a Northshore task force cracking down on online predators.Each suspect allegedly initiated contact with what they believed were minors online and attempted to arrange in-person meetings. […]
The hacker behind a ransomware attack on the city of Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to multiple hacking charges. Iranian national Sina Gholinejad, 37, admitted to using the Robbinhood ransomware variant to extort ransom payments from dozens of victims that included municipalities in New York and Oregon. Gholinejad was also behind a ransomware attack on […]
AVCheck, a large-scale service that cybercriminals use to check if their malware can be detected by various antivirus tools, was seized and taken offline Tuesday by a globally coordinated law enforcement action. Officials on Thursday said they seized four domains and a server associated with the online software crypting syndicate. The site for the counter […]
The Trump administration is proposing to cut more than 1,000 positions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Under the 2026 budget request, CISA would go from approximately 3,732 funded positions today to 2,649 positions next year. The staff reductions are detailed in CISA’s fiscal 2026 budget justification, posted today. They present the most detailed […]
4.8 months: the average amount of time it takes schools and colleges to report a data breach following a ransomware attack. Here’s why. Those five months are the longest time to report across four major sectors—business, education, government, and healthcare, according to a recent analysis from Comparitech, a cybersecurity firm. According to the research, educational institutions […]
BALTIMORE — An Iranian national pleaded guilty to participating in an international ransomware scheme targeting multiple cities, including Baltimore. According to court documents, 37-year-old Sina Gholinejad and his co-conspirators compromised the computer networks of cities, corporations and health care organizations with Robbinhood to extort ransom payments. Baltimore lost more than $19 million from damage caused […]
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