UK’s Department for Education got hacked with +600K records of head teachers and officials leaked. Same government pushing age and ID verification can’t secure its own help desk.

Following the sentencing of two young men for the 2024 Transport for London (TfL) hack, senior police officers have said the case makes a compelling argument for tougher legal powers in the UK, namely Cybercrime Risk Orders (CCROs). Owen Flowers, 19, and Thalha Jubair, 20, were sentenced to five and a half years in prison…

One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually extended to Halifax, Canada, was based on a false premise. Police were looking for a man using the Kik messaging service under the name “fus__ro_dah” (two…

To help older residents avoid becoming a victim of emerging crime trends, fraudulent tax schemes and identity theft, Palos Park police will host two scam seminars Tuesday, Aug. 4, coinciding with National Night Out. The scam seminars will take place at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Kaptur Administration Center, 8999 W 123rd St….

Authored by Neil Tyagi Executive Summary  McAfee Advanced Threat Research has identified an active browser-extension campaign designed to steal cryptocurrency by silently substituting wallet addresses the moment a user initiates a transaction. The campaign is delivered through unsigned installers — observed in both .NET and Golang variants — that deploy a malicious Chromium extension masquerading as a benign “Google Notes” utility.  …

🚨 CVE of the Week 🚨 CVE-2026-49160: High-Severity Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in Windows HTTP.sys This zero-day flaw exposes vulnerable systems to an “HTTP/2 Bomb” attack, where an unauthorized, remote attacker can send a tiny, specially crafted HTTP/2 request that expands rapidly in memory, triggering uncontrolled resource consumption. Why it matters: – Instantaneous crashing…

Proofpoint has published its 2026 AI-Era Ransomware Report, which found that 68% of affected organisations in Singapore said artificial intelligence made attacks more effective. The report argues that ransomware attacks are increasingly driven by phishing, impersonation and credential theft rather than encryption alone. Based on a survey of 953 full-time security professionals across 12 countries,…