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 | 14
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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 | 8
FBI-led Op Medusa slays NATO-bothering Russian military malware network
Perseus to the rescue as Snake eats itself
Cyber-crime09 May 2023 | 7
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 | 11
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
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Dell reneges on remote work promise, tells staff to wear pants at least 3 days a week
Some say return to the office is a soft layoff, others blame Gen Z
Brexit Britain looks to French company to save crumbling borders and immigration tech
Building a wall... of code
Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers
Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens
Just a small experiment – for now?
Open source AI makes modern PCs relevant, and subscriptions seem shabby
Column Why sign up for ChatGPT when LLaMA and a multicore beast can do as well?
The world of work is broken and it's Microsoft's fault
Employees are wasting literal days on meetings and email – but in rides AI like a knight in shining armor, right?
Google Cloud's watery Parisian outage enters third week, with no end in sight
To make matters worse, other bits of the same region have wobbled
Don't turn it off and on again: Expired Cisco cert cripples vEdge SD-WAN kit
Updates said to be rolling out now... if your gateway hasn't already bricked itself
Sonatype axes 14 percent of staff, reminds them not to talk to the press
Exclusive Workers slam 'horrendous' handling of layoffs that left even 'engineering managers in the dark'
So much for Pakistan’s plan for digital economy – it’s turned off the internet
As protests roil, connectivity has been cut with no relief in sight
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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 | 22
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 | 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
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
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