Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage
Updated SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors
Cyber-crime06 Jul 2025 | 18
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Young Consulting finds even more folks affected in breach mess – now over 1 million
The insurance SaaS slinger may trade under a different name, but past continues to haunt it
Cyber-crime03 Jul 2025 | 1
Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims
Don't let their kind words sway you – leaders are still up to no good
Cyber-crime03 Jul 2025 | 5
23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time
Nonprofit TTAM assures everything is BAU. Whether that makes customers feel better is another matter
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 18
US imposes sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year
Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 10
Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers
Frequent flyers’ info takes flight
Security02 Jul 2025 | 17
International Criminal Court swats away 'sophisticated and targeted' cyberattack
Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign
Cyber-crime01 Jul 2025 | 4
US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams
Resulting in two indictments, one arrest, and 137 laptops seized
Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 1
British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network
Don't leave the door open to disgruntled workers
Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 91
Scattered Spider crime spree takes flight as focus turns to aviation sector
Time ticking for defenders as social engineering pros weave wider web
Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 2
Ex-NATO hacker: 'In the cyber world, there's no such thing as a ceasefire'
interview Watch out for supply chain hacks especially
Cyber-crime28 Jun 2025 | 61
Crims are posing as insurance companies to steal health records and payment info
Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system
Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 | 7
Aloha, you’ve been pwned: Hawaiian Airlines discloses ‘cybersecurity event’
update 'No impact on safety,' FAA tells The Reg
Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 |
Data spill in aisle 5: Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack
Finance, health, and national identification details compromised
Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 | 4
FBI used bitcoin wallet records to peg notorious IntelBroker as UK national
Pro tip: Don't use your personal email account on BreachForums
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 31
Glasgow City Council online services crippled following cyberattack
Nothing confirmed but authority is operating under the assumption that data has been stolen
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 14
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS supplier contributed to patient fatality
Pathology outage caused by Synnovis breach linked to harm across dozens of healthcare facilities
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 7
That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish
Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 2
Supply chain attacks surge with orgs 'flying blind' about dependencies
Who is the third party that does the thing in our thing? Yep. Attacks explode over past year
CSO25 Jun 2025 | 4
French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins
Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes
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Beware of fake SonicWall VPN app that steals users' credentials
A good reminder not to download apps from non-vendor sites
Cyber-crime24 Jun 2025 | 1
Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt
Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony
Cyber-crime24 Jun 2025 | 9
Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes
Plus 'low-level' hacktivist attempts
Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 32
Second attack on McLaren Health Care in a year affects 743k people
Criminals targeted the hospital and physician network’s Detroit cancer clinic this time
Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 1
Experts count staggering costs incurred by UK retail amid cyberattack hell
Cyber Monitoring Centre issues first severity assessment since February launch
Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 27
Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers
Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 14
Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 5
Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations
It's a marketing move to lure more affiliates, says infosec veteran
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 4
Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data
Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 24
Uncle Sam seeks time in tower dump data grab case after judge calls it 'unconstitutional'
Feds told they can't demand a haystack to find a needle
Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 17
Glazed and confused: Hole lotta highly sensitive data nicked from Krispy Kreme
Experts note 'major red flags' in donut giant's security as 161,676 staff and families informed of attack details
Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 48
UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash
Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people
Public Sector19 Jun 2025 | 11
Sneaky Serpentine#Cloud slithers through Cloudflare tunnels to inject orgs with Python-based malware
Phishing, Python and RATs, oh my
Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 2
Minecraft cheaters never win ... but they may get malware
Infostealers posing as popular cheat tools are cropping up on GitHub
Cyber-crime18 Jun 2025 | 7
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 | 1
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 |
Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme
Asia In Brief PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more
Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 | 3
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
'Major compromise' at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes
Exclusive Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2025 | 18
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
Asia dismantles 20,000 malicious domains in infostealer crackdown
Interpol coordinates operation, nabs 32 across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nauru
Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 4
CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming
The botnet’s still alive and evolving
Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 |
Texas warns 300,000 crash reports siphoned via compromised user account
Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud
Cyber-crime10 Jun 2025 | 5
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
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
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
Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans
Philippines company allegedly run by Chinese national has form running scams
Security30 May 2025 | 14
Why is China deep in US networks? 'They're preparing for war,' HR McMaster tells lawmakers
House Homeland Security Committee takes a field trip to Silicon Valley
Cyber-crime29 May 2025 | 43
Victoria's Secret website laid bare for three days after 'security incident'
Knickers outlet knackered
Security29 May 2025 | 40
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
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 attack on MATLAB dev MathWorks – licensing center still locked down
Commercial customers, STEM students all feeling the pain after mega outage of engineering data-analysis tool
Cyber-crime27 May 2025 | 23
Cybercrime is 'orders of magnitude' larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor
INTERVIEW Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware
Cyber-crime24 May 2025 | 26
Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info
Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack
Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 9
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down
Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 1
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
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm
Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 21
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
Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected
Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 36
US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool
The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed
Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 1
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 | 44
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
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge
Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 27
Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider
Updated Tech giant was in process of dropping payroll biz as it learned of breach
Cyber-crime16 May 2025 | 1
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already
AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason
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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
Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion
Ransomware or critical infra hit? Top US manufacturer maintains steely silence
Cyber-crime14 May 2025 | 13
Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info
Market cap down by more than £1B since April 22
Cyber-crime13 May 2025 | 76
Attackers pwn charter airline helping Trump's deportation campaign
Intruders claim they stole GlobalX's flight records and manifests
Cyber-crime12 May 2025 | 49
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