Four men were arrested during an undercover sting targeting sexual predators attempting to meet minors for lewd acts, the Marin County District Attorney’s Office announced. The one-day operation called Operation Broken Heart aimed to catch offenders using online chat platforms to exploit children, prosecutors said. Four suspects were charged with felony violations for attempting to […]
A new ransomware group has been breaching organizations across Asia, Europe, and the U.S., with victims reported in the healthcare, technology and event services sectors, researchers have found. The group, calling itself Bert, was first identified in April by researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, who detailed their findings in a report published Monday. The […]
In an underworld fueled by infamy and money that leaves a trail of human misery in its wake, the unbound collective colloquially known as Scattered Spider deviates from many norms in cybercrime. The cunning threat group composed of young, native English-speaking people lacks cohesion, is rife with infighting and doesn’t have a data leak site, […]
The victims of Daniel Davies, 38, bravely spoke about their experiences at the hands of their abuser, and how his actions had affected their lives Cardiff Crown Court(Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE) A “devious predator” caused severe psychological harm to three teenage girls after exposing himself and performing a sexual act in front of them. He […]
The AiLock ransomware organization, which Zscaler first discovered in March 2025, has become a powerful force in the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) market, which is a frightening trend for cybersecurity professionals. This malicious entity operates with a sophisticated structure, leveraging both a negotiation site to extract ransoms from victims and a Data Leak Site (DLS) to threaten […]
ASHBURN, July 7 — In the heart of Data Center Alley — a patch of suburban Washington where much of the world’s internet traffic flows — Visa operates its global fraud command centre. The numbers that the payments giant grapples with are enormous. Every year, US$15 trillion flows through Visa’s networks, representing roughly 15 per […]
If you had been planning to play Call Of Duty: WW2 – an FPS widely agreed by critics to be among the games released in 2017 – maybe do not do that, for the moment, because certain versions of Call Of Duty: WW2 may randomly show you pornography, send you insulting notepad messages and, at […]
‘Communicate early and often’ is the go-to strategy for many organizations after a ransomware attack, but distribution giant Ingram Micro does not seem to have followed it. Ransomware attacks have been with us for years—and so have proven strategies for effective communication after such an incident. So it’s surprising to see that IT distribution giant […]
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with SolarWinds and the company’s chief information security officer, Timothy Brown, to resolve charges stemming from the Russian-backed cyberattack on the company’s systems. The parties “have reached a […]
One of the U.S.’s biggest providers of IT products and services said it was hit with ransomware ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend. Ingram Micro published a statement on Saturday saying it discovered “ransomware on certain of its internal systems,” which it immediately took offline. “The Company also launched an investigation with the assistance […]
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