Cybercrime

The Guardian ransomware attack hits week two as staff told to work from home

Updated UK data watchdog would like a word over failure to systems

Security04 Jan 2023 | 21

LockBit: Sorry about the SickKids ransomware, not sorry about the rest

Blame it on the affiliate

Security04 Jan 2023 | 16

Back to work, Linux admins: You may have a CVSS 10 kernel bug to address

In brief Also, script kiddies are coming for your gift cards, and Meta's Cambridge Analytica pathetic payout

Security24 Dec 2022 | 23

LastPass admits attackers have a copy of customers’ password vaults

Thankfully a well encrypted copy that could take an eon to crack, unless users practiced bad password hygiene

Security23 Dec 2022 | 121

Godfather malware makes banking apps an offer they can’t refuse

No horse heads in beds...that we know of

Security22 Dec 2022 | 7

Swatting suspects charged with subverting Ring doorbell cams and calling cops

Heavily armed US police turning up on the doorstep is no laughing matter

Security20 Dec 2022 | 34

Email hijackers scam food out of businesses, not just money

In brief Also, TLC gets schooled by Karakurt, and Cloudflare is offering free zero trust stuff to some small companies

Security17 Dec 2022 | 20

Twitter staffer turned Saudi spy jailed for 3.5 years

Tweeter, tailor, soldier, bye

Cyber-crime16 Dec 2022 | 40

Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared

Cops give denial-of-service sites an extra special denial of service

Security15 Dec 2022 | 2

Anti-money laundering bill targeting cryptocurrency introduced in US Senate

Frankly my dear, I do give a DAAML

Personal Tech15 Dec 2022 | 11

Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs

If you get email from 'Samantha Wolf', congrats: you're important enough to make a decent target

Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 1

Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds

Nuclear, hypersonic hardware is one thing, but you can probably keep the quantum computer stuff, Vlad

Cyber-crime14 Dec 2022 | 5

LockBit threatens to leak confidential info stolen from California's beancounters

Databases, details of 'sexual proceedings in court' and more apparently pilfered from finance IT

Security13 Dec 2022 | 1

Researchers smell a cryptomining Chaos RAT targeting Linux systems

Smells like Russian miscreants

Security13 Dec 2022 | 10

This ransomware gang is a right Royal pain in the AES for healthcare orgs

Nothing like your medical files being taken hostage for millions of dollars

CSO09 Dec 2022 | 8

REvil-hit Medibank to pull plug on IT, shore up defenses

If safety regulations are written in blood, what are security policies written in? Sweat and cursing?

CSO08 Dec 2022 | 1

Weep for the cybercriminals who fell for online scams and lost $2.5m last year

I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm sure the message from IRS refunds is legit

Cyber-crime08 Dec 2022 | 19

Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank

Where's the Night's Watch when you need them?

Cyber-crime07 Dec 2022 | 9

Four suspects cuffed, face extradition over tax refund scam plot

RDP servers allegedly raided in hunt for personal info to exploit

Security06 Dec 2022 | 2

Medibank prognosis gets worse after more stolen data leaked

Plus Australia launches an investigation into insurer's data privacy practices

Security02 Dec 2022 | 11

FBI warns about Cuba, no, not that one — the ransomware gang

Critical infrastructure attacks ramping up

Security02 Dec 2022 | 1

Criminals use trending TikTok challenge to make data-stealing malware invisible

PSA: Don't download unknown apps even if they promise naked people

Security29 Nov 2022 | 7

International cops arrest hundreds of fraudsters, money launderers and cocaine kingpins

$155,000-a-month lifestyle ends in cuffs for suspected crim

Security29 Nov 2022 | 24

'Pig butchering' romance scam domains seized and slaughtered by the Feds

'We allege these fraudsters bled dry each of their victims' of $10m

Security23 Nov 2022 | 14

Two arrested in massive $575m cryptocurrency 'Ponzi scheme'

