Cybercrime is the number one threat when it comes to financial crime in Ireland, with fraud and tax evasion taking joint second place. Hacking, phishing, online scams, and other variations of cybercrime are thought to be the most prevalent financial crimes in Ireland, as found in a new survey by the Compliance Institute, which polled...Read More

A U.S. District judge in Florida sentenced a convicted sex offender to 220 years in federal prison for producing, receiving and possessing child sex abuse material, and for hacking the jumbotron in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium after the team did not renew his contract upon learning that he was a registered sex offender. U.S. District...Read More

Two Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been conducting cyber espionage campaigns targeting entities in countries affiliated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past 90 days. Unit 42, the cyber threat intelligence team within cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks, observed these new campaigns. They described their findings in a report...Read More

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed al Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to participate in a webinar on ‘Cyber Hygiene’. The HEIs are asked to participate in an hour live webinar to be conducted by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (l4C), Ministry of Home Affairs. The event is scheduled to be held on April 3,2024....Read More

Robert Purbeck, also known as “Lifelock,” and “Studmaster,” who hacked into the computer servers of the police department of Newnan, Georgia and a medical clinic in Griffin, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of computer fraud and abuse, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. Prosecutors said Purbeck, after hacking the Georgia facilities, then...Read More

Chandigarh: In a significant breakthrough, the police have apprehended six interstate cyber criminals responsible for defrauding numerous individuals of substantial sums of money.These cybercriminals operated through various social media platforms, primarily Instagram and Telegram, where they orchestrated their fraudulent schemes, said the police. One of their common tactics involved deceiving victims into transferring money to...Read More

A row of computers is seen at the FBI’s Jacksonville, Fla., field office. File Photo courtesy U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation March 28 (UPI) — The U.S. State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information identifying or locating any member of the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group that attacked U.S. insurance UnitedHealth Group in...Read More

New Delhi, March 28: Only 4 per cent of organisations in India have the “mature” level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, a new report showed on Thursday. Readiness is critical as 82 per cent of respondents said a cybersecurity incident is likely to disrupt their business in the next 12...Read More

solarseven The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $10M for information about the ransomware group ALPHV BlackCat, which is believed to been behind last month’s cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s (NYSE:UNH) Change Healthcare unit, which handles around 50% of the nation’s medical claims. Calling ALPHV BlackCat a “ransomware-as-a-service group,” the State Dept. accused...Read More

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The 2011 phone-hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. media empire — revealing widespread police bribery and hacking of public figures in attempts to snag exclusives for Murdoch’s News International titles, including the now-defunct News of the World — is the focus of Lincoln Center Theater’s “Corruption.” The production by...Read More