Criminals spent 10 days in US dental insurer's systems extracting data of 9 million LockBit gang claimed 'trophy' of spilling low income families' details. Their parents must be proud Cyber-crime31 May 2023 | 6
New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack security in brief Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns Security29 May 2023 | 8
BlackByte ransomware crew lists city of Augusta after cyber 'incident' Mayor promises to comment on Friday Cyber-crime26 May 2023 | 2
Philly Inquirer says Cuba ransomware gang's data leak claims are fake news Now that's a Rocky relationship Cyber-crime24 May 2023 |
IT security analyst admits hijacking cyber attack to pocket ransom payments Ashley Liles altered blackmail emails in bid to make off with £300,000 in Bitcoin Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 22
US bans North Korean outsourcer and its feisty freelancers They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 3
Dish confirms 300,000 people's data was exposed in February's attack But don't worry – we know it was deleted. Hmm. How would you know that? Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 4
Microsoft decides it will be the one to choose which secure login method you use Certificate-based authentication comes first and phones last CSO18 May 2023 | 55
'Strictly limit' remote desktop – unless you like catching BianLian ransomware Do it or don't. We're not cops. But the FBI are, and they have this to say CSO17 May 2023 | 32
Ransomware-as-a-service groups rain money on their affiliates Qilin gang crims can earn up to 85 percent of extortion cash, or jail Cyber-crime17 May 2023 | 4
Feds offer $10m reward for info on alleged Russian ransomware crim Infecting cops' computers is one way to put a target on your back Cyber-crime17 May 2023 | 1
No more macros? No problem, say miscreants, we'll adapt Microsoft blocking 'net scripts sparked 'monumental shift' in attacks CSO15 May 2023 | 10
Ransomware corrupts data, so backups can be faster and cheaper than paying up Smash and grab raids don’t leave time for careful encryption Cyber-crime15 May 2023 | 31
Toyota's bungling of customer privacy is becoming a pattern in brief Also: 3D printing gun mods = jail time; France fines Clearview AI for ignoring fine; this week's critical vulns, and more Security15 May 2023 | 33
Western Digital: Customer info stolen in that IT attack Hard times for buyers of these hard drives Cyber-crime08 May 2023 | 8
A right Royal pain in the Dallas: City IT systems crippled by ransomware Texas officials preach limited government ... but not this limited Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 21
Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves Ransoms, investigations, and breach-related lawsuits are hitting companies in the wallet, law firm says Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 6
How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims It's like those TV movies where a spy cuts a wire and the whole building's security goes out Research24 Apr 2023 | 16
Let's take a closer look at these claims of anti-ransomware SSDs Inevitably, there's AI involved. Could it work? Storage24 Apr 2023 | 33
That 3CX supply chain attack keeps getting worse: Other vendors hit In Brief Also, Finland sentences CEO of breach company to prison (kind of), and this week's laundry list of critical vulns CSO24 Apr 2023 | 9
Medusa ransomware crew brags about spreading Bing, Cortana source code 'Does have a somewhat Lapsus$ish feel' we're told Cyber-crime19 Apr 2023 | 12
LockBit crew cooks up half-baked Mac ransomware Please, no need to fix these problems Security17 Apr 2023 | 8
40% of IT security pros say they've been told not to report a data leak In Brief Plus: KFC, Pizza Hut owner spills more beans on ransomware hit... latest critical flaws... and more Cyber-crime11 Apr 2023 | 16
Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike Oh, sure, let's play a game of legal and technical whack-a-mole Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 8
US defense tech veterans call for a separate Cyber Force Analysis A seventh branch of the military is needed to address rising threats Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 21
Lawyers cough up $200k after health data stolen in Microsoft Exchange pillaging In addition to $100k given to LockBit Security27 Mar 2023 | 8
CISA unleashes Untitled Goose Tool to honk at danger in Microsoft's cloud Not a headline we expected to write today CSO24 Mar 2023 | 11
Ferrari in a spin as crims steal a car-load of customer data Speeds away from the very suggestion it would ever pay a ransom Cyber-crime21 Mar 2023 | 8
BianLian ransomware crew goes 100% extortion after free decryptor lands No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that Cyber-crime19 Mar 2023 | 6
Got Conti? Here's the ransomware cure to avoid paying up Kaspersky cracks the code, so get busy before the next update comes Security16 Mar 2023 | 5
