Alexander Vinnik, the Russian operator of the now-defunct BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, has reportedly been released from U.S. custody in a prisoner swap for American school teacher Marc Fogel, according to media reports citing anonymous U.S. officials. Vinnik’s French lawyer, Frederic Belot, confirmed his client’s release to the Russian state news agency TASS on Wednesday. Vinnik’s […]
New child safety protocols have come to Roblox, and parents now have greater insight into what their kids are doing on the creation platform. As part of the new reforms, parents can access parental control features from their own devices, rather than needing their child’s to do it. They can now link their accounts to […]
If your phone number was one of the 89 million exposed in the recent data breach that affected Steam, the company says your info is safe. In a statement shared with CNET, Steam has denied that a reported data breach endangered its users’ personal information. “Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of […]
Important global cybercrime news has been curated by FutureCrime Researchers to keep you informed about various types of digital fraud occurring worldwide and to provide insights into the best mitigation strategies. Read below to learn more in detail. 1. CBI flags 64,000 phone numbers linked to cybercrime in Southeast Asia The CBI has identified 64,000 […]
Schools should be places where our kids feel safe, learn about themselves and their communities, and get the support they need to discover and pursue their passions. We must work together as a community to ensure the safety of our kids as they head back to school this fall. If one child feels unsafe, it […]
NDIANAPOLIS—In an effort to curb unauthorized traffic to adult websites within the state, Indiana lawmakers passed new legislation Thursday requiring all potential viewers of online pornography to register as sex offenders before they could access sexually explicit material. “This law will ensure that no resident of Indiana encounters harmful, X-rated content on the internet without […]
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent BBC Joe Tidy interacted with hackers who claimed to have done the M&S and Co-op hack Almost daily, my phone pings with messages from hackers of all stripes. The good, the bad, the not-so-sure. I’ve been reporting on cyber security for more than a decade, so I know that many of […]
Listen to article KARACHI: Tech experts, strategists and chief executives of IT companies have vowed to promote Pakistan as one of the leading cybersecurity solution providers after it played an instrumental role in getting an edge over India during the recent conventional war. IT companies see cybersecurity solutions as an opportunity to grow as it is an […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified over 64,000 mobile phone numbers that were bought using forged documents and may have been used for cybercrimes in Southeast Asian countries, officials said on Saturday, days after the agency carried out searches at 42 locations in eight states as part of a crackdown on “digital arrest” […]
Five people were arrested Thursday when the Washington County Sheriff’s Office conducted a child predator sting. Investigators posed as children on dating apps, social media sites and other places online. People offered to meet up for sex with these fake profiles who they believed to be a child. When the people showed up to the […]
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