Ukrainian cops nab suspects accused of stealing $4.3m from victims across Europe If the price looks too good to be true, it probably is Cyber-crime01 Apr 2023 | 4
Do you use comms software from 3CX? What to do next after biz hit in supply chain attack Miscreants hit downstream customers with infostealers Cyber-crime30 Mar 2023 | 22
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FTX cryptovillain Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials Court gives him new rules: Use one laptop, while living with the 'rents. Cyber-crime29 Mar 2023 | 52
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President Biden kind of mostly bans commercial spyware from US govt Executive order has loopholes for Uncle Sam's snoop tools and American-made code Cyber-crime28 Mar 2023 | 15
Bogus ChatGPT extension steals Facebook cookies All aboard the chatbot hype train! Next stop: Fraud Cyber-crime23 Mar 2023 | 9
B-List celebs including Lindsay Lohan fined after crypto shill probe Didn't disclose payments as mastermind pumped up value of tokens with fake trades Cyber-crime23 Mar 2023 | 40
BreachForums shuts down ... but the RaidForums cybercrime universe will likely spawn a trilogy Admins decide reviving crime-mart is dangerous, hint at new chapter Cyber-crime22 Mar 2023 | 2
Australian FinTech takes itself offline to deal with cyber incident that caused data leak Latitude blames a 'major vendor' for its woes. Is that a vendor? A cloud? Whoever they are, they're in trouble Cyber-crime21 Mar 2023 | 4
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 | 5
You've been pwned, how much will each stolen customer SSN cost you? How about $7.5k? At the very least, with other costs on top Cyber-crime18 Mar 2023 | 16
Feds arrest and charge exiled Chinese billionaire over massive crypto fraud This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more Cyber-crime17 Mar 2023 | 22
FTX inner circle helped itself to $3.2B, liquidators say SBF alone pocketed $2.2B, or so this bankruptcy paperwork goes Cyber-crime16 Mar 2023 | 20
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
India floats idea of dedicated tribunal to handle online offences Consultation for the long-awaited Digital India Act is finally under way although the draft law's still not been revealed Cyber-crime13 Mar 2023 | 2
Acronis downplays intrusion after 12GB trove leaks online Cyber-thief said goal was to 'humiliate' data-protection biz Cyber-crime10 Mar 2023 | 8
FBI and international cops catch a NetWire RAT Malware-seekers were diverted to the Feds, severing a Croatian connection Cyber-crime10 Mar 2023 | 4
Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons Snowden-esque 'Vulkan' dossier links Moscow firm to FSB, GRU, SRV
So you want to integrate OpenAI's bot. Here's how that worked for software security scanner Socket Exclusive Hint: Hundreds of malicious npm and PyPI packages spotted
Uptime guarantees don't apply when you turn a machine off, then on again, to 'fix' it On Call The chap who took the support call for the SEV-1 incident survived – just
NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General
Version 100 of the MIT Lisp Machine software recovered A new version of very old software for a very old, but very important, computer
Azure blunder left Bing results editable, MS 365 accounts potentially exposed 'BingBang' boo-boo affected other internal Microsoft apps, too
Psst! Infosec bigwigs: Wanna be head of security at HM Treasury for £50k? Juicy private sector job vs … money off a season travel ticket
Pro-Russia cyber gang Winter Vivern puts US, Euro lawmakers in line of fire Winter is coming for NATO countries
FTC urged to freeze OpenAI's 'biased, deceptive' GPT-4 AI policy wonks slam chatty hallucination-prone model in formal complaint
US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too Cyber-crime09 Mar 2023 | 8
Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19
Acer confirms server intrusion after miscreant offers 160GB cache of stolen files Customer info safe, or so we're told Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 4
DoppelPaymer ransomware suspects cuffed, alleged ringleaders escape Millions extorted from victims, one attack left hospital patient dead Cyber-crime06 Mar 2023 | 4
Warning on SolarWinds-like supply-chain attacks: 'They're just getting bigger' SCSW Industry hasn't 'improved much at all' Mandiant's Eric Scales tells us Cyber-crime03 Mar 2023 | 22
Intruder alert: WH Smith hit by another cyber attack Less than a year after Funky Pigeon leaked data of greetings cards biz Cyber-crime02 Mar 2023 | 14
Dish: Someone snatched our data, if you're wondering why our IT systems went down Outage-hit telco still won't confirm ransomware infection, or if it's paying up Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 4
News Corp outfoxed by IT intruders for years All the news that's fit to pwn Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 37
