Newport Beach Police Talk Child Safety Seats At Recent Event | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Newport Beach community members learned the ins and outs of properly installing child safety seats, thanks to the Newport Beach Police Department’s Mobile Cafe community engagement event. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 46 percent of car seats are misused or improperly installed. Newport Beach City Manager Grace […]

3AM ransomware actors dropped virtual machine with vishing and Quick Assist – Sophos News | #ransomware | #cybercrime

Ransomware is usually a crime of opportunity.  Attackers typically strike through an easily-discovered vulnerability or security weakness— unpatched Internet-facing software, vulnerable network edge devices or exposed inbound virtual private network ports lacking multifactor authentication are among the most common points of initial compromise. However, some attacks appear much more targeted and include significant pre-attack reconnaissance […]

Texas Senate passes its version of House’s school safety bill | #schoolsaftey #kids #parents #children

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate on Sunday gave final approval to a priority school safety bill that gives the state more power to compel school districts to create active-shooter plans, requires mental health training for […]

Legal Aid Agency attack involved ‘significant’ data theft • The Register | #cybercrime | #infosec

A “significant amount of personal data” belonging to legal aid applicants dating back to 2010 in the UK was stolen by cybercriminals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed today. The announcement follows the initial news from May 6 of an attack on the UK’s Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an MoJ-sponsored organization that allows legal aid […]

Online predators push teens to extremes; FBI warns of 764 network’s deadly impact | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing

(TNND) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is raising alarms about an online network of violent predators known as “764,” which targets teenagers through popular online platforms. The group befriends teens and coerces them into escalating sexual and violent behavior, including creating pornography, harming family pets, self-harm, or even suicide. According to ABC News, the […]

Major local hospital network faces system-wide tech outage due to cybersecurity attack | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

KETTERING, Ohio (WKRC) – A major hospital network in the Miami Valley area is experiencing a system-wide technology outage due to a cybersecurity attack. Kettering Health said that the outage has limited their ability to access certain patient care systems across their organization. Both inpatient and outpatient elective procedures at Kettering Health facilities were canceled […]

‘Textbook identity attack’ dropped ransomware via fake KeePass site | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

A February call from a European IT services provider that experienced a ransomware attack led researchers at WithSecure to what security pros are calling a “textbook identity attack.”Threat actors lured victims to a malicious look-alike KeePass download site advertised on Bing while the attackers waited for victims who believed it was the legitimate open-source password […]

Korean telco was hacked twice in 2024: Trend Micro | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker

사진 확대 (Yonhap) Following the South Korean government’s announcement that a large-scale hacking attack on SK telecom Co. had been ongoing for three years, concerns are rising that these cyberattacks go beyond mere data theft for profit and could signal a form of cyber warfare orchestrated by specific nations or groups. Evidence has surfaced that […]