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
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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
The most important email conversation you will ever have
Webinar Securing your business against BEC
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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
DDoS DNS attacks are old-school, unsophisticated … and they’re back
So why would you handle them on your own?
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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
Journalist hurt by exploding USB bomb drive
Now that's a flash bang
Cyber-crime22 Mar 2023 | 43
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
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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
British govt tech supplier Capita crippled by 'IT issue'
Earning that nickname all over again
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
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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
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