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17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London

British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London (TfL). "The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September," the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The teenager, who's from Walsall, is said to have been

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others.

Progress WhatsUp Gold Exploited Just Hours After PoC Release for Critical Flaw

Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct opportunistic attacks. The activity is said to have commenced on August 30, 2024, a mere five hours after a PoC was released for CVE-2024-6670 (CVSS score: 9.8) by security researcher Sina Kheirkhah of the Summoning Team, who

Socially Savvy Scattered Spider Traps Cloud Admins in Web

The dangerous ransomware group is targeting financial and insurance sectors using smishing and vishing against IT service desk administrators, cybersecurity teams, and other employees with top-level privileges.

We can try to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap, but that doesn’t necessarily mean more jobs for defenders

A June report from CyberSeek found that there are only enough skilled workers to fill 85 percent of cybersecurity jobs in America.

Facebook scrapes photos of kids from Australian user profiles to train its AI

Meta has admitted to scraping Australian Facebook user's public photos, posts and other data to train its AI models, including those of kids on adult profiles.

PartnerLeak scam site promises victims full access to “cheating” partner’s stolen data

We dug into PartnerLeak, the site behind the "your partner is cheating on you" emails, including how and where the scammers get their information.

From Amazon to Target: Hackers Mimic Top Brands in Global Crypto Scam

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting retail affiliate programs with sophisticated cryptocurrency scams. Retailers and customers must stay alert against…