US govt IT help desk techie 'leaked top secrets' to foreign nation
National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges
Cyber-crime21 Sep 2023 | 15
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TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else
Prolific info-thief strikes again
Cyber-crime21 Sep 2023 | 5
Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit
Invasion of the data snatchers
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 3
International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe
Right as judges issued warrants against Putin
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 19
Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first
Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers
Part of network of crims who used 'trickery and threats' to target elderly, says US Attorney
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 15
Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in 'massive' pirated Avaya licenses scam
Could spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 20
Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims
Won't someone please think of the banks?
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow
Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 23
The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'
Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 7
Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware
Mandiant warns casino raiders are doubling down on 'monetization strategies'
Cyber-crime15 Sep 2023 | 7
Greater Manchester Police ransomware attack another classic demo of supply chain challenges
Are you the weakest link?
Cyber-crime15 Sep 2023 | 14
US-Canada water org confirms 'cybersecurity incident' after ransomware crew threatens leak
NoEscape promises 'colossal wave of problems' if IJC doesn't pay up
Cyber-crime15 Sep 2023 | 5
Caesars says cyber-crooks stole customer data as MGM casino outage drags on
Updated Zero-days are so 2022. Why not just social engineer the help desk?
Cyber-crime14 Sep 2023 | 7
Rollbar might be good at tracking bugs, uninvited guests not so much
Company noticed data warehouse break-in via compromised account a month later
Cyber-crime14 Sep 2023 | 2
Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks' delight
Ransomware group nicked info from employee of airline, say researchers
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 1
Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up
Pensioners, employees and medical pros among those aiming to be compensated for data exposure
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 12
Ransomware attack hits Sri Lanka government, causing data loss
Running unsupported and unpatched versions of Exchange Server will do that to a country
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 3
Save the Children hit by ransomware, 7TB stolen
Updated A new low, even for these lowlifes
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 11
MGM Resorts shuts down website, computer systems after 'cybersecurity incident'
Ransomware? Some would be willing to bet on that
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 4
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Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks
Can you blame it?
Apple squashes security bugs after iPhone flaws exploited by Predator spyware
Holes in iOS, macOS and more fixed following tip off from Google, Citizen Lab
Unity apologizes, tweaks runtime install fees after gaming world outrage
Is this the engine maker's final continue?
US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report
This surely can't be related to that crash debacle over the weekend, right?
IBM's Weather Company leaked my personal info to analytics, thunders netizen
Video watching habits and other data just handed over, lawsuit claims
VR headsets to shift 30 million units a year by 2027, vastly behind wearables
The eyes don’t have it, but you're all ears
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life
Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster?
UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement
So much for sovereignty then
Colleges snub Turnitin's AI-writing detector over fears it'll wrongly accuse students
By the time they graduate, employers will be making them use LLMs anyway
FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties
Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere
STORIES
Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted
Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second
Cyber-crime11 Sep 2023 | 1
Apple races to patch the latest zero-day iPhone exploit
No user interaction needed for this one as Pegasus turns up via iMessage
Cyber-crime08 Sep 2023 | 50
Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data
Confidential figures for Tesla, Snap, Roku, Avnet, others swiped and used to rack up millions in ill-gotten gains
Cyber-crime08 Sep 2023 | 6
US, UK sanction more Russians linked to Trickbot
Top admin, HR managers, devs go on transatlantic deny-list
Cyber-crime07 Sep 2023 | 4
Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections
What? Yogurt Monster isn't really a legitimate customer's name?!
Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 14
Coffee Meets Bagel outage caused by cybercriminals deleting data and files
Did you potentially miss the love match of your life in week-long blackout? Nope, nobody could access it
Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 3
Freecycle gives users the gift of a security breach notice
Updated Change your passwords. And maybe give the recycling a miss this time
Cyber-crime05 Sep 2023 | 22
Attackers accessed UK military data through high-security fencing firm's Windows 7 rig
Irony, not barbed wire, cuts the deepest
Cyber-crime04 Sep 2023 | 70
Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe
Video Big blow to blighters' blow-by-the-boatload blueprint
Cyber-crime02 Sep 2023 | 31
More Okta customers trapped in Scattered Spider's web
Oktapus phishing campaign criminals are back in action
Cyber-crime01 Sep 2023 |
FBI-led Operation Duck Hunt shoots down Qakbot
Totally plucked: Agents remotely roast Windows botnet malware on victims' machines
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2023 | 11
More UK cops' names and photos exposed in supplier breach
All 47,000 Met Police officers and staff reportedly accessed in break-in
Cyber-crime29 Aug 2023 | 36
Health, payment info for 1.2M people feared stolen from Purfoods in IT attack
Meal delivery biz leaves bitter taste
Cyber-crime28 Aug 2023 | 9
FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably
Joins in the chorus of advice to bin the gear instead of trying for a fix
Cyber-crime25 Aug 2023 | 7
Two teens were among those behind the Lapsus$ cyber-crime spree, jury finds
From BT and Nvidia to Grand Theft Auto 6, pair went on a total tear
Cyber-crime24 Aug 2023 | 20
Tornado Cash 'laundered over $1B' in criminal crypto-coins
Founder Roman Storm cuffed on conspiracy, sanctions busting charges
Cyber-crime23 Aug 2023 | 16
North Korea may be itching to sell $40m of purloined Bitcoin
Those weapons programs aren't going to fund themselves
Cyber-crime23 Aug 2023 | 5
Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data
IT outfit says it can't — and won't — pay the ransom demand
Cyber-crime23 Aug 2023 | 130
'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian
Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away
Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 16
SEC fines fintech crypto fund that promised 2,700% returns
Titan Global Capital Management to pay $1m to those it advised without admitting fault
Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 13
Interpol arrests 14 who allegedly scammed $40m from victims in 'cyber surge'
Cops credit security shops with an assist, tho it's a drop in the ocean
Cyber-crime20 Aug 2023 | 3
FYI: There's another BlackCat ransomware variant on the prowl
Bad kitty, no catnip for you
Cyber-crime18 Aug 2023 |
Add 'writing malware' to the list of things generative AI is not very good at doing
Analysis But it may help with fuzzing
Cyber-crime18 Aug 2023 | 2
Discord.io pulls the cord after crooks steal 760K users' info
Cleanup will involve 'complete rewrite of our website's code'
Cyber-crime16 Aug 2023 | 7
Clorox cleans up IT security breach that soaked its biz ops
Plus: Medical records for 4M people within reach of Clop gang after IBM MOVEit deployment hit
Cyber-crime15 Aug 2023 | 1
Florida Man and associates indicted for conspiracy to steal data, software
Voting machines and their info allegedly accessed without authorization by keen golfer's gofers
Cyber-crime15 Aug 2023 | 306
Sextortion suspects on trial after teen victim dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Trio alleged to have blackmailed over 100 targets after threats of intimate image release
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2023 | 19
Beware cool-looking beta crypto-apps. They may be money-stealing fakes
Try out a hot new thing before official launch? Something smells phishy
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2023 | 7
FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail
Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36
Electoral Commission had internet-facing server with unpatched vuln
ProxyNotShell vulnerability could be how UK body got pwned, suggests infosec expert
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 23
Cyber-extortionists pillage Colorado education dept
Hey, breacher, leave those kids alone
Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 7
UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission
'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned
Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 116
Two US Navy sailors charged with giving Chinese spies secret military info
'Quite obviously f**king espionage,' one suspect allegedly blabbed
Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 53
Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist
A man, a plan, and Razzlekhan fought the law – and the law won
Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 36
Mattress maker Tempur Sealy says it isolated tech system to contain cyber burglary
Sleeping giant says no sign yet personal info was stolen
Cyber-crime01 Aug 2023 | 9
FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel
Also: China's 'got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined'
Cyber-crime28 Jul 2023 | 26
NATO probes hacktivist crew's boasts of stolen portal data
'Gay furry hackers' say it's in response to 'attacks on human rights' and noooothing to do with Russia-Ukraine
Cyber-crime27 Jul 2023 | 6
Ambulance patient records system hauled offline for cyber-attack probe
UK trusts serving 12 million people affected as vendor awaits results of forensic investigation
Cyber-crime26 Jul 2023 | 13
Lawyer sees almost 1,000 complainants sign up to Capita breach class action
95% pertain to pension schemes administered by outsourcing giant, says Barings Law
Cyber-crime21 Jul 2023 | 12
MOVEit body count closes in on 400 orgs, 20M+ individuals
'One of the most significant hacks of recent years,' we're told
Cyber-crime20 Jul 2023 | 19
Under CISA pressure collab, Microsoft makes cloud security logs available for free
In hindsight, it's probably good practice to give clients access to cloud logs
Cyber-crime20 Jul 2023 | 7
Recycling giant TOMRA pulls systems offline following 'extensive cyberattack'
Says baddies launched attack at weekend, isolates parts of tech infrastructure to contain spread
Cyber-crime18 Jul 2023 | 7
Infosec watchers: TeamTNT crew may blast holes in Azure, Google Cloud users
Why limit yourself to only stealing AWS credentials?
Cyber-crime15 Jul 2023 |
Celsius feels the heat: Ex-CEO arrested, watchdogs line up to sue bankrupt crypto biz
Exec faces fraud charges, one regulator wants $5 billion fine
Cyber-crime13 Jul 2023 | 10
Capita staffers told attackers stole data from its own pension fund
Three months after mega breach by Russian cybercrime group
Cyber-crime07 Jul 2023 | 15
Nickelodeon probes claims of massive data leak as SpongeBob fans rejoice
TV network's attorneys 'on a DMCA rampage' ... are you sure you're ready, kids?
