Scattered Spider has moved from retail to insurance Google threat analysts warn the team behind the Marks & Spencer break-in has moved on Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 |
Remorseless extortionists claim to have stolen thousands of files from Freedman HealthCare UPDATED The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 |
Eurocops arrest suspected Archetyp admin, shut down mega dark web drug shop Marketplace as big as Silk Road had more than 600k users and turnover of 'at least' €250M Security16 Jun 2025 | 9
Spy school dropout: GCHQ intern jailed for swiping classified data Student 'believed he could finish' software dev 'project alone and therefore that the rules did not apply to him' Security16 Jun 2025 | 103
Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Cyber-crime12 Jun 2025 | 1
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out 'BrowserVenom' is pure poison Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 5
Hire me! To drop malware on your computer FIN6 moves from point-of-sale compromise to phishing recruiters Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 3
CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming The botnet’s still alive and evolving Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 |
Trump guts digital ID rules, claims they help 'illegal aliens' commit fraud Also axes secure software mandates - optional is the new secure, apparently Security10 Jun 2025 | 66
M&S online ordering system operational 46 days after cyber shutdown A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back Cyber-crime10 Jun 2025 | 18
Let them eat junk food: Major organic supplier to Whole Foods, Walmart, hit by cyberattack United Natural Foods shut down some of its systems on June 5 after spotting network intruders Cyber-crime09 Jun 2025 | 5
Chinese spy crew appears to be preparing for conflict by backdooring 75+ critical orgs SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers Research09 Jun 2025 | 17
ChatGPT used for evil: Fake IT worker resumes, misinfo, and cyber-op assist OpenAI boots accounts linked to 10 malicious campaigns Research06 Jun 2025 | 23
Uncle Sam moves to seize $7.7M laundered by North Korean IT worker ring The cash has been frozen for more than two years Security06 Jun 2025 | 3
Your ransomware nightmare just came true – now what? Feature Don't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can CSO06 Jun 2025 | 40
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on RedLine dev and Russia-backed cronies Any info on Maxim Rudometov and his associates? There's $$$ in it for you Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 1
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 12
HMRC: Crooks broke into 100k accounts, stole £43M from British taxpayer in late 2024 It’s definitely not a cyberattack though! Really! Public Sector05 Jun 2025 | 29
Play ransomware crims exploit SimpleHelp flaw in double-extortion schemes Recompiled binaries and phone threats used to boost the pressure Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 1
Ransomware scum leak patient data after disrupting chemo treatments at Kettering Literally adding insult to injury Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 11
Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns Victims include hospitality, retail and education sectors Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 24
Crims stole 40,000 people's data from our network, admits publisher Lee Enterprises Did somebody say ransomware? Not the newspaper group, not even to deny it Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 2
‘Deliberate attack’ deletes shopping app’s AWS and GitHub resources CEO of India's KiranaPro, which brings convenience stores online, vows to name the perp Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 22
You say Cozy Bear, I say Midnight Blizzard, Voodoo Bear, APT29 … Opinion Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and pals promise clarity on cybercrew naming, deliver alias salad instead Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 14
Crooks fleece The North Face accounts with recycled logins Outdoorsy brand blames credential stuffing Cyber-crime03 Jun 2025 | 7
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
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
Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump exclusive 'It's a high-stakes intelligence war,' analyst explains Cyber-crime31 May 2025 | 30
ConnectWise customers get mysterious warning about 'sophisticated' nation-state hack Pen tester on ScreenConnect bug: This one ‘terrifies’ me Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 5
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
Crims defeat human intelligence with fake AI installers they poison with ransomware Take care when downloading AI freebies, researcher tells The Register Cyber-crime30 May 2025 | 7
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
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
DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware Updated SimpleHelp was the vector for the attack Security28 May 2025 |
Don't click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool Millions may fall for it - and end up with malware instead Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 7
New Russian cyber-spy crew Laundry Bear joins the email-stealing pack Dutch intel services, Microsoft go big-game hunting Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 11
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 scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 9
Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam Callous fraudster tricked elderly gents into smuggling meth hidden in chocolate truffles Offbeat23 May 2025 | 13
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit If it ain't broke? Datacenter Networking Nexus23 May 2025 | 1
Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2
Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 6
Russia's Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs' email servers Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh Security21 May 2025 | 10
FBI, Microsoft, international cops bust Lumma infostealer service Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M Cyber-crime21 May 2025 |
Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users Bribed support staff identified, fired Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 17
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 | 42
Scattered Spider snared financial orgs before targeting shops in Britain, America interview Crew ain't done hopping sectors, Unit 42 threat hunter warns Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 4
'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds Nothing like insecure code in security suites CSO21 May 2025 | 4
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
SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars Proving yet again that crims are bad at search hygiene Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 29
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
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good' INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks CSO18 May 2025 | 66
Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Public Sector16 May 2025 | 27
DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 18
Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores Interview DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 6
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
Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer Would you believe it, this RaaS cartel says Russia is off limits Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 23
Ransomware scum have put a target on the no man's land between IT and operations Defenses are weaker, and victims are more likely to pay, SANS warns CSO14 May 2025 | 17