Super Bock says 'cyber' nasty 'disrupting computer services' Portugal's biggest exporter of beer warns of restrictions to supply chain Cyber-crime02 Feb 2023 | 10
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 | 9
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 | 3
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
Atos and Nest part company two years into 18-year £1.5bn contract Exclusive Insiders claim investment trust demanded design changes but didn't adjust deadlines, job cuts loom
Oracle cozies up to IBM, adds Red Hat Enterprise Linux So much for being 'Unbreakable' say developers
Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry
Attackers abuse Microsoft’s 'verified publisher' status to steal data Malicious OAuth apps were the tickets into victims' systems
Broadcom's VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers As 17 percent of customers see Virtzilla's short term strategic significance shrinking
Linux Mint 21.2 includes a bit of feature creep from the GNOME world Plus Xfce flavor desktop based on latest version 4.18
Best time to prepare to leave an Oracle ULA? The day after it starts, say licensing gurus Big Red 'will always start with a large number and negotiate down'
Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least
AMD's Epyc server chips give strong revenue growth, but profits drop 98% CEO Lisa Su's job is vastly more fun that Pat Gelsinger's right now, at least on the balance sheet
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 | 42
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
Japan officially joins NATO's cyber defense center Already red-teaming and blue teaming in the international Locked Shields contest every year Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 4
Breached health insurer won't pay ransom to protect customers, warns of more attacks Australia's Medibank uses a government-approved Band-Aid to cover a gaping 10-milion-record wound Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 14
SolarWinds reaches $26m settlement with shareholders, expects SEC action One 8-K filing, two bombshells Cyber-crime04 Nov 2022 | 14
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
Former Apple worker pleads guilty to $17m mail and wire fraud charges Nefarious schemes included harvesting motherboard components and selling them back to Apple Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 12
Dropbox admits 130 of its private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack Personal info and data safe, stolen code not critical, apparently Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 2
German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk Deutschland im Deep Web destroyed Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 11
India's Home Ministry cracks down on predatory lending apps following suicides Local media say they're China backed, Ministry only mentions organized crime Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 4
Pro-China crew ramps up disinfo ahead of US midterms. Not that anyone's falling for it Hey, Xi, 滚开 Cyber-crime27 Oct 2022 | 16
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
Ransomware down this year – but there's a catch 2021 was such a banner year for extortionists, 2022 is gonna look rosy in comparison Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 1
Health insurer Medibank's data breach diagnosis keeps getting worse All four million customers at risk of having records of medical treatments exposed Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 11
Gone phishing: UK data watchdog fines construction biz £4.4m for poor infosec hygiene Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information Cyber-crime25 Oct 2022 | 11
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
Alert: This ransomware preys on healthcare orgs via weak-ass VPN servers FBI, CISA warn of Daixin gang after OakBend Medical Center hit Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1
Could you not? BlackByte ransomware slinger twists the knife with data stealer Your IT storage may go from terabytes to Exbytes Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 3
Hacktivists say they stole 100,000 emails from Iran's nuclear energy agency Tehran laughs it off as foreign psyop or media stunt. Just don't remind them about Stuxnet, OK? Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward Updated Australia's Medibank says it's been shown stolen data that includes details of treatments administered to customers Cyber-crime20 Oct 2022 | 12
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
Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans Lesser of two REvils? There’s a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 4
Cops swoop after crooks use wireless keyfob hack to steal cars Hotwiring is so 2021 Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 116
Interpol busts global 'Black Axe' cyber-fraud suspects 75 collars felt, $1.2m seized in bid to cut off crime network’s financial lifeline Cyber-crime17 Oct 2022 | 3
'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
Store credit card numbers in a debug log, lose millions of accounts. Cost? $1.9m That's roughly 300,000 Shein crop tops Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 4
LockBit 3.0 malware forced NHS tech supplier to shut down hosted sites Managed software provider Advanced admits some customer data 'exfiltrated' in August ransomware attack Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 2
Mormon Church IT ransacked, data stolen by 'state-sponsored' cyber-thieves Don't get your underwear in a twist Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 54
Insurer Medibank hit by targeted cyberattack Hot on heels of Optus and Dialog breaches, criminals turn sights to insurance sector Cyber-crime13 Oct 2022 | 1
How Wi-Fi spy drones snooped on financial firm Check your rooftops: Flying gear caught carrying network-intrusion kit Cyber-crime12 Oct 2022 | 35
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 |
Utility security is so bad, US DoE offers rate cuts to improve it New hardware? Consultants? You tell us because your infosec is off the grid Cyber-crime07 Oct 2022 | 7
Lloyd's of London cuts off network after dodgy activity detected Updated Is it Putin? Is it the Norks? Is it a bored teenager? Roll the dice Cyber-crime07 Oct 2022 | 11
Huge nonprofit hospital network suffers IT meltdown after 'security incident' Ambulances diverted, patient records frozen, rhymes with handsome wear Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 18
South Korea cancels passport of Terraform Lab's Do Kwon Whereabouts of wanted cryptobro unknown, but he's reliably on Twitter Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 1
Former Uber CSO convicted for covering up massive 2016 data theft Passing off a ransom payment as a bug bounty? That's obstruction of justice Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 14
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
Japanese sushi chain boss resigns amid accusation of improper data access Data theft stinks, says victim. Alleged perp claims he's getting a raw deal Cyber-crime04 Oct 2022 | 15
Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years Hello, love, I need $32k to fix my oil rig Cyber-crime03 Oct 2022 | 15
Ex-eBay execs jailed for cyberstalking web critics Still to come: Civil RICO lawsuit against e-souk and former top brass Cyber-crime30 Sep 2022 | 20
Hacked Fast Company sends 'obscene and racist' alerts via Apple News Someone going by 'Thrax' claims responsibility for 'incredibly easy' breach Cyber-crime28 Sep 2022 | 2
Here's how crooks will use deepfakes to scam your biz Need some tools of deception? GitHub's got 'em Cyber-crime28 Sep 2022 | 12
Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole If you're gonna force everyone to register an account, at least protect that data, lawsuit argues Cyber-crime27 Sep 2022 | 9
Meta busts first Chinese campaign prodding US midterms Russian cybercriminals were also caught targeting Europe with anti-Ukraine messages Cyber-crime27 Sep 2022 | 8
Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software 'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment' Cyber-crime25 Sep 2022 | 6
Open up, it's the IRS. We're here about the crypto tax you dodged 'At least ten' people didn't declare coin income. Wow, what a bust Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 26
Significant customer data exposed in attack on Australian telco Updated Subscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 14
Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flaws While issuing an emergency patch for Endpoint Configuration Manager Cyber-crime22 Sep 2022 | 7