Crime & Security
Ransomware Group Payouts King Deploys QEMU Virtual Machines to Evade Security Defenses
LONDON (AP) — The Payouts King ransomware group has adopted a new technique to bypass endpoint security solutions, utilizing QEMU virtual machines to establish covert remote access tunnels on compromi...
Turkey Arrests Eight Students Over Alleged School Attack Plot
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish security forces arrested eight high school students in the western city of Izmir on Thursday, accusing them of plotting a terrorist attack at a local school as part of the extr...
Scammers Impersonate UN Official and Nigerian Economist in Advance-Fee Fraud Scheme
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fraudsters posing as a United Nations official and a Nigerian economist launched a sophisticated advance-fee scam targeting potential victims with promises of large compensation ...
Cybercrime Guide Details Vetting Process for Stolen Credit Card Suppliers
LONDON, April 17 (AP) — A detailed underground guide outlining how cybercriminals vet suppliers of stolen credit card data has been analyzed by security researchers, revealing the specific criteria th...
Bilzerian Claims Establishment Blocked Epstein Arrests Amid Media Manipulation Allegations
NEW YORK — Dan Bilzerian, the social media personality and former poker player, has publicly alleged that the U.S. establishment refused to make arrests in the Jeffrey Epstein case due to a compromise...
Criminals Publish Guide to Vet Stolen Credit Card Shops Amid Market Instability
LONDON — A detailed guide outlining methods for threat actors to vet stolen credit card shops has surfaced on an underground forum, highlighting the increasing complexity and risk within the illicit f...
Shooting at High-Ranking U.S. Official's Office in Washington
WASHINGTON — An unknown individual opened fire at the office of a high-ranking U.S. official in Washington on Thursday morning, prompting an immediate emergency response and lockdown of the building. ...
Delhi Police Dismantle Cyber Fraud Lottery Racket, Arrest Three
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police arrested three individuals on Thursday after dismantling a cyber fraud racket that defrauded a railway employee of 60,000 rupees through deceptive online lottery schemes. The...
Man Sentenced to 30 Months for DraftKings Credential Stuffing Attack
WASHINGTON — Kamerin Stokes was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.3 million in restitution on Thursday for his role in a 2022 cyberattack on the sports betting platform Dr...
Memphis Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Selling Hacked DraftKings Accounts
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 23-year-old Memphis man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Thursday for selling access to tens of thousands of compromised DraftKings accounts, a judge announced in a f...
Fox News Reports on Mysterious Deaths of American Scientists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News has reported on a series of deaths and disappearances involving American scientists under mysterious circumstances, raising questions within the scientific community and pro...
High-ranking US official evacuated after Navy Yard shooting; suspect at large
WASHINGTON — A high-ranking United States government official was evacuated from the vicinity of a shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., early Thursday morning, while the alleged shooter rema...
Florida GOP Candidate Fishback Vows to Pull Over Rival Donalds for Drug Test
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback announced Thursday that he is currently tracking the vehicle of fellow GOP contender Byron Donalds and intends to conduct a traffi...
International Law Enforcement Takedown Disrupts 53 DDoS-for-Hire Domains
BRUSSELS (AP) — A coordinated international law enforcement operation has dismantled 53 domains linked to illegal distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, identifying approximately 75,000 users a...
Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Former Rep. Swalwell
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into former U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell following allegations that he engaged in sexual encounters with congressional...
RPG Fired in Lebanon Celebration
BEIRUT — An unidentified individual fired a rocket-propelled grenade multiple times in Lebanon on Wednesday evening in what witnesses described as a celebratory act. The incident occurred around 9:17 ...
Kota Police Arrest Two in Cyber Fraud Mule Account Case
KOTA, India — Two men were arrested Wednesday in Rajasthan's Kota district as part of a police crackdown on cyber fraud networks utilizing mule accounts to launder stolen funds. Parmanand and Shaifi ...
International Task Force Seizes 53 DDoS Domains in Coordinated Cybercrime Crackdown
BRUSSELS — Law enforcement agencies from 21 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, executed a coordinated operation on Wednesday to dismantle a global network of distribu...
New Lenox Police Investigate Bomb Threat Targeting Pope's Brother
NEW LENOX, Ill. — The New Lenox Police Department launched an investigation Wednesday after receiving a bomb threat targeting the brother of Pope Leo XIV. The incident occurred in the suburban Chicag...
Rajasthan Police Warn of Cyber Fraud Linked to Digital Census
JAIPUR, India — The Rajasthan Police issued a public advisory on Wednesday warning residents against cyber fraud attempts exploiting the ongoing digital census process. The alert comes as authorities ...
New AI-Driven Cybercrime Platform Targets Major Tech and Financial Services
A new cybercrime platform known as ATHR has emerged, enabling fully automated voice phishing attacks designed to harvest login credentials from major online services. The system combines artificial in...
Saint Philoumenos of Jacob's Well Murdered in Nablus
NABLUS, West Bank — Saint Philoumenos of Jacob's Well was killed on November 29, 1979, in an attack attributed to a Jewish religious zealot. The incident, which took place in the West Bank city of Nab...
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Dies in Murder-Suicide at Home
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife and himself in an overnight incident at their home in Fairfax County, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Fairfax...
Scammers Launch Global iCloud Phishing Campaign Targeting Storage Alerts
LONDON (AP) — A new phishing campaign targeting iCloud users is sweeping across multiple countries, exploiting fears of data loss to steal personal and financial information. The scam, identified on A...
Autovista Services Disrupted Following Ransomware Attack
LONDON (AP) — Autovista, a leading provider of automotive data and imagery, is working to restore critical services after its systems were compromised in a ransomware attack that disrupted operations ...
Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for North Korean IT Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to prison Wednesday for orchestrating a scheme that allowed North Korean IT workers to use stolen identities to labor for more than 100 American com...
Criminals Exploit Hotel Partners to Access Booking.com Guest Data
LONDON (AP) — A criminal group known as Storm-1865 has compromised Booking.com guest reservation data by targeting third-party hotel partners with phishing campaigns and malware, enabling scammers to ...
Ransomware Campaign Targets Turkish Homes and Small Businesses
ISTANBUL — A coordinated ransomware campaign targeting households and small to medium-sized businesses across Turkey has been identified by cybersecurity researchers, utilizing modified commercial mal...
Kenya Police Arrest Three in Meru Cyber Fraud Raid
MERU, Kenya — The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested three suspects on Monday, April 15, 2026, for orchestrating a cyber fraud syndicate operating out of Meru. The arrests mark a si...
Indore Opposition Leader's Phone Hacked in Cyber Fraud Scheme
INDORE, India — Chintu Chouksey, the City Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Indore Municipal Corporation, became the target of a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme on Monday after his m...