Cyber crooks shut down UK, US schools, thousands of kids affected
No class: Black Suit ransomware gang boasts of 200GB haul from one raid
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2024 | 5
Cyber-crime
Major sales and ops overhaul leads to much more activity ... for Meow ransomware gang
You hate to see it
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2024 | 1
Hunters International cyber-gang extorts Chinese mega-bank's London HQ
Allegedly swiped more than 5.2M files and threatens to publish the lot
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2024 | 4
So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn't work
A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2024 | 36
Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says
Elderly people report the greatest losses
Cyber-crime10 Sep 2024 | 7
Avis alerts nearly 300K car renters that crooks stole their info
Update 'Insider wrongdoing' to blame for security breach
Cyber-crime09 Sep 2024 | 13
1.7M potentially pwned after payment services provider takes a year to notice break-in
Criminals with plenty of time on their hands may now have credit card details
Cyber-crime09 Sep 2024 | 17
Despite cyberattacks, water security standards remain a pipe dream
Feature White House floats round two of regulations
Cyber-crime07 Sep 2024 | 19
Uncle Sam charges Russian GRU cyber-spies behind 'WhisperGate intrusions'
Feds post $10M bounty for each of the six's whereabouts
Cyber-crime05 Sep 2024 | 6
The fingerpointing starts as cyber incident at London transport body continues
Network admins take a ride on the Fright Bus
Cyber-crime05 Sep 2024 | 48
North Korean scammers plan wave of stealth attacks on crypto companies, FBI warns
Feds warn of 'highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns'
Cyber-crime05 Sep 2024 | 8
Planned Parenthood confirms cyber-attack as RansomHub threatens to leak data
93GB of info feared pilfered in Montana by heartless crooks
Cyber-crime04 Sep 2024 | 20
Cicada ransomware may be a BlackCat/ALPHV rebrand and upgrade
Researchers find many similarities, and nasty new customizations such as embedded compromised user credentials
Research04 Sep 2024 |
Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes
Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere
Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 10
UK trio pleads guilty to running $10M MFA bypass biz
Updated Crew bragged they could help crooks raid victims' bank accounts
Cyber-crime03 Sep 2024 | 14
Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election
No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl"
Cyber-crime03 Sep 2024 | 36
Transport for London confirms cyberattack, assures us all is well
Government body claims there is no evidence of customer data being compromised
Cyber-crime03 Sep 2024 | 30
RansomHub hits 210 victims in just 6 months
The ransomware gang recruits high-profile affiliates from LockBit and ALPHV
Cyber-crime30 Aug 2024 |
US indicts duo over alleged Swatting spree that targeted elected officials
Apparently made over 100 fake crime reports and bomb threats
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2024 | 20
What a coincidence. Spyware makers, Russia's Cozy Bear seem to share same exploits
Google researchers note similarities, can't find smoking-gun link
Security29 Aug 2024 | 3
Popular
Malaysia's plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day
Minister orders regulator to slow down following immediate backlash
We're in the brute force phase of AI – once it ends, demand for GPUs will too
Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads
Thanks, Edward Snowden: You propelled China to quantum networking leadership
Beijing aimed research at immediate needs – like blocking leaks – while the US sought abstract knowledge
We know 'Linux is a cancer' but could CentOS chaos spell opportunity for Microsoft?
Analyst suggests Redmond's internal distro may one day fly the coop
Apple owes billions in back taxes over Ireland state aid rule break
Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union
Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move
Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs
Microsoft says it broke some Windows 10 patching – as it fixes flaws under attack
Patch Tuesday CISA wants you to leap on Citrix and Ivanti issues. Adobe, Intel, SAP also bid for patching priorities
Oracle to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors
Isn't saying how much they'll cost or when they'll fire up
ServiceNow moves its backend off MariaDB to homebrew Postgres
Xanadu release also adds a Pro tier, along with lots more AI
So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn't work
A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure
STORIES
Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom
Sordid search history 'evidence' in case that could see him spend 35 years for extortion and wire fraud
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2024 | 52
Brain Cipher claims attack on Olympic venue, promises 300 GB data leak
French police reckon financial system targeted during Summer Games
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2024 | 4
Iran's Pioneer Kitten hits US networks via buggy Check Point, Palo Alto gear
The government-backed crew also enjoys ransomware as a side hustle
Cyber-crime28 Aug 2024 | 5
Dick's Sporting Goods discloses cyberattack
Authorities probing unwanted intrusion; hard questions ahead
Cyber-crime28 Aug 2024 | 11
Volt Typhoon suspected of exploiting Versa SD-WAN bug since June
update The same Beijing-backed cyber spy crew the feds say burrowed into US critical infrastructure
Cyber-crime27 Aug 2024 | 3
AMD internal data reportedly offered for sale
Second sensitive info theft claimed by the same crims since June
Cyber-crime26 Aug 2024 | 1
Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product
CxO26 Aug 2024 | 9
Ransomware batters critical industries, but takedowns hint at relief
Whether attack slowdown continues downward trend is the million dollar question that security researchers can't answer
Cyber-crime22 Aug 2024 | 1
Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases
Hoped to dodge child support payments, now faces 81 months inside – and a bigger bill than ever
Cyber-crime21 Aug 2024 | 72
OpenAI kills Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to write US election disinfo
12 on X and one on Instagram caught in the crackdown
Cyber-crime19 Aug 2024 | 5
National Public Data tells officials 'only' 1.3M people affected by intrusion
Investigators previously said the number was much, much higher
Cyber-crime19 Aug 2024 | 6
After nearly 3B personal records leak online, Florida data broker confirms it was ransacked by cyber-thieves
Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, more all out there
Cyber-crime16 Aug 2024 | 43
Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise
Attacker locked out all staff for four days
Cyber-crime16 Aug 2024 | 9
Russian man who sold logins to nearly 3,000 accounts gets 40 months in jail
He’ll also have to pay back $1.2 million from fraudulent transactions he facilitated
Cyber-crime15 Aug 2024 | 5
Mad Liberator extortion crew emerges on the cyber-crook scene
Anydesk is its access tool of choice
Cyber-crime15 Aug 2024 | 4
Russian cyber snoops linked to massive credential-stealing campaign
Citizen Lab also spots a COLDWASTREL swimming in the Rivers of Phish
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2024 |
Enzo Biochem ordered to cough up $4.5 million over lousy security that led to ransomware disaster
Three state attorneys general probed the company and found plenty to chastise
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2024 | 3
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years
There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 33
Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks
Plus many more newbies waiting in the wings
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 |
US accuses man of being 'elite' ransomware pioneer they've hunted for years
Authorities allege 'J.P. Morgan' practiced ‘extreme operational and online security’
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 7
Feds bust minor league Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang
The takedown may be small but any ransomware gang sent to the shops is good news in our book
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 5
Orion SA says scammers conned company out of $60 million
Incident sounds like a BEC fraud targeting an unwitting staffer
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 7
'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading
Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 5
Attacker steals personal data of 200K+ people with links to Arizona tech school
Nearly 50 different data points were accessed by cybercrim
Cyber-crime12 Aug 2024 | 7
Mega money, unfathomable violence pervade thriving underground doxxing scene
Black Hat It also attracts exactly the type of unempathetic people you would think it does
Cyber-crime12 Aug 2024 | 8
Trump campaign cites Iran election phish claim as evidence leaked docs were stolen
Dots have been joined, but hard evidence is not apparent
Security12 Aug 2024 | 74
US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs
American and Brit firms thought they were employing a Westerner, but not so, it's alleged
CSO08 Aug 2024 | 19
Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam
Timor-Leste is a known cybercrime hotspot
Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 9
UK health services call-handling vendor faces $7.7M fine over 2022 ransomware attack
Nearly 83,000 people had their data stolen amid chaos that struck NHS healthcare
Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 11
Sonic Automotive says ransomware-linked CDK software outage cost it $30M
Misery loves company – all of its competitors were also negatively impacted
Cyber-crime06 Aug 2024 | 2
Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet
Chap named 'Roman Boss' accused of being just that at a cryptocash laundering outfit
Cyber-crime06 Aug 2024 | 13
That cyber-heist of 2.9B personal records? There's a class-action lawsuit looming for that
Updated Background check biz accused of negligence
Cyber-crime05 Aug 2024 | 11
Sneaky SnakeKeylogger slithers into Windows inboxes to steal sensitive secrets
Malware logs users' keystrokes, pilfers credentials, exfiltrates data
Research05 Aug 2024 | 15
Israeli hacktivist group brags it took down Iran's internet
WeRedEvils alleges successful attack on infrastructure, including data theft
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 8
Fortune 50 biz coughed up record-breaking $75M ransom to halt leak of stolen data
They say crime doesn't pay. They're right – it's the victims doing the paying
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 12
UK plans to revamp national cyber defense tools are already in motion
Work aims to build on the success of NCSC's 2016 initiative – and private sector will play a part
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 8
UK crimebusters shut down global call-spoofing outfit that claimed 170K-plus victims
Suspected devs behind Russian Coms cuffed – now to find the users of the nastyware
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 11
US sends cybercriminals back to Russia in prisoner swap that freed WSJ journo, others
Techno-crooks greeted by grinning Putin after landing
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 37
FBI, CISA remind US voters that DDoS attacks can't touch election systems
PSA comes amid multiple IT services crises in recent days
Cyber-crime01 Aug 2024 | 16
Germany names China as source of attack on government geospatial agency
Meanwhile, US apparently considers further AI hardware sanctions
Cyber-crime01 Aug 2024 | 10
Ransomware infection cuts off blood supply to 250+ hospitals
Scumbags go for the jugular
Cyber-crime31 Jul 2024 | 39
'LockBit of phishing' EvilProxy used in more than a million attacks every month
Insight Leaves a trail of ransomware infections, data theft, business email compromise in its wake
Malware Month30 Jul 2024 | 7
Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people's data
No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days
Cyber-crime29 Jul 2024 | 5
Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank
May even have targeted other malware gangs, and infosec researchers
Cyber-crime26 Jul 2024 | 9
Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware
PSA: Only accept updates via official channels ... ironically enough
Malware Month25 Jul 2024 | 3
Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China
Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities
Cyber-crime25 Jul 2024 | 9
Data pilfered from Pentagon IT supplier Leidos
Updated With numerous US government agency customers, any leak could be serious
Cyber-crime24 Jul 2024 | 2
Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers
President apologizes in advance for job losses
Public Sector24 Jul 2024 | 5
Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis
Latest trend follows various malware campaigns that began just hours after IT calamity
Cyber-crime23 Jul 2024 | 4
Global cops power down world's 'most prolific' DDoS dealership
One arrest was made weeks ago but no word on the suspect's identity yet
Cyber-crime22 Jul 2024 | 1
LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
Some rest for the wicked?
