Note: The video above reflects the top news headlines for morning of February 15, 2024 LUBBOCK, Texas — Three men accused of hacking into ATMs to steal money in Lubbock and throughout the Texas Panhandle area agreed to plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Theft, federal documents showed on Thursday. Previous story: Crew caught...Read More

Editor’s Note: On Monday, February 19, the stock market will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday. The InvestorPlace offices and customer service department will also be closed on Monday. I hope you enjoy the long weekend! When was the last time you updated your password? If you have an account with LinkedIn, X (formerly...Read More

Editor’s Note: On Monday, February 19, the stock market will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday. The InvestorPlace offices and customer service department will also be closed on Monday. I hope you enjoy the long weekend! When was the last time you updated your password? If you have an account with LinkedIn, X (formerly...Read More

A Ukrainian man accused of playing key roles in two prolific malware groups that bilked millions from victims around the world over a decade pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court in Nebraska on Thursday. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was arrested in Switzerland in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in 2023 for his role...Read More

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun seeking proposals from industry sources capable of building a prototype cybersecurity threat intelligence platform under the Threat Intelligence Enterprise Service, or TIES, program. CISA seeks to award an other transaction agreement to develop and establish a CTI exchange platform and data feeds for...Read More

If someone asks you to move money through your bank account in exchange for payment, then they are asking you to be a money mule.   Criminals are targeting students (online and in-person) and offering them payment to receive money into their bank account and transfer it to another account or cryptocurrency exchange. Money mules...Read More

A Ukrainian man accused of playing key roles in two prolific malware groups that bilked millions from victims around the world over a decade pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court in Nebraska on Thursday. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was arrested in Switzerland in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in 2023 for his role...Read More

Group-IB, a cybersecurity company based in Singapore, recently attributed the development of sophisticated banking trojans to Chinese-speaking cyber crime group GoldFactory. One of the group’s prominent trojans, GoldPickaxe, is capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and SMS information on iOS and Android devices. The threat group has previously targeted Thailand, Vietnam, and other...Read More

Nine victims in Marin County lost nearly $300,000 from online romance scams last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced. The bureau’s San Francisco division reported the Marin totals as part of a regional advisory about the crimes. Throughout the Bay Area, 397 victims lost a combined $27.3 million in the scams last year. Of...Read More

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release As part of Hawai‘i Police Department’s (HPD) ongoing efforts to ensure keiki safety on our island roads, HPD will conduct a combined DUI check point / child safety seat inspection clinic on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m....Read More