Yet another cautionary tale of diving into crypto investment opps

Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 26

Hive ransomware crooks extort $100m from 1,300 global victims

FBI, CISA sound the alarm and detail IOCs

Security18 Nov 2022 | 4

Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement

There's a legal line between book borrowing and piracy

Cyber-crime18 Nov 2022 | 57

Iranian cyberspies exploited Log4j to break into a US govt network

It's the gift to cybercriminals that keeps on giving

Security16 Nov 2022 | 8

Australia to 'stand up and punch back' against cyber crims

Creates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2022 | 27

Instagram star gets 11 years for $300m email scam plot

Hushpuppi swaps private jet, Dubai penthouse for prison duds and $1.7m to victims

Cyber-crime10 Nov 2022 | 34

Wells Fargo, Zelle slammed by Liz Warren over rampant online banking fraud

Customers 'more than twice' as likely to be hit by scams, says Dem Senator

Cyber-crime09 Nov 2022 | 34

Feds find Silk Road thief's $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe

Uncle Sam follows the money ... all the way to a single-board computer

Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 50

French-speaking voleurs stole $30m in 15-country bank, telecoms cyber-heist spree

Smooth 'OPERA1ER' hit orgs around the world over four or more years

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2022 | 10

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group

Yet another pathetic 'stunt' from pro-Kremlin criminals

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 5

Ransomware cost US banks $1.2 billion last year

Up 188% on 2020 but could be because financial institutions were encouraged to report incidents

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 2

German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk

Deutschland im Deep Web destroyed

Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 11

Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts

This is why we can't have nice things

Research27 Oct 2022 | 14

Feds accuse Ukrainian of renting out PC-raiding Raccoon malware to fiends

Separately, charges slapped on alleged operator of dark market, The Real Deal

Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 1

Payment terminal malware steals $3.3m worth of credit card numbers – so far

With shops leaving VNC and RDP open, quelle surprise

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 14

DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing

With Microsoft and LinkedIn close on shipping giant's heels

Research24 Oct 2022 | 4

Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it's now a backdoor

And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines

Research21 Oct 2022 | 1

Team Interpol: Metaverse Police

Attempted revival of virtual reality is only just beginning and already the cops just want to take a look around

Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 18

CISA warns of security holes in industrial Advantech, Hitachi kit

When we concede that everything has bugs, we wish it wasn't quite everything

Patches20 Oct 2022 | 2

Verizon prepaid accounts hijacked by SIM swap crooks

Nightmare for those with one-time security codes texted to their phones

Security19 Oct 2022 | 7

India to lead drive for global crypto regulations to bust money laundering

As president of the G20, it will have the platform to make it happen

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 6

FBI: Looking for Biden's student loan forgiveness? Watch out for these scams

You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and steal identities?

Cyber-crime19 Oct 2022 | 8

Cops swoop after crooks use wireless keyfob hack to steal cars

Hotwiring is so 2021

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 116

Ex-WSJ reporter says he was framed in elaborate 'hack-and-smear' operation

Wild story of a multinational law firm, cyber-mercenaries, a sheikh, and more

Security18 Oct 2022 | 12

'Baby Al Capone' to pay $22m to SIM-swap crypto-heist victim

Too young to drive, old enough to bribe AT&T staff, apparently

Cyber-crime15 Oct 2022 | 18

Banks face their 'darkest hour' as malware steps up, maker of antivirus says

Interview When I saw it, I had to reverse engineer it, Kaspersky's lead security researcher tells us

Security13 Oct 2022 | 17

Prison inmate accused of orchestrating $11M fraud using cell cellphone

Judge rejects defense effort to toss warrantless device search on privacy grounds

Security13 Oct 2022 | 29

Crypto exchange Bittrex coughs up $53m to end claims of US sanctions busting

Feds also said the biz sucked at policing transactions for suspicious activity – as if!

Cyber-crime11 Oct 2022 | 12

Singtel confirms digital burglary at Dialog subsidiary

Second of Singapore telco's Australian businesses to be prised open by criminals in weeks

Cyber-crime10 Oct 2022 |

Huge nonprofit hospital network suffers IT meltdown after 'security incident'

Ambulances diverted, patient records frozen, rhymes with handsome wear

Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 18

NetWalker ransomware scumbag jailed for 20 years

And note to his crime pals – he said he would sing like a canary

Cyber-crime05 Oct 2022 | 6

DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson

‘This is not what justice looks like’ says official on sanction for leak of 100 million records

Cyber-crime05 Oct 2022 | 40