North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88 million over six years
DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers
Cyber-crime13 Dec 2024 |
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Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push
Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains
Cyber-crime12 Dec 2024 | 4
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security
Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards
Security11 Dec 2024 | 29
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Cyber-crime11 Dec 2024 | 4
Heart surgery device maker's security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen
Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly
Cyber-crime10 Dec 2024 | 20
Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after 'cringey couple' sentenced
Streamer's trademark dramatic style takes on Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde
Cyber-crime10 Dec 2024 | 6
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets?
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 23
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare
A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 9
Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service
Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 12
Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks
Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns
Security06 Dec 2024 | 4
PoC exploit chains Mitel MiCollab 0-day, auth-bypass bug to access sensitive files
updated Still unpatched 100+ days later, watchTowr says
Cyber-crime06 Dec 2024 | 4
Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday'
Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg
Security06 Dec 2024 | 16
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
British hospitals hit by cyberattacks still battling to get systems back online
Updated Children's hospital and cardiac unit say criminals broke in via shared 'digital gateway service'
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 21
BT Group confirms attackers tried to break into Conferencing division
Sensitive data allegedly stolen from US subsidiary following Black Basta post
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 8
Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker's bankruptcy
Stoli Group on the rocks in the US
Security05 Dec 2024 | 35
Cops arrest suspected admin of German-language crime bazaar
Drugs, botnets, forged docs, and more generated fortune for platform sellers
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2024 | 23
Eurocops take down 'secure' criminal chat system known as Matrix
Updated They took the red pill
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2024 | 45
Major energy contractor reports 'limited' access to IT after ransomware locks files
ENGlobal customers include the Pentagon as well as major oil and gas producers
Security03 Dec 2024 | 11
Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year
Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 18
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British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks
High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway
Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla
Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention
AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security
Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards
Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10
Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Linux 6.12 is the new long term supported kernel
Mid-November release will be maintained for 'several years'
Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs
Pictures The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history
Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug
More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes
Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies
No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs
STORIES
Russia gives life sentence to Hydra dark web kingpin after seizing a ton of drugs
No exaggeration – literally a ton. Plus, 15 co-conspirators also put behind bars
Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 27
Data on 760K workers from Xerox, Nokia, BofA, Morgan Stanley and more dumped online
Yet another result of the MOVEit mess
Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 3
Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI's most wanted list
The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin
Cyber-crime02 Dec 2024 | 58
RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC
Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players
Cyber-crime30 Nov 2024 | 2
Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2024 | 21
NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper
Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled
Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 56
The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you're fired
Scumbags play on victims' worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal
Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 50
Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink
Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys
Cyber-crime27 Nov 2024 | 15
Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed
Complaint claims he trespassed, gave himself discounts, and sorted CCTV access…
Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 24
Another 'major cyber incident' at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away
Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack
Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 53
Supply chain management vendor Blue Yonder succumbs to ransomware
And it looks like major UK retailers that rely on it are feeling the pinch
Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 9
China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House
Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 51
Andrew Tate's site ransacked, subscriber data stolen
He'll just have to take this one on the chin
Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 106
SafePay ransomware gang claims Microlise attack that disrupted prison van tracking
Fledgling band of crooks says it stole 1.2 TB of data
Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 3
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest
Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was 'minimal'
Networks21 Nov 2024 | 47
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause'
Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used
Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 59
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
Mega US healthcare payments network restores system 9 months after ransomware attack
Change Healthcare’s $2 billion recovery is still a work in progress
Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 5
Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft
Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed
Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 1
Russian suspected Phobos ransomware admin extradited to US over $16M extortion
This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately)
Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 5
Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account
Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them
Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 12
T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears
updated Un-carrier said to be among those hit by Salt Typhoon, including AT&T, Verizon
Networks18 Nov 2024 | 2
Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
Bootnotes16 Nov 2024 | 39
Bloke behind Helix Bitcoin launderette jailed for three years, hands over $400M
Digital money laundering pays, until it doesn't
Cyber-crime16 Nov 2024 | 7
Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit
Yank access to management interface, stat
CSO15 Nov 2024 | 28
Keyboard robbers steal 171K customers' data from AnnieMac mortgage house
Names and social security numbers of folks looking for the biggest loan of their lives exposed
Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 6
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 | 4
Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence
Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts
Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 6
Kids' shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info
Updated Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud
Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 14
Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it
We call this lead degeneration
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 18
Ransomware fiends boast they've stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network
American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 1
Air National Guardsman gets 15 years after splashing classified docs on Discord
22-year-old talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm!
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 93
Here's what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists
A Canadian and an American living in Turkey 'walk into' cloud storage environments…
Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 5
'Cybersecurity issue' at Food Lion parent blamed for US grocery mayhem
Stores still open, but customers report delayed deliveries, invoicing issues, and more at Stop & Shop and others
Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2
Amazon confirms employee data exposed in leak linked to MOVEit vulnerability
Over 5 million records from 25 organizations posted to black hat forum
Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2
FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams
Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy
Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 12
Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison
Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion bill
Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 24
Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume
Infosec in brief Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more
Security11 Nov 2024 |
Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground
We all know by now that monsters never die, right?
