About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector
Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
Connor is a cybersecurity journalist for The Register, reporting on what you need to know to keep your systems secure. Based in the UK, he has previously held positions ranging from news editor to staff writer.
Apple fixes bug that let VoiceOver shout your passwords
Not a great look when the iGiant just launched its first password manager
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
Sensitive data on 61K+ patients accessed in Alabama hospital cyberattack
Intruder pored over medical records, insurance details, Social Security numbers in some cases
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 |
Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam
Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 13
Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 36
'Patch yesterday': Zimbra mail servers under siege through RCE vuln
Attacks began the day after public disclosure
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2024 | 5
Euro cops arrest 4 including suspected LockBit dev chilling on holiday
And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2024 | 15
Evil Corp's deep ties with Russia and NATO member attacks exposed
Ransomware criminals believed to have taken orders from intel services
Cyber-crime01 Oct 2024 | 8
NCA unmasks man it suspects is both 'Evil Corp kingpin' and LockBit affiliate
Aleksandr Ryzhenkov alleged to have extorted around $100M from victims, built 60 LockBit attacks
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2024 |
If you're holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it
It's election year for more than 50 countries and the Islamic Republic threatens a bunch of them
Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 6
Cloud threats have execs the most freaked out because they're not prepared
Ransomware? More like 'we don't care' for everyone but CISOs
Research30 Sep 2024 | 3
Ransomware gang using stolen Microsoft Entra ID creds to bust into the cloud
Defenders beware: Data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501's agenda
Research27 Sep 2024 | 6
Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store
Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 22
Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations
Updated See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 62
RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries
Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn't a good look
Cyber-crime25 Sep 2024 | 5
Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages
Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details
Legal25 Sep 2024 | 2
Russia's digital warfare on Ukraine shows no signs of slowing: Malware hits surge
Severe incidents may be down, but Putin had to throw one in for good measure
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2024 | 9
How to spot a North Korean agent before they get comfy inside payroll
Mandiant publishes cheat sheet for weeding out fraudulent IT staff
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2024 | 19
Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods
Updated 11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says
Cyber-crime23 Sep 2024 | 2
UPS supplier's password policy flip-flops from unlimited, to 32, then 64 characters
That 'third party' person sure is responsible for a lot of IT blunders, eh?
Security23 Sep 2024 | 38
US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist
Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 26
Ivanti patches exploited admin command execution flaw
Fears over chained attacks affecting EOL product
Patches20 Sep 2024 | 8
Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data
Nothing high-end about the sparsely detailed, poorly publicized breach
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 10
1 in 10 orgs dumping their security vendors after CrowdStrike outage
Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable
Security19 Sep 2024 | 8
Thousands of orgs at risk of knowledge base data leaks via ServiceNow misconfigurations
Updated Better check your widgets, people
Research19 Sep 2024 | 7
UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy
Security19 Sep 2024 | 13
Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform
Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops
Cyber-crime18 Sep 2024 | 18
Rhysida ransomware gang ships off Port of Seattle data for $6M
Auction acts as payback after authority publicly refuses to pay up
Cyber-crime17 Sep 2024 | 2
Predator spyware kingpins added to US sanctions list
Designations come as new infrastructure spins up in Africa
Security17 Sep 2024 | 2
Snowflake slams 'more MFA' button again – months after Ticketmaster, Santander breaches
Now it's the default for all new accounts
Security16 Sep 2024 | 2
Germany’s CDU still struggling to restore data months after June cyberattack
Putting a spanner in work for plans of opposition party to launch a comeback during next year's elections
Cyber-crime16 Sep 2024 | 1
