Ukraine war blurs lines between cyber-crims and state-sponsored attackers
This RomCom is no laughing matter
Cyber-crime01 Jun 2023 | 5
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Criminals spent 10 days in US dental insurer's systems extracting data of 9 million
LockBit gang claimed 'trophy' of spilling low income families' details. Their parents must be proud
Cyber-crime31 May 2023 | 12
Thinking straight in the SoC: How AI erases cognitive bias
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1. This crypto-coin is called Jimbo. 2. $8m was stolen from its devs in flash loan attack
3. It's asked for 90% of the digital dosh back, or else it'll beg the cops for help
Cyber-crime30 May 2023 | 44
BlackByte ransomware crew lists city of Augusta after cyber 'incident'
Mayor promises to comment on Friday
Cyber-crime26 May 2023 | 2
Five Eyes and Microsoft accuse China of attacking US infrastructure again
Defeating Volt Typhoon will be hard, because the attacks look like legit Windows admin activity
Cyber-crime25 May 2023 | 10
This legit Android app turned into mic-snooping malware – and Google missed it
File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 19
Philly Inquirer says Cuba ransomware gang's data leak claims are fake news
Now that's a Rocky relationship
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 |
IT security analyst admits hijacking cyber attack to pocket ransom payments
Ashley Liles altered blackmail emails in bid to make off with £300,000 in Bitcoin
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 22
US bans North Korean outsourcer and its feisty freelancers
They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 3
Apria Healthcare says potentially 2M people caught up in IT security breach
Took two years to tell us 'small number of emails' accessed
Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 5
Dish confirms 300,000 people's data was exposed in February's attack
But don't worry – we know it was deleted. Hmm. How would you know that?
Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 4
Ads for lucrative jobs in Asia fail to mention chance of slavery as crypto-scammer
FBI warns jobseekers to be very skeptical of working holidays in Cambodia
Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 16
Uncle Sam strangles criminals' cashflow by reining in money mules
Tech support scammer among those targeted by recent crackdowns
Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 7
More UK councils caught by Capita's open AWS bucket blunder
As for March megabreach? M&S and Guinness maker Diageo warn pension members about data risks
Cyber-crime22 May 2023 | 35
Teen in court after '$600K swiped from DraftKings gamblers'
Bet he didn't expect these computer hacking charges
Cyber-crime19 May 2023 | 17
Russian IT guy sent to labor camp for DDoSing Kremlin websites
Pro-Ukraine techie gets hard time
Cyber-crime19 May 2023 | 25
Six million patients' data feared stolen from PharMerica
Cue the inevitable class action lawsuit
Cyber-crime18 May 2023 | 5
Ransomware-as-a-service groups rain money on their affiliates
Qilin gang crims can earn up to 85 percent of extortion cash, or jail
Cyber-crime17 May 2023 | 4
Feds offer $10m reward for info on alleged Russian ransomware crim
Infecting cops' computers is one way to put a target on your back
Cyber-crime17 May 2023 | 1
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Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine
Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!
Absolute mad lad renders Doom in teletext
Sure is '90s in here
Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search
Here's a story with a twist
WTF is solid state active cooling? We’ve just seen it working on a mini PC
Computex Very handy technology, literally
XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback
G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken
UK tech industry pushing up salaries – but UI devs out of luck
As much as 30% increase for some jobs
Airline puts international passengers on the scales pre-flight
An aircraft mass properties engineer and an eating disorder therapist weigh in on Air New Zealand's plan
Australia fines tech companies for exploiting foreign tech workers
Everything down under wants to either kill you, or underpay you
Twitter now worth just a third of what Musk paid for it
Is he out of touch? No, must be the employees, users, advertisers, regulators, creditors...
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax'
Watchdogs are 'starting to understand the situation,' exec tells El Reg
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Cops crack gang that used bots to book and resell immigration appointments
Keeping files that mention 'robot rental' may not have been the best way to cover their tracks
Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 24
FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls'
XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says
Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39
Extra! Extra! Don’t quite read all about it: Cyber attack hits Philadelphia Inquirer
Breaking news, literally
Cyber-crime15 May 2023 |
Some potential: How bad software updates could over-volt, brick remote servers
Video PMFault – from the eggheads who brought you Plundervolt and Voltpillager
Cyber-crime15 May 2023 | 3
Ransomware corrupts data, so backups can be faster and cheaper than paying up
Smash and grab raids don’t leave time for careful encryption
Cyber-crime15 May 2023 | 31
'Top three Balkans drug kingpins' arrested after cops crack their Sky ECC chats
Maybe try carrier pigeons instead
Cyber-crime13 May 2023 | 27
Ex-Ubiquiti dev jailed for 6 years after stealing internal corp data, extorting bosses
Momentary lapse in VPN led to stretch in the cooler, $1.6m bill
Cyber-crime12 May 2023 | 8
Britain's largest private pension scheme reveals scale of Capita break-in
USS says burgled biz reckons data on 470,000 'active, deferred and retired' members may have been accessed
Cyber-crime12 May 2023 | 37
UK cops score legal win in EncroChat snooping op
But tribunal punts on whether data was intercepted in transit
Cyber-crime12 May 2023 | 11
Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers
Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain
Cyber-crime11 May 2023 | 49
23-year-old Brit linked to 2020 Twitter attack and SIM-swap scheme pleads guilty
Admits to cyberstalking, wire fraud charges as Feds take $700k off him
Cyber-crime10 May 2023 | 12
Capita looking at a bill of £20M over breach clean-up costs
Analyst says expense 'no small drop in ocean' but reputational damage could be 'far greater'
Cyber-crime10 May 2023 | 9
FBI-led Op Medusa slays NATO-bothering Russian military malware network
Perseus to the rescue as Snake eats itself
Cyber-crime09 May 2023 | 9
FYI: Intel BootGuard OEM private keys leak from MSI cyber heist
Updated Plus: Court-ordered domain seizures of DDoS-for-hire sites
Cyber-crime09 May 2023 | 13
Western Digital: Customer info stolen in that IT attack
Hard times for buyers of these hard drives
Cyber-crime08 May 2023 | 8
A right Royal pain in the Dallas: City IT systems crippled by ransomware
Texas officials preach limited government ... but not this limited
Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 21
Capita admits some pension data 'likely' to have been accessed in March breach
Weeks after outsourcer admits 'cyber incident' more warnings issued
Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 23
Ex-Uber CSO gets probation for covering up theft of data on millions of people
Exec begged judge for leniency – and it worked
Cyber-crime04 May 2023 | 18
288 arrested in multinational Monopoly Market takedown
US tells criminals it 'will find you' and has a particular set of skills
Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 16
Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves
Ransoms, investigations, and breach-related lawsuits are hitting companies in the wallet, law firm says
Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 6
Russia's APT28 targets Ukraine government with bogus Windows updates
Nasty emails designed to infect systems with info-stealing malware
Cyber-crime02 May 2023 | 4
IT giant Bitmarck shuts down customer, internal systems after cyberattack
Patient data 'was and is never endangered', says medical tech slinger
Cyber-crime01 May 2023 | 6
China has 50 hackers for every FBI cyber agent, says Bureau boss
Combatting it is going to take more money. Lots of more money.
