HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power has confirmed what cybersecurity experts have suspected for weeks — that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. In an update today, the private utility says it never made a payment to the person or group behind the “sophisticated” attack. The company has said its servers were breached on […]
MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – The Ministries of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Russia agreed to exchange data on the current situation in cybercrime. Relevant agreements were signed following a meeting of the joint collegium of the Interior Ministries of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, which took place in Mogilev on 23 May, […]
Is it time for AIOps to take its place at the heart of cybersecurity measures? Modern hybrid IT environments generate a staggering volume of data – and with that comes an equally overwhelming flood of security alerts. Some of these are legitimate business-critical warnings; unfortunately, many others are not. Those false positives or low-priority notifications […]
Nova Scotia Power says it has been the victim of a ransomware attack and the hackers who breached their system have published stolen data. In an update on Friday afternoon, the utility said it has made no payment to the threat actor after careful assessment of applicable sanctions laws and alignment with law enforcement guidance. […]
Researchers found a huge database on the dark web The threat actors claim to have scraped it abusing a Facebook API Facebook says the database is years old A hacker claims to have scraped 1.2 billion user records from Facebook, including people’s names, locations, and phone numbers. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Cybernews, who […]
PHOENIX – An alleged sexual predator was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having sexual contact with a West Valley high school student and other offenses, authorities said. Michael Armijo, 26, also is suspected of exposing himself at least twice, including once in the Canyon View High School parking lot on May 15, according to the […]
For years, Apple devices have been credited with the reputation of being immune to cyberattacks, thanks to the closed nature of macOS and iOS operating systems and the vendor’s focus on security. There weren’t many reports about incidents involving iPhones, iPads, or the like.However, that has changed in recent years.According to researchers with cybersecurity firm […]
Cybercrime is becoming more widespread and even in New Albany many people know of someone who has fallen victim to it. Being smart or sophisticated is not enough to avoid loss to some form of cybercrime but being properly informed can help. Tom Kornmeier has made it something of a personal mission to help people […]
Law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America have dismantled key infrastructure behind several leading malware strains used in ransomware attacks, the latest action in a yearslong effort to combat cybercriminals. The operation, conducted as part of Operation Endgame, targeted the early stages of the cybercrime chain, focusing on initial access malware. The coordinated effort […]
2025-05-23T13:21:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ International law enforcement agencies dismantled several of the world’s most dangerous malware operations in a coordinated crackdown conducted between May 19 and 22. According to a report from the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), authorities from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, the […]
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