Former Apple worker pleads guilty to $17m mail and wire fraud charges Nefarious schemes included harvesting motherboard components and selling them back to Apple Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 12
Dropbox admits 130 of its private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack Personal info and data safe, stolen code not critical, apparently Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 2
German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk Deutschland im Deep Web destroyed Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 11
India's Home Ministry cracks down on predatory lending apps following suicides Local media say they're China backed, Ministry only mentions organized crime Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 4
Pro-China crew ramps up disinfo ahead of US midterms. Not that anyone's falling for it Hey, Xi, 滚开 Cyber-crime27 Oct 2022 | 16
Feds accuse Ukrainian of renting out PC-raiding Raccoon malware to fiends Separately, charges slapped on alleged operator of dark market, The Real Deal Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 1
Ransomware down this year – but there's a catch 2021 was such a banner year for extortionists, 2022 is gonna look rosy in comparison Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 1
Health insurer Medibank's data breach diagnosis keeps getting worse All four million customers at risk of having records of medical treatments exposed Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 11
Gone phishing: UK data watchdog fines construction biz £4.4m for poor infosec hygiene Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information Cyber-crime25 Oct 2022 | 11
Payment terminal malware steals $3.3m worth of credit card numbers – so far With shops leaving VNC and RDP open, quelle surprise Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 14
Alert: This ransomware preys on healthcare orgs via weak-ass VPN servers FBI, CISA warn of Daixin gang after OakBend Medical Center hit Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1
Could you not? BlackByte ransomware slinger twists the knife with data stealer Your IT storage may go from terabytes to Exbytes Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 3
Hacktivists say they stole 100,000 emails from Iran's nuclear energy agency Tehran laughs it off as foreign psyop or media stunt. Just don't remind them about Stuxnet, OK? Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward Updated Australia's Medibank says it's been shown stolen data that includes details of treatments administered to customers Cyber-crime20 Oct 2022 | 12
FBI: Looking for Biden's student loan forgiveness? Watch out for these scams You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and steal identities? Cyber-crime19 Oct 2022 | 8
Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans Lesser of two REvils? There’s a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 4
Cops swoop after crooks use wireless keyfob hack to steal cars Hotwiring is so 2021 Cyber-crime18 Oct 2022 | 116
Interpol busts global 'Black Axe' cyber-fraud suspects 75 collars felt, $1.2m seized in bid to cut off crime network’s financial lifeline Cyber-crime17 Oct 2022 | 3
'Baby Al Capone' to pay $22m to SIM-swap crypto-heist victim Too young to drive, old enough to bribe AT&T staff, apparently Cyber-crime15 Oct 2022 | 18
Store credit card numbers in a debug log, lose millions of accounts. Cost? $1.9m That's roughly 300,000 Shein crop tops Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 4
LockBit 3.0 malware forced NHS tech supplier to shut down hosted sites Managed software provider Advanced admits some customer data 'exfiltrated' in August ransomware attack Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 2
Mormon Church IT ransacked, data stolen by 'state-sponsored' cyber-thieves Don't get your underwear in a twist Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 54
Insurer Medibank hit by targeted cyberattack Hot on heels of Optus and Dialog breaches, criminals turn sights to insurance sector Cyber-crime13 Oct 2022 | 1
How Wi-Fi spy drones snooped on financial firm Check your rooftops: Flying gear caught carrying network-intrusion kit Cyber-crime12 Oct 2022 | 35
Crypto exchange Bittrex coughs up $53m to end claims of US sanctions busting Feds also said the biz sucked at policing transactions for suspicious activity – as if! Cyber-crime11 Oct 2022 | 12
Singtel confirms digital burglary at Dialog subsidiary Second of Singapore telco's Australian businesses to be prised open by criminals in weeks Cyber-crime10 Oct 2022 |
Utility security is so bad, US DoE offers rate cuts to improve it New hardware? Consultants? You tell us because your infosec is off the grid Cyber-crime07 Oct 2022 | 7
Lloyd's of London cuts off network after dodgy activity detected Updated Is it Putin? Is it the Norks? Is it a bored teenager? Roll the dice Cyber-crime07 Oct 2022 | 11
