Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers Cyber-crime07 Nov 2025 | 17
Bank of England says JLR's cyberattack contributed to UK's unexpectedly slower GDP growth This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-first Cyber-crime07 Nov 2025 | 16
Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware Move fast - miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hours Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 1
SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 10
Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 5
Attackers abuse Gemini AI to develop ‘Thinking Robot’ malware and data processing agent for spying purposes Meanwhile, others tried to social-engineer the chatbot itself Cyber-crime05 Nov 2025 | 6
M&S pegs cyberattack cleanup costs at £136M as profits slump Retailer's tech systems aren’t down anymore, but the same can’t be said for its rocky financials Cyber-crime05 Nov 2025 | 18
Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines Curly COMrades strike again Cyber-crime04 Nov 2025 | 4
Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally Cyber-crime04 Nov 2025 | 7
AN0M, the backdoored ‘secure’ messaging app for criminals, is still producing arrests after four years 55 cuffed last week after court ruled sting operation was legal Security04 Nov 2025 | 17
Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself! Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms Cyber-crime03 Nov 2025 | 3
Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age Cyber-crime03 Nov 2025 | 6
Attackers targeting unpatched Cisco kit notice malware implant removal, install it again Infosec in brief PLUS: Cyber-exec admits selling secrets to Russia; LastPass isn't checking to see if you're dead; Nation-state backed Windows malware; and more Security02 Nov 2025 | 1
Russia finally bites the cybercrooks it raised, arresting suspected Meduza infostealer devs Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often Cyber-crime31 Oct 2025 | 8
Attackers dig up $11M in Garden Finance crypto exploit Bitcoin bridge biz offers 10 percent reward to attackers if they play nice Cyber-crime31 Oct 2025 | 4
Suspected Chinese snoops weaponize unpatched Windows flaw to spy on European diplomats Expired security cert, real Brussels agenda, plus PlugX malware finish the job Cyber-crime30 Oct 2025 | 16
Cyberpunks mess with Canada's water, energy, and farm systems Infosec agency warns hacktivists broke into critical infrastructure systems to tamper with controls Cyber-crime30 Oct 2025 | 17
Marketing giant Dentsu warns staff after Merkle data raid Emails confirm payroll and bank details lifted in cyberattack on US subsidiary Cyber-crime29 Oct 2025 | 1
Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’ Five Eyes intel alliance has created a team to target these scum who prey on kids Cyber-crime29 Oct 2025 | 19
Marks & Spencer swaps out TCS for fresh helpdesk deal Move follows months-long procurement process as retailer refreshes parts of its IT support setup On-Prem28 Oct 2025 | 33
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship
Rideshare giant moves 200 Macs out of the cloud, saves $2.4 million Grab tried to virtualize macOS, but Apple doesn’t make that easy
Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit Updated Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don’t want, once it fixed a bad link
You'll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will Most of you still can't do better than 123456?
'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.
Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe Chocolate Factory's homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scale
Help desk boss fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke On Call Lost packets would be cleaned out of routers, dead gopher servers would be pulled out of holes …
Agents of misfortune: The world isn't ready for autonomous software Opinion Amazon's spat with Perplexity shows that technology is not the only blocker for the agentic era
Cisco warns of 'new attack variant' battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months Plus 2 new critical vulns - patch now
Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners
WSUS attacks hit 'multiple' orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell If at first you don’t succeed, patch and patch again Security27 Oct 2025 | 9
Iran's school for cyberspies could've used a few more lessons in preventing breaches Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says student data was stolen Cyber-crime27 Oct 2025 | 7
Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won't need security teams Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up Cyber-crime27 Oct 2025 | 64
UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups Cyber-crime27 Oct 2025 | 1
Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data updated Redmond says it's fixed this particular indirect prompt injection vuln Cyber-crime24 Oct 2025 | 13
Cyber exec with lavish lifestyle charged with selling secrets to Russia The 0-days have left the building Cyber-crime24 Oct 2025 | 59
Playtime’s over: Crooks swipe Toys R Us Canada customer data and dump it online What?! No complimentary credit monitoring? Cyber-crime23 Oct 2025 | 3
Google nukes 3,000 YouTube videos that sowed malware disguised as cracked software Check Point helps exorcise vast 'Ghost Network' that used fake tutorials to push infostealers Cyber-crime23 Oct 2025 | 19
SpaceX pulls plug on 2,500 Starlink terminals tied to Myanmar fraud farms Criminal outfits had been using Musk's broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia Cyber-crime23 Oct 2025 | 17
Jaguar Land Rover cyber-meltdown tipped to cost the UK almost £2B That's a lot of extended warranties Cyber-crime22 Oct 2025 | 40
Muji's minimalist calm shattered as ransomware takes down logistics partner Japanese retailer halts online orders after attack cripples third-party vendor Cyber-crime21 Oct 2025 |
