Hyderabad cybercrime police arrest former cricketer for impersonating Telangana CMO official to defraud businessmen | Hyderabad News | #cybercrime | #infosec

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime police have arrested a 32-year-old former cricketer for impersonating a senior official from the Telangana chief minister’s office and attempting to defraud prominent business figures.Police said the accused, B Nagaraju, a resident of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, has a long history of fraud and has been involved in over 30 […]

Cybersecurity program launches at University of Montana | Around The Web | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

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$24M in crypto, 30 Bitcoins, and $700K seized as FBI takes down Russian hacker behind 700,000 computer ransomware army in Operation Endgame | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

For thousands of people around the world, the nightmare began the same way: a frozen screen, a blinking message, and a demand for money. Doctors, small business owners, factory workers, and even school staff found their computers suddenly hijacked. The US Department of Justice has indicted Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, a 48-year-old Russian national from Moscow, […]

Russian Cybercriminal Charged in $24 Million Qakbot Ransomware Scheme | #ransomware | #cybercrime

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed federal charges Thursday against Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, 48, for allegedly orchestrating one of the world’s most sophisticated malware operations that infected over 700,000 computers globally and facilitated devastating ransomware attacks.  The Moscow-based cybercriminal faces conspiracy charges for developing and deploying the notorious Qakbot malware since 2008, while […]

Critics Hacking Up Netflix Horror Thriller ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker

A scene from “Fear Street: Prom Queen.” Netflix/Alan Markfield The new Netflix horror thriller Fear Street: Prom Queen from Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine is scaring away critics. Rated R, Fear Street: Prom Queen debuted on the streaming platform on Friday. The logline for the film reads, “Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of […]

300+ Servers Taken Down In Global Cybercrime Crackdown | #cybercrime | #infosec

The logo of the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust, is pictured on its headquarters ahead of a news conference on alleged war crimes, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo European, American, and Canadian authorities have dismantled over 300 servers globally and issued international arrest […]

Apple CEO reportedly urged Texas’ governor to ditch online child safety bill | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal. Abbott has yet to sign the bill. But Apple, alongside Google, has been working […]

Temporary hotline set for urgent clinical questions amidst Kettering Health IT disruption | #ransomware | #cybercrime

MIAMI VALLEY, Ohio (WKEF) — On May 20, 2025, Kettering Health experienced an unanticipated system-wide technology outage and daily updates will begin during Memorial Day Weekend. In a new statement released by the CEO of the healthcare network, Mike Gentry, Friday, it was said that the recent cybersecurity event is an abnormal occurrence. “While planned […]

DanaBot takedown highlights blurred lines in Russian cybercrime | #cybercrime | #infosec

The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against several Russian nationals accused of developing, administering and operating the DanaBot malware-as-a-service platform, tracked by CrowdStrike as SCULLY SPIDER. SCULLY SPIDER has been active since 2018 and was initially known for deploying DanaBot as a banking trojan. Over time, DanaBot evolved into a rentable […]

Inside the ongoing M&S ransomware crisis | #ransomware | #cybercrime

Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s most iconic retailers, is still reeling from a ransomware attack that has crippled parts of its operations for the last month. While the company’s official communication frames it as a “cyber incident,” this was a complex ransomware attack perpetrated by a sophisticated adversary.  The cyber-attack on M&S marks […]