Online scams are evolving quickly, and while younger people often adapt with ease, older adults may not be keeping up. According to Avast, nearly 60 percent of older loved ones have already fallen victim to cybercrime. Even when younger family members raise the alarm, the message does not always get through. Although 84 percent of […]

A lower number of defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors are prioritizing reducing plan costs, new findings from an Escalent report say. According to research from the 2025 Retirement Planscape, 40% of plan sponsors listed decreasing costs as a key focus for the coming year—a serious decline compared to 2024’s 50%. Instead, plan sponsors are shifting […]

IT service provider Ingram Micro said Monday that it is making progress on restoring its transactional business after a ransomware attack that disrupted its ability to process orders.  The company operates a digital platform called Ingram Micro Xvantage, which provides insights, order tracking, pricing and personalized recommendations to customers. The company also provides a range […]

An Iranian ransomware gang has ramped up operations amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, offering larger profit shares to affiliates who carry out cyberattacks against Israel and the U.S., researchers said. The group, known as Pay2Key.I2P, is believed to be a successor to the original Pay2Key operation, which has been linked to Iran’s state-backed […]

“The operation was precisely synchronised with the time zones of the intended victims, allowing investigators to intercept live scam calls during the raid,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement. The call centre, operating under the name FirstIdea, was found to be technologically sophisticated, enabling cross-border anonymity and large-scale victim targeting, the agency said. Source […]

STORY: Marks & Spencer believes it knows who was behind a costly ransomware attack on the company. Its chairman said Tuesday they think the group was called ‘DragonForce’. Archie Norman told UK lawmakers that ‘loosely aligned parties’ worked together on the cyberattack. He said DragonForce are a ransomware operation they believe is based in Asia. […]

New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) dismantled a sophisticated tech support scam syndicate operating from Noida, targeting citizens of the United Kingdom and Australia. As part of its ongoing Operation Chakra-V, CBI conducted coordinated searches at three locations in Noida, including a fully functional fraudulent call centre in the Noida Special Economic Zone, on […]

Overview In the volatile aftermath of the Israel-Iran-USA conflict, a sophisticated cyber threat has re-emerged, targeting organizations across the West. Morphisec’s threat research team has uncovered the revival of Pay2Key, an Iranian-backed ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, now operating as Pay2Key.I2P. Linked to the notorious Fox Kitten APT group and closely tied to the well-known Mimic ransomware, […]

The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has expressed strong support for Nigeria’s ongoing crackdown on telecommunications and online fraud, particularly as some Chinese nationals have recently faced trial over their alleged involvement in cybercrime activities in the country. In a statement issued by the Embassy, China acknowledged that a number of its citizens were among those […]