Feds flag active exploitation of patched Windows SMB vuln CISA adds high-severity flaw to KEV list, urges swift updating Cyber-crime21 Oct 2025 | 6
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach P2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present Cyber-crime17 Oct 2025 | 4
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi? Cyber-crime16 Oct 2025 | 9
Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency Bill Cassidy letter asks if Switchzilla sat on critical flaws before feds were forced into emergency patching Public Sector16 Oct 2025 | 6
Auction house Sotheby's finds its data on the block after cyberattack Alert says financial account information lifted from systems Cyber-crime16 Oct 2025 | 8
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Capita fined £14M after 58-hour delay exposed 6.6M records ICO makes example of outsourcing giant over sluggish cyber response Cybersecurity Month15 Oct 2025 | 30
Asahi breach leaves bitter taste as brewer fears personal data slurped Japan's beer behemoth still mopping up after ransomware spill that disrupted deliveries and delayed results Cyber-crime14 Oct 2025 |
Oracle rushes out another emergency E-Business Suite patch as Clop fallout widens Latest in a long line of EBS flaws leta miscreants remotely compromise enterprise systems to pinch sensitive data Patches14 Oct 2025 | 1
British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50% Warn businesses to act now as high-severity incidents keep climbing Cyber-crime14 Oct 2025 | 37
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters rage-quit the internet (again), promise to return next year 'We will never stop,' say crooks, despite retiring twice in the space of a month Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2025 | 5
Microsoft warns of 'payroll pirate' crew looting US university salaries Crooks phish campus staff, slip into HR systems, and quietly reroute paychecks Cyber-crime10 Oct 2025 | 17
Cops nuke BreachForums (again) amid cybercrime supergroup extortion blitz US and French fuzz pull the plug on Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest leak shop targeting Salesforce Cyber-crime10 Oct 2025 | 2
UK techies' union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details Prospect apologizes for cyber gaffe affecting up to 160K members Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2025 | 21
SonicWall breach hits every cloud backup customer after 5% claim goes up in smoke Affects users regardless of when their backups were created Cyber-crime09 Oct 2025 | 31
Take this rob and shove it! Salesforce issues stern retort to ransomware extort CRM giant 'will not engage, negotiate with, or pay' the scumbags Cyber-crime08 Oct 2025 | 7
Nearly a year after attack, US medical scanning biz gets clear image of stolen patient data No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data Cyber-crime07 Oct 2025 | 5
Police and military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in Florida comms outfit serving cops, firefighters, and the military says hackers pinched some employee data but insists its systems stayed online Cyber-crime07 Oct 2025 | 2
OpenAI bans suspected Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to plan surveillance It also banned some suspected Russian accounts trying to create influence campaigns and malware Cyber-crime07 Oct 2025 | 5
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters offering $10 in Bitcoin to 'endlessly harass' execs Crime group claims to have already doled out $1K to those in it 'for money and for the love of the game' Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2025 | 20
Radiant Group won't touch kids' data now, but apparently hospitals are fair game Ransomware crooks utterly fail to find moral compass Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2025 | 3
Thieves steal IDs and payment info after data leaks from Discord support vendor Outsourcing your helpdesk always seems like a good idea – until someone else's breach becomes your problem Security06 Oct 2025 | 9
Jaguar Land Rover engines ready to roar again after weeks-long cyber stall No confirmed date but workers expected to return in the coming days Cyber-crime06 Oct 2025 | 14
Clop crew hits Oracle E-Business Suite users with fresh zero-day Big Red rushes out patch for 9.8-rated flaw after crooks exploit it for data theft and extortion Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2025 |
Leak suggests US government is fibbing over FEMA security failings Infosec in brief Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2025 | 27
Criminals take Renault UK customer data for a joyride Names, numbers, and reg plates exposed in latest auto industry cyber-shunt Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2025 | 22
Clop-linked crims shake down Oracle execs with data theft claims Extortion emails name-drop Big Red's E-Business Suite, though Google and Mandiant yet to find proof of any breach Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2025 |
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes Allianz Life and WestJet lead the way, along with a niche software shop Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2025 | 8
Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers ‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2025 | 8
One line of malicious npm code led to massive Postmark email heist MCP plus open source plus typosquatting equals trouble Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 7
Asahi runs dry as online attackers take down Japanese brewer No personal info gulped as yet, but don't call for help Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 9
Harrods blames its supplier after crims steal 430k customers’ data in fresh attack Attackers make contact but negotiations fall on deaf ears Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 12
Jaguar Land Rover gets £1.5B government jump-start after cyber breakdown Hundreds of thousands of workers in financial despair supported with landmark loan Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 31
