NFPrompt users have been alerted to a security breach that warns ‘a group of hackers’ gained control of wallets including the project’s treasury, ecosystem fund, and NFP token contracts. In response, the team states that it has “transferred all NFP’s smart contract ownerships to new addresses” as well as alerting the FBI and major exchanges....Read More

NHS Dumfries and Galloway, part of the Scottish healthcare system, announced on Friday it was the target “of a focused and ongoing cyber attack.” The nature of the incident has not yet been disclosed, although the health board announced there “may be some disruption to services as a result of this situation.” Dumfries and Galloway...Read More

15 February 2024 Image source, MARISCAL/EPA Image caption, The man suspected of all four killings originally handed himself in last month after the three siblings’ bodies were found A 42-year-old man facing trial for the murder of three elderly siblings in Spain is now alleged to have killed his cellmate in prison, reports say. The...Read More

Bradford’s Mikhail Vasiliev set to be extradited to New Jersey in LockBit ransomware case Local hacker, Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, is finding cybercrime doesn’t pay, after his role in the LockBit ransomware attacks on multiple organizations in Canada and abroad in 2021 and 2022. The Russian-born man with dual Canadian citizenship who was living in Bradford...Read More

Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2024 US DoJ sentenced a Moldovan national (31) to 42 months in federal prison for operating the E-Root cybercrime marketplace. U.S. District Court sentenced the Moldovan national (31) Sandu Boris Diaconu to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to...Read More

Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2024 US DoJ sentenced a Moldovan national (31) to 42 months in federal prison for operating the E-Root cybercrime marketplace. U.S. District Court sentenced the Moldovan national (31) Sandu Boris Diaconu to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to...Read More

North Korea’s Lazarus hacking group allegedly has turned back to an old service in order to launder $23 million stolen during an attack in November.  Investigators at blockchain research company Elliptic said on Friday that in the last day they had  seen the funds — part of the $112.5 million stolen from the HTX cryptocurrency...Read More

IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as “the most noteworthy” of the past year. It’s not a novel phenomenon, nor is it being carried out in a very sophisticated way, Red Canary’s latest threat report notes, yet the trend is growing and miscreants are seeing greater...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – Data storage company Scality recently announced the results of a survey of 500 IT decision-makers across France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. to gain insight into the role immutable data storage plays in an organization’s overall cybersecurity strategy. Key findings reveal: 94% either already rely on immutable data storage or plan to implement...Read More

Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has found.  Researchers surveyed over 9,000 U.S. teachers shortly before and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic about their perception of the instructional emphasis in their schools....Read More