Cyber-crime08 Nov 2024 | 1
Winos4.0 abuses gaming apps to infect, control Windows machines
'Multiple' malware samples likely targeting education orgs
Security08 Nov 2024 | 6
Operation Synergia II sees Interpol swoop on global cyber crims
22,000 IP addresses taken down, 59 servers seized, 41 arrests in 95 countries
Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 3
Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption
Experts say incident has 'all the hallmarks of ransomware'
Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 5
China's Volt Typhoon reportedly breached Singtel in 'test-run' for US telecom attacks
updated Alleged intrusion spotted in June
Security06 Nov 2024 | 5
Scumbag puts 'stolen' Nokia source code, SSH and RSA keys, more up for sale
Data pinched from pwned outside supplier, thief claims
Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 6
Schneider Electric ransomware crew demands $125k paid in baguettes
Hellcat crew claimed to have gained access via the company's Atlassian Jira system
Cyber-crime05 Nov 2024 | 46
A Kansas pig butchering: CEO who defrauded bank, church, friends gets 24 years
FBI recovers just $8M after scam crashes Heartland Tri-State Bank
Cyber-crime05 Nov 2024 | 17
Columbus, Ohio, confirms 500K people affected by Rhysida ransomware attack
Victims were placed in serious danger following highly sensitive data dump
Cyber-crime04 Nov 2024 | 5
Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know
Opinion Is that a walrus in your server logs, or aren't you pleased to see me?
Cyber-crime04 Nov 2024 | 24
Six IT contractors accused of swindling Uncle Sam out of millions
Infosec in brief Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more
Security03 Nov 2024 | 11
UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors
Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine
Cyber-crime01 Nov 2024 | 34
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
Tower PC case allegedly used as 'creative cavity' by drug importer
Motherboard missing, leaving space for a million hits of meth
Cyber-crime31 Oct 2024 | 58
Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years
India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time
Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2024 | 15
Fired Disney staffer accused of hacking menu to add profanity, wingdings, removes allergen info
If you're gonna come at the mouse, you need to be better at hiding your tracks
Security30 Oct 2024 | 58
Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive
The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel
Cyber-crime30 Oct 2024 | 18
Uncle Sam outs a Russian accused of developing Redline infostealing malware
Or: why using the same iCloud account for malware development and gaming is a bad idea
Cyber-crime29 Oct 2024 | 4
Belgian cops cuff 2 suspected cybercrooks in Redline, Meta infostealer sting
US also charges an alleged Redline dev, no mention of an arrest
Cyber-crime29 Oct 2024 | 1
Feds investigate China's Salt Typhoon amid campaign phone hacks
'They're taunting us,' investigator says and it looks like it's working
Security28 Oct 2024 | 7
Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta's Threads
Exclusive The platform 'continues to take action' against illegal posts, we're told
Cyber-crime28 Oct 2024 | 20
Dutch cops pwn the Redline and Meta infostealers, leak 'VIP' aliases
Legal proceedings underway with more details to follow
Cybersecurity Month28 Oct 2024 | 5
Putin's pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos
Plus: Iran's IRGC probes election-related websites in swing states
Security25 Oct 2024 | 85
Ransomware's ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers
389 US healthcare orgs infected this year alone
Cybersecurity Month24 Oct 2024 | 1
Voice-enabled AI agents can automate everything, even your phone scams
All for the low, low price of a mere dollar
Security24 Oct 2024 | 28
Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns
Don't ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG
Cyber-crime24 Oct 2024 | 10
'Satanic' data thief claims to have slipped into 350M Hot Topic shoppers info
We know where you got your skinny jeans - big deal
Cyber-crime23 Oct 2024 | 2
Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling
Crooks revert to old ways for greater efficiency
Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2024 | 2
Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files
Miscreants combine it with an equally tricky piece of social engineering
Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2024 | 34
China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms
Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person
Security21 Oct 2024 | 8
Alleged Bitcoin crook faces 5 years after SEC's X account pwned
SIM swappers strike again, warping cryptocurrency prices
Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2024 | 14
ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with 'ESET-branded' wipers
Says 'limited' incident isolated to 'partner company'
Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2024 | 3
Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands began
'My webcam isn't working today' is the new 'The dog ate my network'
Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2024 | 41
Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak
Globe Life claims blackmailers shared stolen into with short sellers
Security17 Oct 2024 |
Brazilian police claim they've cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks
Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief
Cybersecurity Month17 Oct 2024 | 3
Anonymous Sudan isn't any more: Two alleged operators named, charged
Gang said to have developed its evilware on GitHub – then DDoSed GitHub
Cybersecurity Month17 Oct 2024 | 5
US contractor pays $300K to settle accusation it didn't properly look after Medicare users' data
Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled
Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 7
Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew
The German car giant appears to be unconcerned
Cyber-crime16 Oct 2024 | 1
Cisco confirms 'ongoing investigation' after crims brag about selling tons of data
UPDATED Networking giant says 'no evidence' of impact on its systems but will tell customers if their info has been stolen
Cyber-crime15 Oct 2024 | 7
Microsoft says more ransomware stopped before reaching encryption
Volume of attacks still surging though, according to Digital Defense Report
Cyber-crime15 Oct 2024 | 6
China again claims Volt Typhoon cyber-attack crew was invented by the US to discredit it
Enough with the racist-sounding 'dragons' and 'pandas', Beijing complains – then points the finger at koalas
Cybersecurity Month15 Oct 2024 | 17
Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw
No excuses for not patching this nine-month-old issue
Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2024 | 8
Biting the hand that feeds IT
