How Interlock Ransomware Affects the Defense Industrial Base Supply Chain | #ransomware | #cybercrime

How Interlock Ransomware Affects the Defense Industrial Base Supply Chain Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2025 Interlock Ransomware ‘s attack on a defense contractor exposed global defense supply chain details, risking operations of top contractors and their clients. Resecurity envisions the cascading effects on the defense supply chain due to ransomware activity. In the recent incident, […]

Thailand Unveils National Initiative to Declare “Cyber Security Year” | #cybercrime | #infosec

Dr. Ekapong Harimcharoen announced Thailand’s “Cyber Security Year,” a collaborative initiative uniting government and private sectors to combat cybercrime and enhance digital security through the Secure Network Alliance. The initiative aligns with Thailand’s broader digital transformation goals, emphasizing proactive measures such as AI-driven threat detection, real-time monitoring via platforms like Google Cloud Cybershield, and public […]

Report: 10 Essential Actions to Improve School Safety | #schoolsaftey #kids #parents #children

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) School Safety Working Group’s Ten Essential Actions to Improve Safety identifies 10 things schools, school districts and law enforcement can do to mitigate and prevent violence on campus. The actions that are recommended are intended to enable swift and […]

Texas AG is investigating Character.AI, other platforms over child safety concerns | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton on Thursday launched an investigation into Character.AI and 14 other technology platforms over child privacy and safety concerns. The investigation will assess whether Character.AI — and other platforms that are popular with young people, including Reddit, Instagram, and Discord — conform to Texas’ child privacy and safety laws. The investigation […]

Nigerian police arrest Canadian, Nigerian for transnational, cybercrime offences | #cybercrime | #infosec

The Nigerian police have announced the arrest and arraignment of two high-profile suspects — Robert Harms, a Canadian man, and Okeke Njaka, a Nigerian woman — involved in transnational financial crimes and cyber-related offences. They were arrested in separate operations, according to a statement issued by the police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Mr Adejobi said the […]

Chile’s new cybersecurity agency may not be strong enough to protect critical infrastructure | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Chile’s newly established cybersecurity agency ANCI may not be sufficient to confront the cyber threats facing the country’s critical infrastructure, and there is little information on the extent to which these threats have already impacted the country, according to former telecommunications undersecretary Christian Nicolai. “There are no statistics. We’ve seen isolated cases, and we also had […]

Elastio and Aligned Technology Group Partner to Deliver Ransomware Recovery Assurance for AWS Workloads | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Redefining cloud resilience with validated, secure, and recovery-ready AWS data BOSTON, May 13, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Elastio, the leader in ransomware recovery assurance, today announced a strategic partnership with Aligned Technology Group (Aligned TG), an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner known for its expertise in Cloud Finance, Cloud Engineering, and Cloud Security. This collaboration brings the Elastio […]

Federal prosecutors extradite alleged leader of BlackBD.cc cybercrime marketplace | #cybercrime | #infosec

Liridon Masurica, the alleged lead administrator of cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc, was extradited to the United States on Friday and faces charges that carry a maximum penalty of 55 years in federal prison, the Justice Department said Tuesday.  Masurica, 33, who is also known as “@blackdb,” was arrested by authorities in Kosovo on Dec. 12. He […]