Prison just got rougher as band of heinously violent cybercrims sentenced to lengthy stints
Orchestrators of abductions, torture, crypto thefts, and more get their comeuppance
Cyber-crime16 Sep 2024 | 20
Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view
No love for months-long wait to fix this, either
Research13 Sep 2024 | 7
Post-CrowdStrike catastrophe, Microsoft figures moving antivirus out of Windows kernel mode is a good idea
Existing low-level access for security solutions will undergo a rework
OSes13 Sep 2024 | 39
Adobe fixed Acrobat bug, neglected to mention whole zero-day exploit thing
SaaS seller sets severity to 'critical'
Patches12 Sep 2024 | 4
UK elevates datacenters to critical national infrastructure status
Dedicated support to be assembled to prevent cyberattacks, IT outages, and bad weather from affecting availability
On-Prem12 Sep 2024 | 16
Mind your header! There's nothing refreshing about phishers' latest tactic
It could lead to a costly BEC situation
Research12 Sep 2024 | 2
Major sales and ops overhaul leads to much more activity ... for Meow ransomware gang
You hate to see it
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2024 | 1
'IT failure' hits blood tests as another critical incident declared by NHS
Unlike in London, foul play isn’t suspected
On-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 7
Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says
Elderly people report the greatest losses
Cyber-crime10 Sep 2024 | 7
1.7M potentially pwned after payment services provider takes a year to notice break-in
Criminals with plenty of time on their hands may now have credit card details
Cyber-crime09 Sep 2024 | 17
Kremlin-linked COLDRIVER crooks take pro-democracy NGOs for phishy ride
The latest of many attempts to stifle perceived threats to Putin's regime
Security09 Sep 2024 | 10
RansomHub hits 210 victims in just 6 months
The ransomware gang recruits high-profile affiliates from LockBit and ALPHV
Cyber-crime30 Aug 2024 |
Tired of airport security queues? SQL inject yourself into the cockpit, claim researchers
Updated Infosec hounds say they spotted vulnerability during routine travel in the US
Research30 Aug 2024 | 28
Brain Cipher claims attack on Olympic venue, promises 300 GB data leak
French police reckon financial system targeted during Summer Games
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2024 | 4
US sues Georgia Tech over alleged cybersecurity failings as a Pentagon contractor
Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle
Security23 Aug 2024 | 23
Benign bug in iOS and iPadOS crashes gizmos with just four characters
More of an Easter egg than a vuln, but a fun one to mess around with
Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 28
Ransomware batters critical industries, but takedowns hint at relief
Whether attack slowdown continues downward trend is the million dollar question that security researchers can't answer
Cyber-crime22 Aug 2024 | 1
110K domains targeted in 'sophisticated' AWS cloud extortion campaign
Updated If you needed yet another reminder of what happens when security basics go awry
Research21 Aug 2024 | 4
Russia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are coming
Forget about your love life too, no dating apps until the war is over
Security21 Aug 2024 | 169
Plane tracker app FlightAware admits user data exposed for years
Updated Privacy blunder alert omits number of key details
Security20 Aug 2024 | 42
'Right to switch off' initiative aims to boost economy by beating burnout
Your country needs you… to quit it with all those sick days
Offbeat20 Aug 2024 | 129
Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks
Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them
Research19 Aug 2024 | 21
National Public Data tells officials 'only' 1.3M people affected by intrusion
Investigators previously said the number was much, much higher
Cyber-crime19 Aug 2024 | 6
B2B ISP Fastnet staggers back to feet after VMware incident
Company continues to investigate root cause
VMware Explore19 Aug 2024 | 8
Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise
Attacker locked out all staff for four days
Cyber-crime16 Aug 2024 | 9
Google raps Iran's APT42 for raining down spear-phishing attacks
US politicians and Israeli officials among the top targets for the IRGC’s cyber unit
Research15 Aug 2024 | 1
Russian man who sold logins to nearly 3,000 accounts gets 40 months in jail
He’ll also have to pay back $1.2 million from fraudulent transactions he facilitated
Cyber-crime15 Aug 2024 | 5
Enzo Biochem ordered to cough up $4.5 million over lousy security that led to ransomware disaster
Three state attorneys general probed the company and found plenty to chastise
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2024 | 3
Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for 'hostesses' dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth
Biz admits turning human women into faceless, sexualized furniture was a 'tone deaf' marketing ploy
Security14 Aug 2024 | 202
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