UN, international orgs create advisory body for submarine cables after incidents
The United Nations and other international agencies have created an advisory body focused on the protection of submarine cables following several recent incidents. On Friday, the United...
Uganda confirms cyberattack on central bank but minimizes extent of breach
Ugandan officials confirmed on Thursday that the country’s central bank system was hacked by financially-motivated cybercriminals . The statement from Uganda’s Minister of State for Finance, Henry...
Italian football club Bologna FC says company data stolen during ransomware attack
A ransomware attack on Italian football club Bologna FC exposed data that will likely be leaked by the hackers, the organization said in a statement on Friday. ...
DePaul professor Lamont Black on why Trump’s cryptocurrency reserve idea isn’t just crazy talk
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, filed a trademark application for a service called TruthFi, which is described as a...
T-Mobile rebuffed breach attempts by hackers likely connected to China’s Salt Typhoon
T-Mobile recently detected attempts to infiltrate its systems by hackers believed to be linked to the China-backed Salt Typhoon hacking campaign. In a blog post and in...
11 arrested in Europol shutdown of illegal IPTV streaming networks
Europol and several law enforcement agencies across Europe coordinated to take down one of the largest illegal streaming networks and arrested nearly a dozen people tied to the...
INTERPOL Busts African Cybercrime: 1,006 Arrests, 134,089 Malicious Networks Dismantled
Nov 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Fraud
An INTERPOL-led operation has led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects across 19 African countries and the takedown of 134,089 malicious infrastructures and...
India’s new cyber rules for telecoms come with big privacy risks, experts say
India’s telecommunications regulator has rolled out rules designed to protect the country’s critical infrastructure networks from cyberthreats, but experts warn that the new guidelines have inadequate safeguards for...
Drones repeatedly flown over US airbases in UK prompt hostile reconnaissance fears
Recent sightings of drones at night over airbases in the United Kingdom used by the United States Air Force (USAF) have prompted fears that unknown actors may be...
BIC, Starbucks, Morrisons continue recovery after Blue Yonder ransomware attack
Several major companies are in the process of recovering after a ransomware attack on a third-party technology provider impacted several systems ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Blue...
