Cybercrime

UK, Australia, to build 'network of liberty that will deter cyber attacks before they happen'

Enhanced 'Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership' will transport crime to harsh penal regime on the other side of the world

21 Jan 2022 08:02 | 47

Security

Umbrella company Parasol Group confirms cyber attack as 'root cause' of prolonged network outage

'Malicious activity on our network' spotted, says CEO, as some contractors say they've still not been paid

17 Jan 2022 13:28 | 21

Personal Tech

Two sides of the digital coin: Ill-gotten gains in cryptocurrencies double, outpaced by legit use – report

Will these figures wash?

07 Jan 2022 01:33 | 25

Security

National Cyber Strategy will lead to BritChip for mobile devices by 2025, claims UK.gov

And potentially an increase in UK state-backed hacks

16 Dec 2021 07:29 | 39

Legal

Don't panic about cyber insurers pulling up the drawbridge, says Lloyd's

New clauses are menu to pick from, not commandments of stone

09 Dec 2021 10:00 | 10

Security

Spar shops across northern England shut after cyber attack hits payment processing abilities

Franchisees' closures also affect petrol stations

06 Dec 2021 18:41 | 27

Security

Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments

Alleged scheme said to have netted $20m since 2017

03 Dec 2021 21:54 | 29

Security

European Cybercrime Centre confident it's kicked credit card crims – again

Poised to reveal similar haul to 2020's €40M loss prevention total

02 Dec 2021 08:21 | 4

Updated

Three key ransomware actors changed jobs on October 18 – the same day REvil went dark

Underground industry grows in complexity and sophistication, says Santander Group researcher

02 Dec 2021 05:58 | 4

Security

Lloyd's of London suggests insurers should not cover 'retaliatory cyber operations' between nation states

And they might attribute cyber attacks if governments won't

30 Nov 2021 14:02 | 20

Security

Panasonic admits intruders were inside its servers for months

Spotted the crack after it ended – still not sure what was lost

30 Nov 2021 04:27 | 10

Security

Ukrainian cuffed, faces extradition to US for allegedly orchestrating Kaseya ransomware infection

American, European officials announce raft of arrests, indictments, sanctions, rewards

08 Nov 2021 22:04 |

Security

UK umbrella payroll firm Giant Pay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack

Tech contractors fume at lack of info as company says it will 'try' to get them paid by Friday

28 Sep 2021 12:01 | 20

Security

Suex to be you: Feds sanction cryptocurrency exchange for handling payments from 8+ ransomware variants

Russia-based biz targeted in Uncle Sam's crack down on cyber-extortion

21 Sep 2021 19:59 | 9

Security

Wanted: State-backed bandits planning cyberattacks on US infrastructure. Reward: $10m

Cops and dobbers: Uncle Sam dangles cash incentive for tattletales

16 Jul 2021 16:30 | 16

Security

Cybercriminals took advantage of WFH to target financial services companies, say financial bods

Home Wi-Fi was an obvious target, but evildoers also knew to probe cloudy connections

14 Jul 2021 05:38 | 6

Security

If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends

The rules of war that protect hospitals should extend into cyberspace

26 May 2020 19:51 | 29

Security

Bad news: So much of your personal data has been hacked that lesson manuals on how to use it are the latest hot property

Cyber-crims bone up on methods for fun and profit, but mainly profit

16 Apr 2020 12:00 | 16

Personal Tech

Google ads from the po-po can prevent vengeful gamer nerds going full script kiddie – research

'At the exact moment you get curious about getting involved in cybercrime, you get a little tap on the shoulder'

21 Oct 2019 08:01 | 18

Security

Cybercrook hands cops £923k in Bitcoin made from selling phished deets on the dark web

27-year-old also shipped weed, flogged 'how-to' fraud guides

23 Aug 2019 15:30 | 34

Updated

Hackers seed StatCounter with nasty JavaScript in elaborate Bitcoin cyber-heist caper

Gate.io exchange believed to be target of embedded attack

06 Nov 2018 23:24 | 9

Security

UK.gov teams up with Five Eyes chums to emit spotters' guide for miscreants' hack tools

Crouching tiger, hidden APT

11 Oct 2018 16:58 | 12

Security

China's clampdown on Tor pushes its hackers into foreign backyards

Comparing Middle Kingdom's hacker forums to Russia's? Apples and pears

10 Oct 2018 15:04 | 4

Security

Payment-card-skimming Magecart strikes again: Zero out of five for infecting e-retail sites

Customer ratings plugin treated to a malicious rewrite to swipe entered banking info

09 Oct 2018 20:31 | 10

Security

Whose line of attack is it anyway? Cyber-assault whodunnits harder than ever to solve

Sophisticated groups not always so easy to pick out

04 Oct 2018 18:51 | 10

Security

Sunny Cali goes ballistic, this ransomware is atrocious. Even our IT bill will be something quite ferocious

Stay decrypted, San Diego

27 Sep 2018 19:34 | 24

Security

Vodafone hounds Czech customers for bills after they were brute-forced with Voda-issued PINs