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
Russian charged with smuggling US counterintel tech to Motherland In brief Also, don't download that 'ChatGPT Windows client,' and this week's critical vulnerabilities to keep an eye on Cyber-crime27 Feb 2023 | 8
Bitcoin mining rig found stashed in school crawlspace Pics Don't blame the kids! Ex-city employee charged with $17k power theft Cyber-crime24 Feb 2023 | 84
Ukraine invasion blew up Russian cybercrime alliances Study: Old pacts ditched the moment Moscow moved in Cyber-crime24 Feb 2023 | 20
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
FTX fiasco founder SBF faces further fraud charges Fake donors allegedly padded politicians' pockets, both Republican and Democrat Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 | 21
Datacenters in China, Singapore cracked by crims who then targeted tenants Infiltrators tried to create fake remote hands tasks, alter visitor lists Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 |
Lawyers join forces to fight common enemy: The SEC and its probes into cyber-victims Did the financial watchdog just do the impossible and herd cats? Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 | 10
DNA testing biz vows to improve infosec after criminals break into database it forgot it had Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions Cyber-crime20 Feb 2023 | 13
'Russian hacktivists' brag of flooding German airport sites In other words, script kiddies up to shenanigans again Cyber-crime17 Feb 2023 | 4
Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities Cyber-crime17 Feb 2023 | 7
More victims of fake crypto investor scam speak to The Register Exclusive UK-based Coin Publishers were conned out of $206,000 after meeting in a Barcelona hotel Cyber-crime16 Feb 2023 | 50
Russian crook made $90M exploiting stolen info on Tesla, Roku, Avnet, Snap, more Undisclosed earnings reports swiped, exploited Cyber-crime15 Feb 2023 | 4
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
Romance scammers' favorite lies cost victims $1.3B last year Don't trust your super-hot military boyfriend you've never met. He doesn't exist Cyber-crime10 Feb 2023 | 18
Reddit reveals security incident that looks more SNAFU than TIFU Phishing hooked internal documents, code, and some non-critical systems, but users' personal info safe Cyber-crime10 Feb 2023 | 8
Scammers steal $4 million in crypto during face-to-face meeting Demand to display wallet full of coin facilitated mystery heist Cyber-crime08 Feb 2023 | 86
Iran crew stole Charlie Hebdo database, says Microsoft Same gang pestered US voters during 2020 presidential election Cyber-crime04 Feb 2023 | 8
Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 16
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
Super Bock says 'cyber' nasty 'disrupting computer services' Portugal's biggest exporter of beer warns of restrictions to supply chain Cyber-crime02 Feb 2023 | 12
Amid FTX's burning wreckage, Japan outpost promises asset withdrawals in February Well what do you know – plenty of hard-nosed regulation by central authorities actually protected investors Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 10
South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2
The wages of sin aren't that great if you're a developer choosing the dark side Salary report shows OKish pay, plus the possibility of getting ripped off and the whole prison thing Cyber-crime30 Jan 2023 | 18
Gootloader malware updated with PowerShell, sneaky JavaScript Perhaps a good time to check for unwelcome visitors Cyber-crime30 Jan 2023 | 5
JD Sports admits intruder accessed 10 million customers' data No payment details exposed in breach, says retailer, but shoppers told to be 'vigilant about potential scams' Cyber-crime30 Jan 2023 | 25
Mon Dieu! Suspected French ShinyHunters gang member in the dock Man seized in Morocco is now presumably sleepless in Seattle Cyber-crime28 Jan 2023 | 6
Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA New meaning to sweetening the pot Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 5
UK Cyber Security Centre's scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 10
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
Bloke allegedly stole, sold private info belonging to 'tens of millions' globally If true, was it worth the $500k and prison jumpsuit? Cyber-crime26 Jan 2023 | 7
FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heist Well played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important? Cyber-crime25 Jan 2023 | 4
Crims steal data on 40 million T-Mobile US customers Sixth snafu in five years? Crooks have this useless carrier on speed dial Cyber-crime20 Jan 2023 | 12
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 18