Huge nonprofit hospital network suffers IT meltdown after 'security incident' Ambulances diverted, patient records frozen, rhymes with handsome wear Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 18
South Korea cancels passport of Terraform Lab's Do Kwon Whereabouts of wanted cryptobro unknown, but he's reliably on Twitter Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 1
Former Uber CSO convicted for covering up massive 2016 data theft Passing off a ransom payment as a bug bounty? That's obstruction of justice Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 14
NetWalker ransomware scumbag jailed for 20 years And note to his crime pals – he said he would sing like a canary Cyber-crime05 Oct 2022 | 6
DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson ‘This is not what justice looks like’ says official on sanction for leak of 100 million records Cyber-crime05 Oct 2022 | 40
Japanese sushi chain boss resigns amid accusation of improper data access Data theft stinks, says victim. Alleged perp claims he's getting a raw deal Cyber-crime04 Oct 2022 | 15
Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years Hello, love, I need $32k to fix my oil rig Cyber-crime03 Oct 2022 | 15
Ex-eBay execs jailed for cyberstalking web critics Still to come: Civil RICO lawsuit against e-souk and former top brass Cyber-crime30 Sep 2022 | 20
Hacked Fast Company sends 'obscene and racist' alerts via Apple News Someone going by 'Thrax' claims responsibility for 'incredibly easy' breach Cyber-crime28 Sep 2022 | 2
Here's how crooks will use deepfakes to scam your biz Need some tools of deception? GitHub's got 'em Cyber-crime28 Sep 2022 | 12
Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole If you're gonna force everyone to register an account, at least protect that data, lawsuit argues Cyber-crime27 Sep 2022 | 9
Meta busts first Chinese campaign prodding US midterms Russian cybercriminals were also caught targeting Europe with anti-Ukraine messages Cyber-crime27 Sep 2022 | 8
Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software 'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment' Cyber-crime25 Sep 2022 | 6
Open up, it's the IRS. We're here about the crypto tax you dodged 'At least ten' people didn't declare coin income. Wow, what a bust Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 26
Significant customer data exposed in attack on Australian telco Updated Subscribers have questions – like 'When were you going to tell us?' Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 14
Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flaws While issuing an emergency patch for Endpoint Configuration Manager Cyber-crime22 Sep 2022 | 7
ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware Doesn't make cents, makes bigger bucks instead ... probably Cyber-crime21 Sep 2022 | 10
Crypto biz Wintermute loses $160m in cyber-heist, tells us not to stress out The other Tessier-Ashpool AIs are surely disappointed Cyber-crime20 Sep 2022 | 10
Grand Theft Auto 6 maker confirms source code, vids stolen in cyber-heist So is that three or four stars? Cyber-crime19 Sep 2022 | 23
School chat app Seesaw abused to send 'inappropriate image' to parents, teachers This is why we don't reuse passwords, kids Cyber-crime16 Sep 2022 | 24
Uber reels from 'security incident' in which cloud systems seemingly hijacked Updated AWS and G Suite admin accounts likely popped, HackerOne bug bounty page hit, and more Cyber-crime16 Sep 2022 | 44
Ex-Broadcom engineer asks for house arrest over IP theft Updated Admits guilt, but claims he took files to jog his memory, afraid he'd not keep up with 'younger engineers' Cyber-crime15 Sep 2022 | 20
Iran steps up its cybercrime game and Uncle Sam punches back Criminal charges, more sanctions, and a $10m bounty, oh my Cyber-crime15 Sep 2022 | 15
Ransomware gang threatens 1m-plus medical record leak Criminals continue to target some of the most vulnerable Cyber-crime14 Sep 2022 | 5
DoJ charges pair over China-linked attempt to build semi-autonomous crypto haven on nuked Pacific atoll Yes, that’s a lot to digest: Marshall Islands legislators allegedly bribed to make it possible Cyber-crime08 Sep 2022 | 21
US school year opens with reading, writing, and ransomware FBI warns that Vice Society threat group is ramping up attacks on the education sector Cyber-crime07 Sep 2022 | 8
Cyberattack brings down InterContinental Hotels' booking systems Online booking systems and other services knocked offline amid network intrusion Cyber-crime06 Sep 2022 | 16
Convicted felon busted for 3D printing gun parts Just days after US rules tackling homemade firearms take effect Cyber-crime02 Sep 2022 | 67
Ex-NSA trio who spied on Americans for UAE now banned from arms exports From hero to zero-day ... to plain zero Cyber-crime02 Sep 2022 | 9
FBI: Look out, crooks stole $1.3b in cryptocurrency in just three months this year DeFi, as in, defying belief Cyber-crime01 Sep 2022 | 9
China-linked APT40 gang targets wind farms, Australian government ScanBox installed after victims lured to fake Murdoch news sites with phishing emails Cyber-crime31 Aug 2022 | 7