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As the holiday shopping frenzy kicks off with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, remember that consumers aren’t the only ones hunting for opportunities. This is the prime hunting season for cybercriminals to conduct scams, fraud, impersonation, and theft

I am excited to be speaking at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity (ICCC 2025) on November 19th at 8pm Pacific (9:30am IST – Mumbai India time). 

The conference strives to examine and analyze the emerging Cyberlaw, Cy

In today’s digital age, cybercriminals are leveraging AI to craft more convincing phishing scams. Recently, I encountered a sophisticated phishing attempt that underscores the growing threat of AI-powered fraud. Here’s what you need to know to protec

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and over 30 banks servicing 200 countries, have announced they will develop a blockchain global shared digital ledger to support global payments. SWIFT will integrate the blockch

Is your company safe from AI attacks? I had a great conversation with David Mauro on the Cyber Crime Junkies podcast, discussing how AI can be used for both protection and malicious purposes. AI is amplifying advanced cybercrime attacks, including de

The UK government has proposed banning public sector entities — including national healthcare, education institutions, libraries, and other government bodies — from making ransomware payments. This move addresses a core motivator for cybercriminals:

AI Slop will fuel the next wave of social engineering cybercrime attacks.

Simple Math: 

Rise of AI Slop (rapid ability to generate believable content)

x

Cybercriminals seeking to commit fraud

=

Enormous Rise in Social Engineering Victimization

The ease,

A 23-year-old Scottish man thought to be a member of the prolific Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited last week from Spain to the United States, where he is facing charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft. U.S. prosecutors al

Congrats to INTERPOL for taking down a major cyber information-theft infrastructure! Over 20 thousand Ips/domains were shuttered and 41 servers that contained more than 100GB of sensitive data was seized. It is estimated this group, 32 of which were

Welcome to the April edition of CISO Platform Highlights – your quick snapshot of the most insightful content, expert conversations, and community updates from the world of cybersecurity leadership.

This month, we delved into the often-hidden journey

Cyber Crime: Stages of Trial in Court

The PowerSchool data breach nightmare of 2024 doesn’t end. Here is a quick rundown to catch up, before I call out some key learnings:

In December 2024, PowerSchool was breached by ransomware attackers who claimed to have copied 62 million records, a f

More attacks targeting cryptocurrency users. Microsoft has identified a new Remote Access Trojan, named StilachiRAT, that has sophisticated capabilities to remain stealthy and persistent so it can harvest crypto wallet credentials via web browsers.

Th

Cyber Crime Junkies podcast

Breaking Down Risks in Cybersecurity — A great conversation on the Cyber Crime Junkies podcast with David Mauro!

We covered so many different topics that the CISOs are struggling with:

· Generative vs Agentic AI risks and op

Cybercriminals all over the world have leveraged this technology’s increased anonymity to buy and sell illegal goods, services, stolen data, underground infrastructure and force victims to pay ransom. While blockchain analysis enables researchers and

Two Cryptocurrency Exchanges were recently taken down by authorities. The PM2BTC and Cryptex sites were seized.

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/wvRelrVSOcE

This is important for two reasons:

1. It disrupts illegal money laundering, in this case, hund

I had a great discussion on the SECURITYbreak podcast talking about security vulnerability research impacting Apple vision pro VR headsets, MasterCard’s acquisition of threat intelligence vendor Recorded Future, and some horrific aspects of cybercrim

The Cybersecurity Vault - episode 35, with guest Mikko Hypponen. 

Some of the most aggressive cyber attacks originate out of Russia.  The 2022 invasion of Ukraine was a pivotal moment for nation state attacks.  Mikko is close to the front lines and on

Operation Endgame has taken down a major cyber criminal infrastructure. This is important, but likely not for the reasons you may think.

The multi-national law enforcement effort, led by EUROPOL, seized over 100 servers and 2 thousand domains that hos