Mailchimp 'fesses up to second digital burglary in five months Social engineering helped intruders break into customers' inboxes again Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 11
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
Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group Well whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits Cyber-crime17 Jan 2023 | 11
For password protection, dump LastPass for open source Bitwarden Opinion After the security breach last summer, staying put is playing with fire Cyber-crime16 Jan 2023 | 131
Royal Mail, cops probe 'cyber incident' that's knackered international mail Final update Don't go postal and call it a cyberattack because nobody knows (yet) what knocked out key system Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 57
Health insurer Aflac blames US partner for leak of Japanese cancer policy info Zurich’s Japanese outpost also leaks a couple of million records Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 2
JP Morgan must face suit from Ray-Ban maker after crooks drained $272m from accounts Don't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no Cyber-crime06 Jan 2023 | 17
UK's Guardian newspaper breaks news of ransomware attack on itself Reporters work from home as publication promises Thursday's print edition will hit newstands on time Cyber-crime21 Dec 2022 | 44
Twitter staffer turned Saudi spy jailed for 3.5 years Tweeter, tailor, soldier, bye Cyber-crime16 Dec 2022 | 40
SEC charges crew of social media influencers with $100m fraud Defendants allegedly 'discussed their scheme’ in recorded chats on Discord and Twitter that ‘they believed were private’ Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 19
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
UK arrests five for selling 'dodgy' point of sale software Turns a $100 bottle of wine into a $4 soft drink to avoid tax, earning probe by major governments Cyber-crime12 Dec 2022 | 73
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
North Korea hits new low by using Seoul Halloween tragedy to exploit Internet Explorer zero-day Evil, pure and simple Cyber-crime08 Dec 2022 | 13
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
KmsdBot botnet is down after operator sends typo in command Cashdollar: 'It’s not often we get this kind of story in security' Cyber-crime06 Dec 2022 | 31
Domain aging gang CashRewindo picks vintage sites to push malvertising Like fine wine, the longer it sits, the better it is Cyber-crime02 Dec 2022 | 22
Intruders get their hands on user data in LastPass incident Password manager says credentials safely encrypted, confirms link to August attack Cyber-crime01 Dec 2022 | 64
European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism Cyber-crime24 Nov 2022 | 56
US offshore oil and gas installation at 'increasing' risk of cyberattack GAO says 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will look like a walk in the park Cyber-crime21 Nov 2022 | 8
Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement There's a legal line between book borrowing and piracy Cyber-crime18 Nov 2022 | 57
Google wins lawsuit against alleged Russian botnet herders Judge tells tale of two men, their lawyer, and a 'willful campaign... to mislead the court' Cyber-crime17 Nov 2022 | 7
Notorious Emotet botnet returns after a few months off And it's been sending out hundreds of thousands of malicious emails a day Cyber-crime17 Nov 2022 | 3
Cloud vendors should take some responsibility for stolen compute, says Canalys CEO Canalys Forums APAC Crypto winter also attributed to semiconductor slumps in recent quarters Cyber-crime16 Nov 2022 | 5
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
LockBit suspect cuffed after ransomware forces emergency services to use pen and paper In Brief Plus: CISA has a flowchart for patching, privacy campaign goes after face search engine Cyber-crime12 Nov 2022 | 13
Australia blames Russia for harboring health insurance hackers Crims accessed 10 million customer records and are releasing intimate medical details Cyber-crime11 Nov 2022 | 21
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
Husband and wife nuclear warship 'spy' team get 20 years each The Toebbes tried selling US Navy secrets, but handed them right to the FBI Cyber-crime10 Nov 2022 | 27
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
Experian, T-Mobile US settle data spills for mere $16m Two breaches: one in 2012, another in 2015 – saw 18m folks' records stolen Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 4
FBI: Russian hacktivists achieve only 'limited' DDoS success OK, so you've got a botnet. That don't impress me much Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 6
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
Can confidential computing stop the next crypto heist? Tech giants and startups hype next big thing in security Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 18