Cyber-crime01 May 2023 | 27
Google sues CryptBot slingers, gets court order to shut down malware domains
Hands off those Chrome users, they're ours!
Cyber-crime27 Apr 2023 | 7
DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea
If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group
Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3
European air traffic control confirms website 'under attack' by pro-Russia hackers
Another cyber nuisance in support of Putin's war, nothing too serious
Cyber-crime22 Apr 2023 | 10
Capita has 'evidence' customer data was stolen in digital burglary
Admits criminals accessed 4% of servers from March 22 until it spotted them at month-end
Cyber-crime20 Apr 2023 | 14
An earlier supply chain attack led to the 3CX supply chain attack, Mandiant says
Threat hunters traced it back to malware-laced Trading Technologies' software
Cyber-crime20 Apr 2023 | 2
AI defenders ready to foil AI-armed attackers
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Medusa ransomware crew brags about spreading Bing, Cortana source code
'Does have a somewhat Lapsus$ish feel' we're told
Cyber-crime19 Apr 2023 | 12
Spyware slinger QuaDream’s reported demise may be the canary in the coal mine
Analysis NSO and others are still out there, but pariahs find it hard to do business
Cyber-crime19 Apr 2023 | 3
US citizens charged with pushing pro-Kremlin disinfo, election interference
Also a bunch of Russians plus someone giving free trips to the Motherland
Cyber-crime18 Apr 2023 | 10
Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it's now selling off stolen data
No worries, outsourcer only handles government tech contracts worth billions
Cyber-crime18 Apr 2023 | 39
Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It's ... not great
Special report Let's go through all the proposed problematic powers, starting with surveillance and censorship
Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 23
US extradites Nigerian charged over $6m email fraud scam
Maybe our prince has come at last
Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 10
Pentagon super-leak suspect cuffed: 21-year-old Air National Guardsman
When bragging about your job on Discord gets just a little out of hand?
Cyber-crime13 Apr 2023 | 96
FBI: How fake Xi cops prey on Chinese nationals in the US
你好 [insert name], 我在 Ministry of Public Security 工作 [insert shakedown]
Cyber-crime12 Apr 2023 | 17
40% of IT security pros say they've been told not to report a data leak
In Brief Plus: KFC, Pizza Hut owner spills more beans on ransomware hit... latest critical flaws... and more
Cyber-crime11 Apr 2023 | 16
How much to infect Android phones via Google Play store? How about $20k
Or whatever you managed to haggle with these miscreants
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 9
Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse
How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 22
Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike
Oh, sure, let's play a game of legal and technical whack-a-mole
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 8
MSI hit in cyberattack, warns against installing knock-off firmware
1.5TB of databases, source code, BIOS tools said to be stolen
Cyber-crime07 Apr 2023 | 8
Criminal records office yanks web portal offline amid 'cyber security incident'
ACRO says payment data safe, other info may have been snaffled
Cyber-crime06 Apr 2023 | 20
Cops cuff teenage 'Robin Hood hacker' suspected of peddling stolen info
Luxury cars and designer duds don't seem very prince of thieves
Cyber-crime06 Apr 2023 | 25
Cops put the squeeze on Genesis crime souk denizens, not just the admins this time
Feds managed to image entire backend server with full details
Cyber-crime05 Apr 2023 | 1
Notorious stolen credential warehouse Genesis Market seized by FBI
Operation Cookie Monster crumbles stolen data-as-a-service vendor
Cyber-crime05 Apr 2023 | 12
Feds seize $112m in cryptocurrency linked to 'pig-butchering' finance scams
Thieves go nose-to-tail stripping cash from victims
Cyber-crime04 Apr 2023 | 13
Uber driver info stolen yet again: This time from law firm
Never mind software supply chain attacks, lawyers are the new soft target?
Cyber-crime03 Apr 2023 | 14
Western Digital confirms digital burglary, calls the cops
Thinks info from internal systems 'obtained' by miscreant, unsure of nature or scope data
Cyber-crime03 Apr 2023 | 10
3CX thought supply chain attack was a false positive
Updated 'It's not unusual for VoIP apps' says CEO
Cyber-crime03 Apr 2023 | 23
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 | 13
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 | 25
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 | 6
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
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
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