Crooks cracked phone number accounts with passcode '1234'

07 Sep 2018 13:10 | 28

Security

Silence! Cybercrime's Pinky and the Brain have nicked $800k off banks

One does dev, the other ops, and they're believed to be former white hats

05 Sep 2018 11:47 | 21

Security

Fourth 'Fappening' celeb nude snap thief treated to 8 months in the clink

Porridge for pic purloiner

31 Aug 2018 13:02 | 58

Security

Cobalt cybercrooks phry up phishing campaign to phling at phinance orgs

Emails hiding dodgy scripts designed to plant backdoors

31 Aug 2018 09:42 | 3

Security

Hackers faked Cosmos backend to hoodwink bank out of $13.5m

Researchers dissect methods behind Indian cyber-heist

29 Aug 2018 15:48 | 16

Security

Back to school soon – for script kiddies as well as normal kids. Hackers peddle cybercrime e-classes via Telegram

Bitcoin rather than student loan required for fraud classes

24 Aug 2018 06:29 | 11

Security

Baddies of the internet: It's all about dodgy mobile apps, they're so hot right now

Report lift veil on online fraudsters' current habits

15 Aug 2018 11:59 | 7

Security

Criminals a bit less interested in nicking Brits' identities this year

ID fraud drops to four-year low

15 Aug 2018 08:41 | 17

Security

UK cyber cops: Infosec pros could help us divert teens from 'dark side'

Police seek mentor-like techies to help talented kids

13 Aug 2018 08:11 | 32

Security

Oh, fore putt's sake: Golf org PGA bunkered up by ransomware attack just days before tournament

That's rough, bet they were well teed off – crooks want Bitcoin

09 Aug 2018 18:21 | 19

Security

Holy ship! UK shipping biz Clarksons blames megahack on single point of pwnage

Cybercrim either 'hit the jackpot account' or knew which one to target, claims infoseccer

01 Aug 2018 14:49 | 21

Security

Please forgive me, I can't stop robbing you: SamSam ransomware earns handlers $5.9m

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31 Jul 2018 13:41 | 13

Security

How hack on 10,000 WordPress sites was used to launch an epic malvertising campaign

Crooks exploited legit web ad ecosystem – researchers

30 Jul 2018 15:03 | 27

Security

Font of pwnage: Crims poison well with crypto-jacking code, trickles into PDF editor app

Hackers clone supplier's cloud servers to push tainted MSI files

27 Jul 2018 16:20 | 8

Security

Malware targeting cash machines fetches top dollar on dark web

Demand massively outstrips supply, researchers find

26 Jul 2018 12:17 | 9

Security

Cybercrooks slurp nearly $1m from Russian bank after pwning router at regional branch

MoneyTaker lives up to its name

20 Jul 2018 14:30 | 18

Security

Will this biz be poutine up the cash? Hackers demand dosh to not leak stolen patient records

Tens of thousands of Canadian medical files, healthcare worker details snatched

18 Jul 2018 19:45 | 29

Security

US military manuals hawked on dark web after files left rattling in insecure FTP server

Wow, so servicemen forget to change their default logins too

11 Jul 2018 14:58 | 29

Security

Microsoft might not support Windows XP any more, but GandCrab v4.1 ransomware does

Charming. First worm able to infect legacy systems has a module called 'network f*cker'

09 Jul 2018 16:20 | 36

Security

Japanese cryptominer slapped with suspended sentence

Said to have netted only £34...

06 Jul 2018 15:54 | 11

Special report

The cybercriminal's cash cow and the marketer's machine: Inside the mad sad bad web ad world

We peek behind the curtain of banners and gimmicks that go too far

29 Jun 2018 08:01 | 49

BSides Tel Aviv

Hot new application for blockchain: How does botnet control sound?

It could happen, warns researcher

20 Jun 2018 08:17 | 24

Security

Hackers target payment transfer system at Chile's biggest bank, 'take $10m'

SWIFT-linked system was the target, claim infosec types

11 Jun 2018 14:51 | 7

Security

Dark web souks are so last year: Cybercrooks are switching to Telegram

From AlphaBay to 'Message me, hey!'

07 Jun 2018 11:33 | 4

Security

Rudd-y hell, dark web! Amber alert! UK Home Sec is on the war path for stealthy cyber-crims

Hashtag game over crooks question mark question mark

11 Apr 2018 18:23 | 56

Security

Badmins: Magento shops brute-forced to scrape card deets and install cryptominers

Change your passw... ugh, what's the point?