Cyber-crime06 Jul 2023 | 9
Ex-Amazon manager jailed for stealing $10M using fake vendor invoices
Prime doesn't pay – well, not that much, anyway
Cyber-crime06 Jul 2023 | 15
Suspected bank-infecting OPERA1ER crime boss cuffed
Cops reckon gang swiped as much as $30M from financial orgs
Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 |
Dublin Airport staff pay data 'compromised' by criminals
Attackers accessed it via third-party services provider, says management group
Cyber-crime03 Jul 2023 | 6
Us, hacked by LockBit? No, says TSMC, that would be our IT supplier
So, uh, who's gonna pay that $70M ransom?
Black Hat and DEF CON30 Jun 2023 | 3
Crook who stole $23m+ in YouTube song royalties gets five years behind bars
Claims he wants to stay in the music biz after time in a Sing Sing
Cyber-crime29 Jun 2023 | 28
Network security guy in extradition tug of war between US and Russia
Group-IB spinout confirms Kislitsin is wanted by both Washington and Moscow
Cyber-crime29 Jun 2023 | 8
Miscreants leak texts and info siphoned by Android stalkerware app LetMeSpy
Just as America's Supremes set a high bar for cyberstalking
Cyber-crime27 Jun 2023 | 10
Cops' total pwnage of 'secure' EncroChat nets 6,500+ arrests, €740m in funds – so far
Or so the Europlod says
Cyber-crime27 Jun 2023 | 11
American and Southwest Airlines pilot candidate data exposed
Time to start practising identity protection
Cyber-crime26 Jun 2023 | 2
Now BlackCat extortionists threaten to leak stolen plastic surgery pics
Sharing a cancer patient's nude snaps earlier wasn't enough for these scumbags
Cyber-crime22 Jun 2023 | 10
Oreo cookie maker says crooks gobbled up staff info
50K-plus employees' personal info swiped after law firm rolled
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2023 | 6
Reddit confirms BlackCat gang pinched some data
Crooks demand $4.5m to keep '80GB' of corp info private – and no API price hikes
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2023 | 4
Over 100,000 compromised ChatGPT accounts found for sale on dark web
UPDATED Cybercrooks hoping users have whispered employer secrets to chatbot
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2023 | 26
LockBit suspect's arrest sheds more light on 'trustworthy' gang
Plus: Accused is innocent until proven guilty, but is known to be an Apple fan
Cyber-crime16 Jun 2023 | 10
Capita faces first legal Letter of Claim over mega breach
Barings Law claims 250 people that 'suspect' data theft signed up to class action
Cyber-crime16 Jun 2023 | 15
Last of the Gozi 3 sentenced over Windows info-stealing malware ops
Banking trojan still going strong as feds put bulletproof hosting point man behind bars
Cyber-crime13 Jun 2023 |
UK telco watchdog Ofcom, Minnesota Dept of Ed named as latest MOVEit victims
As another CVE is assigned
Cyber-crime13 Jun 2023 | 12
Unsealed: Charges against Russians blamed for Mt Gox crypto-exchange collapse
What a blast from the past, the past being a year before the pandemic
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7
Posing as journalists, Pink Drainer pilfers $3.3M in crypto
First the interview, then the phishing attack
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 10
Lantum S3 bucket leak is prescription for chaos for thousands of UK doctors
Updated Freelance agency exposed personal details that would be highly valuable in the wrong hands
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 12
Hold it – another vulnerability found in MOVEit file transfer software
Infosec in brief Also, the FBI's $180k investment in AN0M keeps paying off, and this week's critical vulnerabilities
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7
Ransomware scum hit Japanese pharma giant Eisai Group
Some servers encrypted in weekend attack, but product supply not affected
Cyber-crime09 Jun 2023 | 1
North Korea's Lazarus Group linked to Atomic Wallet heist
Users' cryptocurrency wallets look unlikely to be refilled
Cyber-crime08 Jun 2023 | 6
Deepfakes being used in 'sextortion' scams, FBI warns
AI technology raises the bar in an already troubling crime
Cyber-crime08 Jun 2023 | 22
Identity thieves can hunt us for 'rest of our lives,' claims suit after university data leak
Crooks steal Social Security numbers and post them on dark web, victims blame holes in Mercer's security
Cyber-crime06 Jun 2023 | 36
British Airways, Boots, BBC payroll data stolen in MOVEit supply-chain attack
Microsoft blames Russian Clop ransomware crew for theft of staff info
Cyber-crime05 Jun 2023 | 27
Ukraine war blurs lines between cyber-crims and state-sponsored attackers
This RomCom is no laughing matter
Cyber-crime01 Jun 2023 | 5
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 | 13
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 | 46
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
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