Salesforce facing multiple lawsuits after Salesloft breach Updated CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft Cyber-crime26 Sep 2025 | 5
LockBit's new variant is 'most dangerous yet,' hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Cyber-crime26 Sep 2025 | 47
Volvo North America confirms staff data stolen following ransomware attack on IT supplier The downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations Cyber-crime26 Sep 2025 | 5
UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies Patches26 Sep 2025 | 14
North Korea's Lazarus Group shares its malware with IT work scammers Keeping Pyongyang's coffers full Cyber-crime25 Sep 2025 |
Callous crims break into preschool network, publish toddlers' data Images of toddlers and home addresses leaked in reprehensible landmark attack Cyber-crime25 Sep 2025 | 23
Empty shelves, empty coffers: Co-op pegs cyber hit at £80m Supermarket says the hack that shut down systems and emptied shelves has turned profits into losses Cyber-crime25 Sep 2025 | 25
New string of phishing attacks targets Python developers If you recently got an email asking you to verify your credentials to a PyPI site, better change that password Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 3
UK agency makes arrest in airport cyberattack investigation After air passenger travel hit across the Atlantic, organized crime agency strikes Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 22
Cybercriminals cash out with casino giant's employee data Attackers hit jackpot after targeting Boyd Gaming Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 3
Politicos: 'There is a good strong case for government intervention' on JLR cyberattack Covid-style financial support? Nothing to confirm yet, say MPs Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 23
SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC Secret Service seizes 300-server network allegedly tied to nation-state hackers Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 81
Workers fear for their jobs as JLR's latest shutdown extended With no idea when engines restart, families gear down on spending ahead of Christmas Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 31
Suspected Iran-backed attackers targeting European aerospace sector with novel malware Instead of job offers, victims get MiniJunk backdoor and MiniBrowse stealer Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 9
UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 | 88
Cops cuff another teen over alleged Scattered Spider attack that broke Vegas casinos Not old enough to drink, old enough to be accused of causing millions in damage Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 3
EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues Airport staff revert to manual ops as travellers urged to use self-service check-in where possible Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 25
Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned Automaker insists only names and emails exposed, no financials Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 13
Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic ‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 53
Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets Cyber-crime19 Sep 2025 |
Alleged Scattered Spider teen cuffed after extortion Bitcoin used to buy games, meals Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew Cyber-crime19 Sep 2025 | 50
Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data Vendor pulls plug on cloud backup feature, urges admins to reset passwords and re-secure devices Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 6
Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans' healthcare data Three US medical centers fess up to serious breaches Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 10
Two Scattered Spider teens charged over attack on London’s transport network Decisive action comes nearly a year after the attack and first arrest took place Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 14
Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 3
Russian fake-news network, led by an ex-Florida sheriff's deputy, storms back into action with 200+ new sites As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 45
Scattered Spider gang feigns retirement, breaks into bank instead You didn't really trust the crims to keep their word, did you? Cyber-crime17 Sep 2025 | 5
BreachForums kingpin goes from walk-free deal to 3-year stretch Prosecutors say Conor Fitzpatrick's crimes caused 'incalculable' damage Cyber-crime17 Sep 2025 | 4
UK telco Colt’s recovery from August cyberattack pushes into November Pentesters confirm key system is safe but core products remain unavailable Cyber-crime17 Sep 2025 | 3
Microsoft blocks bait for ‘fastest-growing’ 365 phish kit, seizes 338 domains Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed Cyber-crime16 Sep 2025 | 5
Criminals broke into the system Google uses to share info with cops Talk about an inside job Cyber-crime16 Sep 2025 | 11
Self-propagating worm fuels latest npm supply chain compromise Intrusions bear the same hallmarks as recent Nx mess Cybersecurity Month16 Sep 2025 | 15
FileFix attacks use fake Facebook security alerts to trick victims into running infostealers Tech evolved from PoC to global campaign in under two months Security16 Sep 2025 | 6
JLR stuck in neutral as losses skyrocket amid cyberattack cleanup Latest extension to factory closures takes incident response into fourth week Cyber-crime16 Sep 2025 | 59
Careless engineer stored recovery codes in plaintext, got whole org pwned Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks Cyber-crime15 Sep 2025 | 40
Former FinWise employee may have accessed nearly 700K customer records Bank says incident went undetected for over a year before discovery in June Cyber-crime15 Sep 2025 | 4