AI in Cybersecurity: How AI Is Impacting the Fight Against Cybercrime

AI is transforming cybersecurity. Explore how hackers use AI for cybercrimes and how cybersecurity experts use AI to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks...

Locked Out and Held for Ransom: A City's Battle Against Cybercrime

Read how having a plan and doing some preparation in advance can lessen the severity of a ransomware attack — or prevent one altogether...

Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime

Being the victim of a scam can be devastating. Unfortunately, the number of people who can attest to the truth of this statement, either because they themselves have been scammed or because it has happened to someone they know, is growing. The Global Anti-Scam Alliance GASA reports that in 2024...

Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime

Being the victim of a scam can be devastating. Unfortunately, the number of people who can attest to the truth of this statement, either because they themselves have been scammed or because it has happened to someone they know, is growing. The Global Anti-Scam Alliance GASA reports that in 2024...

IBM Trusteer Code Issue Vulnerability

IBM Trusteer is a suite of security solutions from International Business Machines IBM focused on providing security tools for cybercrime prevention and end-user protection. IBM Trusteer has a code issue vulnerability that stems from the presence of certain undisclosed issues that could allow fil...

The Era of Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing

We spent forty years defending ourselves as individuals. Trying to outsmart cybercriminals, outpower them, and when all our efforts failed, only then we considered banding together with our peers to outnumber them. Cybercriminals don't reinvent themselves each time. Their resources are limited, a...

Protecting Your Data from Cybercriminals by Following Simple Yet Vital Steps

By Owais Sultan If you are online, protecting yourself from cybercrime should be your priority to avoid being a victim of… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Protecting Your Data from Cybercriminals by Following Simple Yet Vital Steps...

How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam

Threats and bluster play a key role in most online attacks: Ransomware has its ransom note; trolls threaten to ramp up the pressure; tech support scammers insist your PC needs urgent assistance. Some take it a step further, leaning in with a more direct approach, ranging from death threats to...

PECB Certified Lead Ethical Hacker: Take Your Career to the Next Level

Cybercrime is increasing exponentially and presents devastating risks for most organizations. According to Cybercrime Magazine, global cybercrime damage is predicted to hit $10.5 trillion annually as of 2025. One of the more recent and increasingly popular forms of tackling such issues by...

Behind the scenes of business email compromise: Using cross-domain threat data to disrupt a large BEC campaign

Microsoft 365 Defender researchers recently uncovered and disrupted a large-scale business email compromise BEC infrastructure hosted in multiple web services. Attackers used this cloud-based infrastructure to compromise mailboxes via phishing and add forwarding rules, enabling these attackers to...

National Telecommunications Commission website defaced

Another Halloween hack, National Telecommunications Commission NTC was hacked Thursday noon, showed a pop-up message saying "Sh4d0wFiendh4x0r and Wizkidl33t were here!" and would later redirect to another page ntc.gov.ph/halloween displaying the hacker's message - "hello and welcome: presented by...

Philippine court suspends Anti Cybercrime law

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended implementation of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act for 120 days, while it decides whether certain provisions violate civil liberties. The law, signed last month, aims to combat Internet crimes such as hacking, identity theft,...

Internet freedom : Anonymous Brings Philippines Government Sites Offline

Hacker groups that are against the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Law for its effect on the country's freedom of expression defaced 11 more government websites since 11 p.m. Monday A message which said, "Hacked by M4N1L4 PR1D3, PHILIPPINE CYBER ARMY AND -=TheFamilyPride=-," appeared on the...

Anonymous Brings Government Sites Offline in Philippines to Petition Cybercrime Law

The National Telecommunications Commission NTC of the Philipines has asked for assistance from law enforcement after a handful of government sites in the country, including the NTC’s site, were brought offline this morning in a hack allegedly carried out by PrivateX, an offshoot of the hacktivist...

Airport VPN hacked using Citadel malware

It sounds like an air traveler's nightmare, Researchers at Trusteer recently uncovered a variant of the Citadel Trojan targeting the virtual private network VPN credentials used by employees at a major airport.The firm would not disclose the name of the airport because the situation is being...

Essential Tips to Prevent Cybercrime and Protect Your Personal Information

When Ben Franklin famously wrote, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," he wasn't thinking about cybercrime. Yet, in today's world of phishing, shoulder-surfing, and spyware, his advice is more relevant than ever. Unfortunately, some people will take advantage of any opportunity to r...