Cancer patient sues hospital after ransomware gang leaks her nude medical photos Victim offered two years of credit monitoring after highly sensitive records dumped online Security15 Mar 2023 | 36
Microsoft squashes Windows bug exploited to inflict ransomware misery Not-so-smart SmartScreen flagged up by Googlers Patches14 Mar 2023 | 5
LockBit brags: We'll leak thousands of SpaceX blueprints stolen from supplier And also, Ring hit with ransomware, too? No, says Amazon Cyber-crime13 Mar 2023 | 19
Zoll Medical says intruders had 1M+ patient, staff records at their fingertips Names, addresses, SSNs all up for grabs Security13 Mar 2023 | 3
What happens if you 'cover up' a ransomware infection? For Blackbaud, a $3m charge File under cost of doing business CSO10 Mar 2023 | 9
EPA orders US states to check cyber security of public water supplies Don’t let miscreants poison the wells Security06 Mar 2023 | 8
DoppelPaymer ransomware suspects cuffed, alleged ringleaders escape Millions extorted from victims, one attack left hospital patient dead Cyber-crime06 Mar 2023 | 4
Where are the women in cyber security? On the dark side, study suggests In Brief Also, Royal ransomware metastasizes to other critical sectors, and this week's critical vulnerabilities Security06 Mar 2023 | 44
Frankenstein malware stitched together from code of others disguised as PyPI package Crime-as-a-service vendors mix and match components as needed by client Research03 Mar 2023 | 3
PlugX RAT masquerades as legit Windows debugger to slip past security DLL side-loading does the trick, again Security01 Mar 2023 | 3
US Marshals Service leaks ‘law enforcement sensitive information’ in ransomware incident It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 5
Microsoft grows automated assault disruption to cover BEC, ransomware campaigns There’s no HumOR in cyberattacks Security24 Feb 2023 | 9
Suspected Russian NLBrute malware boss extradited to US Dariy Pankov accused of infiltrating systems, selling tool and passwords to other miscreants Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 | 9
Dole production plants crippled by ransomware, stores run short Yes, we have no bananas, and things aren't looking peachy on the salad front Security23 Feb 2023 | 17
GoDaddy joins the dots and realizes it's been under attack for three years In brief Also: Russia may legalize hacking; Oakland declares ransomware emergency; the CVEs you should know about this week Security20 Feb 2023 | 19
ESXiArgs ransomware fights off Team America's data recovery script Want a clue to what you’re dealing with? Check the ransom note Security16 Feb 2023 | 1
Record-breaking number of record-breaking DDoS attacks confirmed And growing abuse of cloud – because using hijacked Brazilian cable modems to down sites is so 2013 Security14 Feb 2023 |
Crypto mixer Sinbad looks uncannily like a remix of North Korea's notorious Blender Lazarus Group’s favorite digi-dollar launderer may have risen again Software14 Feb 2023 | 12
LockBit's Royal Mail ransom deadline flies by. No data released in brief Also: Russian wiper malware authors turn to data theft, plus this week's critical vulns Cyber-crime13 Feb 2023 | 9
Ransomware crooks steal 3m+ patients' medical records, personal info All that data coming soon to a darkweb crime forum near you? Cyber-crime11 Feb 2023 | 21
US, UK slap sanctions on Russians linked to Conti, Ryuk, Trickbot malware Any act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden Cyber-crime10 Feb 2023 | 8
Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victims? FBI and CISA to the rescue Evil code hits more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds Security08 Feb 2023 | 1
LockBit brags it pumped ION full of ransomware Crims put a February 4 deadline for software slinger to pay up Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 3
Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty in data theft and extortion case Nickolas Sharp now faces up to 35 years in prison Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 5
FBI smokes ransomware Hive after secretly buzzing around gang's network for months Uncle Sam doles out decryption keys to 300+ victims amid sting op Cyber-crime26 Jan 2023 | 3
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 18
Ransomware severs 1,000 ships from on-shore servers Get your eyepatch out: Cyber attacks on the high seas are trending Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 24
Been hit by BianLian ransomware? Here's your get-out-of-jail-free card Avast issues a free decryptor so victims can get their data back Security18 Jan 2023 | 3
Freedom for MegaCortex ransomware victims – the fix is out Criminals hit 1,800 victims across 71 countries to the tune of $100m+ Security06 Jan 2023 | 4
Rackspace blames ransomware woes on zero-day attack Play gang blamed, ProxyNotShell cleared and hosted Exchange doomed Security05 Jan 2023 | 13
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