Minister urges AI for PPATK, police cybercrime fight | #cybercrime | #infosec

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid urged the Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) and the National Police (Polri) to use artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle cybercrimes in Indonesia. Hafid explained that this step is necessary as cybercriminals are already using AI to target victims not only in Indonesia but […]

Cybersecurity is Protecting Personal Information and Worth | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

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Windows CLFS zero-day leveraged in Play ransomware attacks | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Intrusions exploiting the recently addressed Windows Common Log File System Driver zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, have been deployed by the Play ransomware gang, also known as Balloonfly or PlayCrypt, against a U.S. organization, The Hacker News reports. Initial access through a public Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance allowed Play ransomware attackers to deploy both the […]

“Operation Restore Justice” arrests two accused child predators in Wisconsin | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing

MILWAUKEE — A nationwide effort to track and arrest online child predators leads to two arrests in Wisconsin. The Department of Justice said Wednesday Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators, resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders […]

Online fraud, gambling top Indonesia’s cybercrime threats: Polri chief | #cybercrime | #infosec

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Police (Polri) Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has stated that online fraud and gambling are currently the most prevalent forms of cybercrime in the country. He made this statement during “The Risk-Based Mentoring Program on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Crimes” held in Jakarta on Thursday. General Listyo emphasized that […]

Online predator who groomed and abused 11-year-old boy jailed | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing

An online sexual predator who used computer games to groom and abuse a vulnerable 11-year-old boy has been jailed. Christopher Collinge, now aged 33, used a mutual love of computer games to befriend the boy, before bribing him with to share explicit images in return for credits to his PlayStation account. Collinge was exposed when […]

LockBit ransomware Bitcoin addresses exposed | #ransomware | #cybercrime

Hackers breached LockBit’s backend, releasing a database with thousands of Bitcoin addresses and key evidence of the ransomware group’s financial structure. Nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses linked to LockBit’s ransomware operations have been exposed following a major breach of the group’s dark web affiliate panel. The leak, which included a MySQL database dump, was shared publicly […]

Combating cybercrime in African airline payments | #cybercrime | #infosec

African airlines are facing a significant threat from cybercrime, with millions lost annually to payment fraud. A recent report by Visa in collaboration with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) sheds light on the vulnerabilities facing these airlines and offers solutions to address the issue, ultimately boosting revenue and improving passenger payments. Michael Berner, Head of […]