A Canadian cybersecurity executive whose career has focused on helping clients negotiate with ransomware attackers has been arrested in the United States in connection with a hacking group that the FBI says stole a huge trove of sensitive data about the bureau’s own employees, according to court records and Reuters.FBI…
“Someone online shows a ‘trick’ that feels harmless at first. Then the community pulls you in. Everyone’s doing it. It feels like skill, not crime.”A young person from South Africa, describing how their peers slide into cybercrime. The above was a quote from a young South African responder to our…
Dark web monitoring can give enterprise cybersecurity teams advance warning of potential attacks before they occur and alert them if corporate data and credentials have already been exposed. By getting insight into what kinds of attacks might be incoming and what systems and users could be targets, organizations can implement…
The Ministry of Defence is strengthening its cyber defence capabilities with a new security monitoring and analytics platform designed to improve threat detection, incident response and operational resilience. Centerprise International and Elastic have delivered a new Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and analytics platform for the Ministry of Defence’s…
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – The Fort Wayne Police Department held a press conference Wednesday morning to warn the community about dangerous online networks they say are exploiting children nationwide, and now here in Fort Wayne. FWPD says groups like 764 are reportedly using Discord, Roblox, Telegram, and other online…
TEXAS — As a lifelong gamer, Jimmy Wu always wanted to share his love of video games with his children.“I wanted to share that with them as well and have something to bond with them through,” Wu said.His 12-year-old daughter eventually became a gamer herself. But Wu says she began…
Mike Causey It seems like cyber criminals are after us all the time.One common way cyber criminals try to get you to give them personal information is to send fake email alerts claiming some service you pay for online, such as a streaming video or music service, needs its payment…
The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), a US-based organisation that provides research, insights and analysis on insurance-related issues, has warned that businesses face mounting financial and operational pressures as cyber threats become more sophisticated and expensive to manage.In its latest members-only report, Commercial Cyber Insurance: State of the Risk, Triple-I examines…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has received 105 Nigerians rescued during a coordinated operation against cybercrime syndicates in Ghana.The agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday by its Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Vincent Adekoye.According to the statement, the operation was…
The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that 19 individuals were arrested and 303 electronic devices seized during a cybercrime enforcement operation in Sasaabi, a suburb of Accra, as part of a coordinated international effort targeting online scam networks operating in West Africa. In a press release issued on…
