“Looking back to the 1990s and early 2000s, you needed to have a reasonable level of technical competence to pull off these types of crimes,” Nicholas Court, assistant director of Interpol’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre, told CNBC. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images An expanding network of cybercrime marketplaces is making it easier than...Read More

This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) A decades-old manhunt came to a dramatic conclusion thanks to artificial intelligence, as facial recognition technology helped UK authorities locate and arrest one of Britain’s most elusive fugitives. The case illustrates how AI tools are increasingly being adopted for advanced investigative work in law enforcement. Richard Burrows,...Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Crimes Center (C3) has announced the expansion of its global presence with the addition of four new International Cyber Investigations Liaison (CIL) positions. These roles, based in Ottawa, Canada; London, England; The Hague, Netherlands; and Sydney, Australia, will enhance global law enforcement collaborations to tackle complex transnational...Read More

A new arms race is unfolding in cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence is at its core. Attackers are using AI to supercharge deception, making fraud more convincing, more scalable, and harder to detect. The numbers are staggering: 87% of global organizations faced an AI-powered cyberattack in the past year, according to SoSafe’s Cybercrime Trends 2025 report....Read More

Millersville University is excited to announce a unique partnership with the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute to develop and deliver an innovative School Safety Preparedness Certificate. This collaboration aims to enhance the ability of educational professionals to respond effectively to natural and man-made disasters, including active shooter scenarios. “Millersville University has a long-standing tradition of preparing...Read More

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to repeal Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, citing its use by authorities to harass journalists, bloggers, activists, and critics across Nigeria. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Saturday to commemorate...Read More

The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) is offering a range of summer internship programs for students in grades 3 through 12 who are interested in exploring careers in cybersecurity. Applications for all programs are due by 5 p.m. on May 9. For middle school students in grades 6 to 8, the 2025...Read More

Over the past year, a clear pattern has emerged across the threat landscape: ransomware operations are increasingly relying on compartmentalized affiliate models. In these models, initial access brokers (IABs) [6], malware loaders, and post-exploitation operators work together. Due to those specialization roles, a new generation of loader campaigns has risen. Threat actors increasingly employ loader...Read More

Dive Brief: Ransomware gangs are adapting to stronger enterprise defenses and increased law enforcement pressure with more sophisticated tactics, according to Huntress’  2025 Cyber Threat Report. In 75% of the ransomware incidents Huntress observed in 2024, threat actors used remote access Trojans (RATs), while 17.3% of attacks featured abused of remote monitoring and management products...Read More

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged “the government of President Bola Tinubu to immediately end the use of the draconian Cybercrimes Act to target journalists, activists, critics and other Nigerians peacefully expressing their views online, and release those in custody across the country under the legislation.”...Read More