Crooks fleece The North Face accounts with recycled logins
Outdoorsy brand blames credential stuffing
Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 7
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.
Bling slinger Cartier tells customers to be wary of phishing attacks after intrusion
Nothing terribly valuable taken in data heist, though privacy a little tarnished
Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 6
US community bank says thieves drained customer data through third party hole
Disclosure at MainStreet Bancshares comes as American finance orgs beg for looser reporting requirements
Cyber-crime02 Jun 2025 | 13
Feds arrest DoD techie, claim he dumped top secret files in park for foreign spies to find
28-year-old alleged to have made multiple drops to folks who turned out to be undercover FBI agents
Security30 May 2025 | 38
US medical org pays $50M+ to settle case after crims raided data and threatened to swat cancer patients
Cash splashed on damages, infrastructure improvements, and fraud monitoring
Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 2
8,000+ Asus routers popped in 'advanced' mystery botnet plot
No formal attribution made but two separate probes hint at the same suspect
Research29 May 2025 | 10
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security
Law enforcement crackdowns are gathering pace but online marketplaces still teeming with valuable tokens
Security29 May 2025 | 22
Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k +
Data analytics and risk management biz says software dev platform breached, not itself
Cyber-crime28 May 2025 | 2
Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine
The latest in a long line of techies to face Putin’s wrath
Security28 May 2025 | 47
Adidas confirms criminals stole data from customer service provider
Hackers take personal data bytes from the brand with three stripes
Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 2
Ransomware attack on MATLAB dev MathWorks – licensing center still locked down
Commercial customers, STEM students all feeling the pain after mega outage of engineering data-analysis tool
Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 23
CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack
Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns
Security23 May 2025 | 2
Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones
4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants'
Applications22 May 2025 | 56
Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected
Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 36
Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users
Bribed support staff identified, fired
Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 17
Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line
CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures
Security21 May 2025 | 5
M&S warns of £300M dent in profits from cyberattack
Downtime stings retailer, with technical recovery costs coming at a later date
Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 44
Freshly discovered bug in OpenPGP.js undermines whole point of encrypted comms
Update before that proof-of-concept comes to bite
Patches20 May 2025 | 21
Ransomware attack on food distributor spells more pain for UK supermarkets
Peter Green Chilled supplies all the major UK chains
Cyber-crime20 May 2025 | 64
Virgin Media O2 patches hole that let callers snoop on your coordinates
Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters
Security20 May 2025 | 33
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 49
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge
Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 27
Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice
'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations'
Security16 May 2025 | 4
Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider
Updated Tech giant was in process of dropping payroll biz as it learned of breach
Cyber-crime16 May 2025 | 1
Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU
Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen'
Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14
Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play
Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated
Public Sector14 May 2025 | 4
Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers
Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product
Patches14 May 2025 | 1
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference
CSO14 May 2025 | 22
'We still have embeds in CISA': CTO of Brit cyber agency talks post-Trump relationship with US counterpart
CYBERUK Both agencies seem unbothered despite tech world's clear concerns for US infoseccers
Security13 May 2025 | 6
Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info
Market cap down by more than £1B since April 22
Cyber-crime13 May 2025 | 76
Attackers pwn charter airline helping Trump's deportation campaign
Intruders claim they stole GlobalX's flight records and manifests
Cyber-crime12 May 2025 | 49
Britain's cyber agents and industry clash over how to tackle shoddy software
CYBERUK Providers argue that if end users prioritized security, they'd get it
CSO12 May 2025 | 76
Curl project founder snaps over deluge of time-sucking AI slop bug reports
Lead dev likens flood to 'effectively being DDoSed'
Security07 May 2025 | 63
Pentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open source
(If only that would keep folks off unsanctioned chat app side quests)
Public Sector06 May 2025 | 75
Three Brits charged over 'active shooter threats' swattings in US, Canada
UK starts prosecution days after FBI vowed to clamp down on the crime
Security02 May 2025 | 39
British govt agents step in as Harrods becomes third mega retailer under cyberattack
Experts suggest the obvious: There is an ongoing coordinated attack on UK retail sector
Cyber-crime02 May 2025 | 141
Healthcare group Ascension discloses second cyberattack on patients' data
This time criminals targeted partner’s third-party software
Cyber-crime01 May 2025 | 1
Chris Krebs loses Global Entry membership amid Trump feud
President's campaign continues against man he claims covered up evidence of electoral fraud in 2020
Security01 May 2025 | 36
Data watchdog will leave British Library alone – further probes 'not worth our time'
No MFA? No problem – as long as you show you’ve learned your lesson
Cyber-crime01 May 2025 | 7
FBI steps in amid rash of politically charged swattings
No specific law against it yet, but that's set to change
Security30 Apr 2025 | 57
Enterprise tech dominates zero-day exploits with no signs of slowdown
As Big Tech gets used to the pain, smaller vendors urged to up their game
Research29 Apr 2025 | 1
Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it's undermining security
Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk
Security29 Apr 2025 | 70
From 112K to 4M folks' data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad
It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands
Cyber-crime28 Apr 2025 | 7
Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT
Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true
Security28 Apr 2025 | 39
More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans
GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures
Security25 Apr 2025 | 8
M&S stops online orders as 'cyber incident' issues worsen
One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update
Cyber-crime25 Apr 2025 | 21
Emergency patch for potential SAP zero-day that could grant full system control
German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues
Patches25 Apr 2025 | 2
M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers
Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down
Cyber-crime24 Apr 2025 | 12
Your vendor may be the weakest link: Percentage of third-party breaches doubled in a year
Cybercriminals are targeting software shops, accountants, lawyers
CSO24 Apr 2025 | 2
Ripple NPM supply chain attack hunts for private keys
A mystery thief and a critical CVE involved in crypto cash grab
Cyber-crime23 Apr 2025 | 4
Fog ransomware channels Musk with demands for work recaps or a trillion bucks
In effect: 'Ha ha – the government is borked and so are you'
Security22 Apr 2025 | 14
This is not just any 'cyber incident' … this is an M&S 'cyber incident'
Retailer tight-lipped on details as digital hiccup disrupts customer orders
Cyber-crime22 Apr 2025 | 36
UN says Asian scam call center epidemic expanding globally amid political heat
What used to be a serious issue mainly in Southeast Asia is now the world’s problem
Cyber-crime22 Apr 2025 | 14
In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield
Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concerns
Legal16 Apr 2025 | 50
China names alleged US snoops over Asian Winter Games attacks
Beijing claims NSA went for gold in offensive cyber, got caught in the act
Cyber-crime15 Apr 2025 | 6
Where it Hertz: Customer data driven off in Cleo attacks
Car hire biz takes your privacy seriously, though
Cyber-crime15 Apr 2025 | 7
Ransomware crims hammering UK more than ever as British techies complain the board just doesn't get it
Issues at the very top continue to worsen
Cyber-crime11 Apr 2025 | 13
US sensor giant Sensata admits ransomware derailed ops
Props for the transparency though
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2025 | 4
Europol: Five pay-per-infect suspects cuffed, some spill secrets to cops
Officials teased more details to come later this year
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2025 |
UK officials insist 'murder prediction tool' algorithms purely abstract
Even though policing department spent 2 years on 'Minority Report' evoking study predicting which criminals will become killers
Public Sector09 Apr 2025 | 63
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