Bitcoin bandit's £5B bubble bursts as cops wrap seven-year chase
Metropolitan Police lands lengthy sentence following 'complex' investigation
Legal12 Nov 2025 | 36
Cryptocurrency
Attackers dig up $11M in Garden Finance crypto exploit
Bitcoin bridge biz offers 10 percent reward to attackers if they play nice
Cyber-crime31 Oct 2025 | 4
Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’
Five Eyes intel alliance has created a team to target these scum who prey on kids
Cyber-crime29 Oct 2025 | 19
Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection
Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users
Cybersecurity Month20 Oct 2025 | 2
Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters
If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it
Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2025 | 3
More packages poisoned in npm attack, but would-be crypto thieves left pocket change
Miscreants cost victims time rather than money
Cyber-crime09 Sep 2025 | 8
NARROWER TOPICS
Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness
Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring
Cyber-crime26 Aug 2025 | 10
Someone's poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers
If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it
Security18 Aug 2025 | 4
P2P payment service Zelle sued for enabling payment fraud hell
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Kryptos solution up for auction; Canadian parliament springs a leak; Fake crypto lawyers; And more
Security17 Aug 2025 | 10
BtcTurk suspends operations amid alleged $49M hot wallet heist
Turkish exchange is the latest victim of a recent spate of major crypto thefts
Security14 Aug 2025 | 5
Crypto-crasher Do Kwon admits guilt over failed not-so-stablecoin that erased $41 billion
Tells court 'What I did was wrong and I want to apologize for my conduct'
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2025 | 18
BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown
US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large
Cyber-crime12 Aug 2025 |
Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Crypto mixer founders plead guilty; Another French telco hacked; Meta fights WhatsApp scams; And more!
Security10 Aug 2025 | 6
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons
Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts
Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 7
Rampant emoji use suggests crypto-stealing NPM package was written by AI
Kodane code was either machine-generated or done by a teenager
AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 27
CoreWeave's $9B Core Scientific acquisition is a bid for more power
All the GPUs in the world aren't worth much if you don't have a place to put them
On-Prem07 Jul 2025 | 4
It's 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators
Infosec in Brief PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more
Security30 Jun 2025 | 2
Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme
Asia In Brief PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more
Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 | 3
Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable
To stop the JINX-0132 gang behind these attacks, pay attention to HashiCorp, Docker, and Gitea security settings
Security03 Jun 2025 | 6
Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans
Philippines company allegedly run by Chinese national has form running scams
Security30 May 2025 | 14
DOGE worker's old creds found exposed in infostealer malware dumps
Infosec in brief PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more
Security12 May 2025 | 19
RSA cofounder: The world would've been better without cryptocurrencies
RSAC Cryptographers' panel a bit gloomy this year
Spotlight on RSAC29 Apr 2025 | 9
Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh
No signal? No problem. But also no solid commitment to Britcoin yet
Software17 Apr 2025 | 44
Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance?
Analysis It's been a very busy week for Digicash Donald's administration
Security24 Mar 2025 | 17
FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware
Security16 Mar 2025 | 6
Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order
Comment With no allowance to sell and little room to buy, and markets on the slide, it's UB40 time: Red, red, whine
Personal Tech07 Mar 2025 | 108
FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary
Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets
Cyber-crime27 Feb 2025 | 22
Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet
Up to $140M in bounty rewards for return of Ethereum allegedly pilfered by hermit nation
Cyber-crime26 Feb 2025 | 14
Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg
The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year
Security20 Feb 2025 | 18
Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam
Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world
Cyber-crime18 Feb 2025 | 13
Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps
Infosec In Brief PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more!
Security17 Feb 2025 | 13
Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up
More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil
Bootnotes11 Feb 2025 | 113
US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme
Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'
Legal04 Feb 2025 | 24
DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection
With all the AI hype swirling around, you'd think someone would've cracked this one already
Software28 Jan 2025 | 22
CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy
Infosec in brief Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more
Security27 Jan 2025 | 5
Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap
Crypto critics unhappy as BTC hits all-time high and Melania launches her own currency
Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 121
Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year
US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts
Cyber-crime15 Jan 2025 | 13
Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam
Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump
Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 32
Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online
Infosec in Brief PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more
Security06 Jan 2025 | 43
Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds
Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7
Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department
Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op
Infosec in brief Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more
Security01 Dec 2024 | 8
Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans
Analysis Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it
Public Sector30 Nov 2024 | 63
Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists
DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools
Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 3
Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist
A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink
Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 3
LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer
A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin
Cyber-crime31 Oct 2024 | 11
'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 85
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Security11 Oct 2024 | 52
Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect
'If I was Satoshi I would have destroyed my ability to prove I'm Satoshi'
Offbeat09 Oct 2024 | 45
Asian crime gangs are growing – fast – thanks to AI and other tech
UN report finds Telegram, cryptocurrency are tools of a growing 'criminal service economy'
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 5
FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab
Feds tell thrilling tale of crypto crooks, Facebook scams, fast cars, guns, betrayal … and leg extensions?
Legal02 Oct 2024 | 22
Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more
Cyber-crime30 Sep 2024 | 5
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
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 | 25
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 | 18
Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps
Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2024 | 8
Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck
Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening
Legal30 Aug 2024 | 10
Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise
Attacker locked out all staff for four days
Cyber-crime16 Aug 2024 | 9
Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet
Chap named 'Roman Boss' accused of being just that at a cryptocash laundering outfit
Cyber-crime06 Aug 2024 | 13
India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Food poisoning hits ByteDance Singapore; Indonesia bans DuckDuckGo; and more
Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 3
North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX
Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear
Security19 Jul 2024 | 20
Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK
Aussie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial
Security17 Jul 2024 | 86
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