Cybercriminals raid BBC pension database, steal records of over 25,000 people
This just in: We lost your personal info, but here's 2 years' worth of Experian
Cyber-crime30 May 2024 | 19
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Chinese national cuffed on charges of running 'likely the world's largest botnet ever'
DoJ says 911 S5 crew earned $100M from 19 million PCs pwned by fake VPNs
Cyber-crime29 May 2024 | 12
Miscreants claim they've snatched 560M people's info from Ticketmaster
Updated All that data allegedly going for a song on revived BreachForums
Cyber-crime29 May 2024 | 26
Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive
Updated Think this is bad? See what Big Media wants to do to us, warns founder
Cyber-crime29 May 2024 | 51
North Korea building cash reserves using ransomware, video games
Microsoft says Kim’s hermit nation is pivoting to latest tools as it evolves in cyberspace
Cyber-crime29 May 2024 | 2
2.8M US folks learn their personal info was swiped months ago in Sav-Rx IT heist
Theft happened in October, only now are details coming to light
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 8
BreachForums returns just weeks after FBI-led takedown
Website whack-a-mole getting worse
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 9
Auction house Christie’s confirms criminals stole some client data
Centuries-old institution dodges questions on how it happened as ransomware gang claims credit
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 3
Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime
Opinion In evolving smarter security, open source is the missing link
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 3
Man behind deepfake Biden robocall indicted on felony charges, faces $6M fine
FCC wants to hit this political genius with first-of-a-kind punishment
Cyber-crime24 May 2024 | 46
Suspected supply chain attack backdoors courtroom recording software
An open and shut case, but the perps remain at large – whoever they are
Cyber-crime24 May 2024 | 2
Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users
Updated ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker
Malware Month23 May 2024 | 4
Casino cyberattacks put a bullseye on Scattered Spider – and the FBI is closing in
Interview Mandiant CTO chats to The Reg about the looming fate of this ransomware crew
Cyber-crime23 May 2024 | 11
Canada's London Drugs confirms ransomware attack after LockBit demands $25M
Pharmacy says it's 'unwilling and unable to pay ransom'
Cyber-crime22 May 2024 | 3
LockBit dethroned as leading ransomware gang for first time post-takedown
Rivals ready to swoop in but drop in overall attacks illustrates LockBit’s influence
Cyber-crime22 May 2024 | 6
Google takes shots at Microsoft for shoddy security record with enterprise apps
Updated Also, feds who switch to Google Workspace for 3 years get an extra year for free
Cyber-crime20 May 2024 | 11
British Library's candid ransomware comms driven by 'emotional intelligence'
CyberUK It quickly realized ‘dry’ progress updates weren’t cutting it
Cyber-crime20 May 2024 | 16
How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist
Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter
Cyber-crime18 May 2024 | 50
Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach'
Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate
Cyber-crime17 May 2024 | 13
First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles?
TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard
Cyber-crime17 May 2024 | 12
Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy Black Basta ransomware
Spoiler alert: it's not really IT support controlling your device
Cyber-crime16 May 2024 | 12
Stifling Beijing in cyberspace is now British intelligence’s number-one mission
CyberUK Annual conference of cyber intel unit shows UK's alarm over China blaring louder than ever
Cyber-crime16 May 2024 | 22
FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel
No more illicit gains, for a while at least
Security15 May 2024 | 4
Crook brags about US Army and $75B defense biz pwnage
More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals
Cyber-crime15 May 2024 | 7
FCC names and shames Royal Tiger AI robocall crew
Agency is on the lookout for a Prince among men
Cyber-crime14 May 2024 | 5
Cybersec chiefs team up with insurers to say 'no' to ransomware bullies
Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model
Cyber-crime14 May 2024 | 7
Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm
After years of people being victimized, it's about time
Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28
'Cyberattack' shutters Christie's website days before $840M art mega-auction
Going once, going twice, going offline
Cyber-crime13 May 2024 | 6
Uncle Sam urges action after Black Basta ransomware infects Ascension
Emergency ambulances diverted while techies restore systems
Cyber-crime13 May 2024 | 5
Europol confirms incident following alleged auction of staff data
Intelligence-sharing platform remains down for maintenance
Cyber-crime13 May 2024 | 4
Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg
Interview As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs
Cyber-crime12 May 2024 | 43
Cybercriminals hit jackpot as 500k+ Ohio Lottery lovers lose out on their personal data
Not a lotto luck for these powerball hunters
Cyber-crime10 May 2024 | 9
Microsoft's Brad Smith summoned by Homeland Security committee over 'cascade' of infosec failures
Major intrusions by both China and Russia leave a lot to be answered for
Cyber-crime10 May 2024 | 24
US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says 'cybersecurity event' disrupted clinical ops
Sources claim ransomware is to blame
Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 30
Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web
IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit
Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 35
America's enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be 'wake-up call'
RSAC Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man
Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 8
What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores
BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China
Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 10
One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800K people
Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer tool
Spotlight on RSA08 May 2024 | 2
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack
China vehemently denies involvement
Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 50
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
Interview On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
Malware Month08 May 2024 | 24
America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss
RSAC Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc
Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 25
Cops finally unmask 'LockBit kingpin' after two-month tease
Updated Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev's $10M question is answered at last
Cyber-crime07 May 2024 | 21
Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives' kids to pressure their parents
RSAC Extortionists turning to 'psychological attacks', Mandiant CTO says
Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 20
Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang
Updated After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal
Spotlight on RSA06 May 2024 | 8
Consultant charged over $1.5M extortion scheme against IT giant
Accused of stealing data after losing his job
Cyber-crime06 May 2024 | 14
Europol op shutters 12 scam call centers and cuffs 21 suspected fraudsters
Cops prevented crims from bilking victims out of more than €10m - but couldn't stop crime against art
Cyber-crime03 May 2024 | 26
Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military
Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force
Networks02 May 2024 | 41
Federal frenzy to patch gaping GitLab account takeover hole
Warning comes exactly a year after the vulnerability was introduced
Cyber-crime02 May 2024 | 8
REvil ransomware scum sentenced to almost 14 years inside, ordered to pay $16 million
After extorting $700 million from thousands of victims
Cyber-crime02 May 2024 | 8
Infosec biz boss accused of BS'ing the world about his career, anti-crime product, customers
Intrusion investors went through Blount farce trauma, says SEC
Cyber-crime01 May 2024 | 14
US charges 16 over 'depraved' grandparent scams
Vulnerable elderly people tricked into paying tens of thousands over fake car accidents
Cyber-crime01 May 2024 | 17
Cyber-bastard jailed for stealing psychotherapy files, blackmailing patients
Vastaamo villain more than doubled reported crime in Nordic nation
Cyber-crime30 Apr 2024 | 11
UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine'
Updated Congress to hear how Citrix MFA snafu led to massive data theft, $870M+ loss
Malware Month30 Apr 2024 | 28
NSA guy who tried and failed to spy for Russia gets 262 months in the slammer
Tried to sell top secret docs for the low, low price of $85K
Cyber-crime30 Apr 2024 | 27
London Drugs closes all of its pharmacies following 'cybersecurity incident'
Updated Canadian stores shuttered 'until further notice'
CSO29 Apr 2024 | 20
Cops cuff man for allegedly framing colleague with AI-generated hate speech clip
Athletics boss accused of deep-faking Baltimore school principal
Cyber-crime25 Apr 2024 | 18
Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting
Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M
Cyber-crime25 Apr 2024 | 4
Russia, Iran pose most aggressive threat to 2024 elections, say infoseccers
Google security crew reveal ‘the four Ds’ to be on the watch for
Cyber-crime25 Apr 2024 | 9
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors
And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks
Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 108
US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies
Their holiday options are now far more restricted
Cyber-crime24 Apr 2024 |
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