03 Apr 2018 16:16 | 19

Security

Exploit kit development has gone to sh$t... ever since Adobe Flash was kicked to the curb

Coinkidink? Nah. Crooks are switching tactics

27 Mar 2018 14:57 | 14

Security

Cash-machine-draining €1bn cybercrime kingpin suspect cuffed by plod

Bod accused of masterminding malware attacks on banks around the world

27 Mar 2018 08:03 | 19

Security

Crooks opt for Monero as crypto of choice to launder ill-gotten gains

Study examines the cutting edge of cybercrime

16 Mar 2018 16:09 | 12

Security

Your entire ID is worth £820 to crooks on dark web black market

Fullz and their money are soon parted

08 Mar 2018 13:25 | 41

Security

Got that itchy GandCrab feeling? Ransomware decryptor offers relief

Claw back your stuff without paying asshat for pricey cracker

28 Feb 2018 14:27 | 6

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Articles tagged with Cybercrime

UK, Australia, to build 'network of liberty that will deter cyber attacks before they happen'

Umbrella company Parasol Group confirms cyber attack as 'root cause' of prolonged network outage

Two sides of the digital coin: Ill-gotten gains in cryptocurrencies double, outpaced by legit use – report

National Cyber Strategy will lead to BritChip for mobile devices by 2025, claims UK.gov

Don't panic about cyber insurers pulling up the drawbridge, says Lloyd's

Spar shops across northern England shut after cyber attack hits payment processing abilities

Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments

European Cybercrime Centre confident it's kicked credit card crims – again

Three key ransomware actors changed jobs on October 18 – the same day REvil went dark

Lloyd's of London suggests insurers should not cover 'retaliatory cyber operations' between nation states

Panasonic admits intruders were inside its servers for months

Ukrainian cuffed, faces extradition to US for allegedly orchestrating Kaseya ransomware infection

UK umbrella payroll firm Giant Pay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack

Suex to be you: Feds sanction cryptocurrency exchange for handling payments from 8+ ransomware variants

Wanted: State-backed bandits planning cyberattacks on US infrastructure. Reward: $10m

Cybercriminals took advantage of WFH to target financial services companies, say financial bods

If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends

Bad news: So much of your personal data has been hacked that lesson manuals on how to use it are the latest hot property

Google ads from the po-po can prevent vengeful gamer nerds going full script kiddie – research

Cybercrook hands cops £923k in Bitcoin made from selling phished deets on the dark web

Hackers seed StatCounter with nasty JavaScript in elaborate Bitcoin cyber-heist caper

UK.gov teams up with Five Eyes chums to emit spotters' guide for miscreants' hack tools

China's clampdown on Tor pushes its hackers into foreign backyards

Payment-card-skimming Magecart strikes again: Zero out of five for infecting e-retail sites

Whose line of attack is it anyway? Cyber-assault whodunnits harder than ever to solve

Sunny Cali goes ballistic, this ransomware is atrocious. Even our IT bill will be something quite ferocious

Oh Smeg! Hacked white goods maker resurfaces after system shutdown

Brit airport pulls flight info system offline after attack by 'online crims'

Sextortion scum armed with leaked credentials are persistent pests

Vodafone hounds Czech customers for bills after they were brute-forced with Voda-issued PINs

Silence! Cybercrime's Pinky and the Brain have nicked $800k off banks

Fourth 'Fappening' celeb nude snap thief treated to 8 months in the clink

Cobalt cybercrooks phry up phishing campaign to phling at phinance orgs

Hackers faked Cosmos backend to hoodwink bank out of $13.5m

Back to school soon – for script kiddies as well as normal kids. Hackers peddle cybercrime e-classes via Telegram

Baddies of the internet: It's all about dodgy mobile apps, they're so hot right now

Criminals a bit less interested in nicking Brits' identities this year

UK cyber cops: Infosec pros could help us divert teens from 'dark side'

Oh, fore putt's sake: Golf org PGA bunkered up by ransomware attack just days before tournament

Holy ship! UK shipping biz Clarksons blames megahack on single point of pwnage

Please forgive me, I can't stop robbing you: SamSam ransomware earns handlers $5.9m

How hack on 10,000 WordPress sites was used to launch an epic malvertising campaign

Font of pwnage: Crims poison well with crypto-jacking code, trickles into PDF editor app

Malware targeting cash machines fetches top dollar on dark web

Cybercrooks slurp nearly $1m from Russian bank after pwning router at regional branch

Will this biz be poutine up the cash? Hackers demand dosh to not leak stolen patient records

US military manuals hawked on dark web after files left rattling in insecure FTP server

Microsoft might not support Windows XP any more, but GandCrab v4.1 ransomware does

Japanese cryptominer slapped with suspended sentence

The cybercriminal's cash cow and the marketer's machine: Inside the mad sad bad web ad world

Hot new application for blockchain: How does botnet control sound?

Hackers target payment transfer system at Chile's biggest bank, 'take $10m'

Dark web souks are so last year: Cybercrooks are switching to Telegram

Rudd-y hell, dark web! Amber alert! UK Home Sec is on the war path for stealthy cyber-crims

Badmins: Magento shops brute-forced to scrape card deets and install cryptominers

Exploit kit development has gone to sh$t... ever since Adobe Flash was kicked to the curb

Cash-machine-draining €1bn cybercrime kingpin suspect cuffed by plod

Crooks opt for Monero as crypto of choice to launder ill-gotten gains

Your entire ID is worth £820 to crooks on dark web black market

Got that itchy GandCrab feeling? Ransomware decryptor offers relief

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