The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Tampa General Hospital employee for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. HCSO’s Internet Predator Unit launched the investigation after uncovering suspicious activity on a social media platform. Through investigative means, detectives identified David Scott Farber, 42. Detectives performed a residential search warrant and recovered 79 images […]
More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains used by information-stealing malware were taken down during an international cybercrime crackdown led by INTERPOL. Called Operation Secure, the effort ran from January to April 2025 and involved law enforcement from 26 countries. Teams tracked down servers, mapped physical networks, and carried out targeted takedowns. Law enforcement […]
Officials said the operation sparked 132 investigations, which led to 72 arrests of people using the internet to exploit children. PHOENIX — Dozens of alleged sex offenders have been arrested after a month-long investigation involving law enforcement agencies across Arizona. The arrests are part of the Operation Safe Online Summer (SOS). The results of the […]
Operation Secure targeted infostealer malware, disrupting cybercriminal infrastructure across Asia and leading to arrests and server seizures. Subscribe Subscribe to Regulation Asia to gain access to APAC’s leading platform for news, analysis, research and verified data on financial regulation. Select More Information below to view our subscription packages or you can email us at [email protected] […]
PHOENIX – More than 70 online child predators were arrested in Operation Safe Online Summer, with some arrests happening in Arizona. What we know: The nationwide Department of Justice operation began in April and included dozens of local, state and federal authorities. The operation targeted child predators and those who share child exploration materials, and […]
Facing rising cyber threats and a nationwide talent shortage, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has partnered with the cybersecurity company TekStream to launch a student-run Security Operations Center (SOC). The SOC will double as both a money-saving security apparatus for the university and a workforce development initiative, giving students access to security technology […]
Suspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called “BrowserVenom”. The malware’s name reflects its ability to redirect all traffic from browsers through an attacker-controlled server. This enables the crooks to steal data, monitor browsing activity, and potentially expose plaintext traffic. Credentials for websites, […]
Online predators catch the attention of children typically by operating from the same playbook: They run a decoy, posing as a child typically a lot younger than their actual age, slipping seamlessly into online spaces where kids gather and gab. They likely pass along a fraudulent photo — maybe something innocent that doesn’t raise red […]
11th June 2025 – (Singapore) Singaporean authorities have successfully dismantled more than 1,000 internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with cybercrimes within the country. Working in collaboration, officers from the Cybercrime Command at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) partnered with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to eliminate these IP […]
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — State leaders are coming together on Wednesday to provide an update on a month-long law enforcement operation to catch online child predators. Operation Safe Online Summer, or SOS, was led by the Phoenix Police Department and the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and continues a larger nationwide operation headed […]
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