HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – The Harrisonburg Rockingham Emergency Communications Center has deactivated its Facebook page as part of an ongoing commitment to enhancing cybersecurity, according to a post from the page made before it was shut down Thursday. Michael Parks, spokesperson for the City of Harrisonburg, said deactivating the page helps make sure HRECC stays […]
Although international law enforcement operations have successfully disrupted prominent ransomware schemes, cybercriminals continue to demonstrate their resilience and adaptability. In 2025, Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers observed the DragonForce and Anubis ransomware operators introducing novel models to attract affiliates and increase profits. DragonForce: Distributed affiliate branding model DragonForce emerged in August 2023 as a […]
Gun violence on school grounds has seen a notable uptick in the last four years, according to a review of data collected by the K-12 School Shooting Database. More than 50 shootings with at least one victim have occurred during school time each year since 2021, according to the database, a research project that tracks […]
(Texas Scorecard) – After being arrested for recording minors in dressing rooms, Taylor Roy was released on bond—only to face a second round of charges related to making invasive recordings of minors. Roy, 31, a former security guard at The Woodlands Mall and a tennis coach for children ages 8 to 17, has now been arrested and […]
The Co-op has apologised after hackers accessed and extracted data relating to a “significant number” of its customers from one of its systems. The group, which owns more than 2,000 grocery stores and more than 800 funeral parlours and offers legal and financial services, said hackers had been able to access personal data including names […]
Executive Summary Unit 42 regularly monitors the cyberthreat landscape, including trends in extortion and ransomware. Ransomware actors continue to evolve to increase the effectiveness of their attacks and the likelihood that organizations will pay what is demanded. In our 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report, we found that 86% of incidents involved business disruption, […]
British retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the iconic Knightsbridge department store, Harrods, have become the latest to be hit by cyberattacks in the UK. Online orders at M&S, one of the United Kingdom’s most prominent high-street stores, remain paused and the attack has already cost the company millions of pounds in lost revenues. Here […]
Republicans and Democrats continue pointing the finger at one another after the Joint Legislative Budget Committee approved a transfer of funds to help a state program. JLBC approved a $6.5 million transfer in addition to $10 million from other Arizona programs to aid the Department of Child Safety’s Congregate Care program. The program involves a […]
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A recent multi-agency investigation has led to 10 people arrested on charges related to child sex abuse. Those arrested between April 28 and 29 include: 22-year-old Daniel Hennigh 51-year-old Vaughn Catillon 51-year-old Shawn Crawford 23-year-old Andrew Mosely 42-year-old Deepen Kothari 30-year-old Oliver Cruz Tejeda 30-year-old Kevin Rodriguez-Umana 32-year-old David Jones 39-year-old […]
Two different federal Justice Department cybersecurity cases announced May 1 underscored the complex challenges the agency faces in policing cybersecurity issues.The first case involved an $8.4 million civil settlement with Raytheon Company and Nightwing for resolving allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with federal cybersecurity controls on 29 Defense […]
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