Cyber-crime22 Jul 2024 | 6
Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol
Cyber-crime22 Jul 2024 | 2
Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure
Supposed hacktivist efforts previously linked to the Kremlin's GRU
Cyber-crime22 Jul 2024 | 5
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe
17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will 'relentlessly pursue' miscreants around the globe
Cyber-crime19 Jul 2024 | 17
Beijing's attack gang Volt Typhoon was a false flag inside job conspiracy: China
Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently
Cyber-crime19 Jul 2024 | 30
Judge mostly drags SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin
Russia-invaded software biz 'grateful for the support we have received'
CSO18 Jul 2024 | 3
London council accuses watchdog of 'exaggerating' danger of 2020 raid on residents' data
You escaped a big fat fine! Take the win and run, won’t you?
Malware Month17 Jul 2024 | 26
Iran's MuddyWater phishes Israeli orgs with custom BugSleep backdoor
India, Turkey, also being targeted by campaign that relies on corporate email compromise
Malware Month17 Jul 2024 | 11
Cyber-crime super-crew Scattered Spider falls in love with RansomHub and Qilin
Extortionists left hanging after rivals crawled into the woodwork
Malware Month16 Jul 2024 |
Call, text logs for 110M AT&T customers stolen from compromised cloud storage
Snowflake? Snowflake
Cyber-crime12 Jul 2024 | 22
'Gay furry hackers' say they've disbanded after raiding Project 2025's Heritage Foundation
Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek
Bootnotes12 Jul 2024 | 64
Advance Auto Parts: 2.3M people's data accessed when crims broke into our Snowflake account
Letters from CISO Ethan Steiger suggest the data related to job applications
Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 6
Privacy expert put away for 9 years after 'grotesque' cyberstalking campaign
Scumbag targeted many victims – and those who tried to help them
Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 64
FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots
RT News snarks back after it's accused of building social nyet-work for Kremlin
Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 11
Evolve Bank & Trust confirms LockBit stole 7.6 million people's data
Making cyberattack among the largest ever recorded in finance industry
Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 6
Houthi rebels are operating their own GuardZoo spyware
Interview Fairly 'low budget', unsophisticated malware, say researchers, but it can collect the same data as Pegasus
Malware Month09 Jul 2024 |
Scammers double-scam victims by offering to help recover from scams
Scum keep databases of the people they've already skimmed
Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 6
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals
Exclusive Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier
Malware Month05 Jul 2024 | 73
Europol says mobile roaming tech is making its job too hard
Privacy measures apparently helping criminals evade capture
Cyber-crime05 Jul 2024 | 36
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key
Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway
Malware Month04 Jul 2024 | 35
Affirm fears customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank
Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise
Malware Month02 Jul 2024 | 2
Baddies hijack Korean ERP vendor's update systems to spew malware
Notorious 'Andariel' crew takes a bite of HotCroissant backdoor for fresh attack
Malware Month02 Jul 2024 |
Police allege 'evil twin' of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger's credentials
Fasten your seat belts, secure your tray table, and try not to give away your passwords
Security01 Jul 2024 | 61
TeamViewer says Russia broke into its corp IT network
Updated Same APT29 crew that hit Microsoft and SolarWinds. How close were we to a mega backdoor situation?
CSO28 Jun 2024 | 25
TeamViewer can't bring itself to say someone broke into its network – but it happened
Updated Claims customer data, prod environment not affected as NCC sounds alarm
Cyber-crime28 Jun 2024 | 25
WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture
Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 6
Feds put $5M bounty on 'CryptoQueen' Ruja Ignatova
OneCoin co-founder allegedly bilked investors out of $4B
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2024 | 20
US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts
Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2024 | 13
Yahoo! Japan to waive $189 million ad revenue after detecting fraudulent clicks
Admits it's not sure some clicks came from humans, points to bettter quality as sign not all is rotten
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2024 | 11
Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons
Security26 Jun 2024 | 24
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