Us, hacked by LockBit? No, says TSMC, that would be our IT supplier So, uh, who's gonna pay that $70M ransom? Cyber-crime30 Jun 2023 | 2
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 | 26
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 | 7
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 | 9
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
The Log4j vulnerability – how can we all do better next time? Accept there are some risks you don’t control but which nonetheless you can’t ignore Sponsored Feature
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 |
Russia-Ukraine war sending shockwaves into cyber-ecosystem Conflict could be first shooting war to deploy armies of ‘citizen hackers’ that cause at-risk organisations to rethink their defensive strategies Sponsored Feature
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
JP Morgan accidentally deletes evidence in multi-million record retention screwup Fined $4m for Who-Me-esque mess, for which it blames unnamed archiving vendor's retention settings
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig
Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office Survey says most would prefer a gentle request
Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds
Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say
Way out in deep space, astronomers spot precursor of carbon based life James Webb scope finds CH3+ – aka methyl cations – without which you probably wouldn't be reading this
Microsoft, OpenAI sued for $3B after allegedly trampling privacy with ChatGPT Where did they get the idea this bot was potentially spitting out personal info? Oh, from The Register
Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk
Five billion phones are dead in drawers – carriers want to mine them There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt
Google asks websites to kindly not break its shiny new targeted-advertising API Tech tweaked ahead of rollout in July, Mozilla and Apple still not interested
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
Taking the art of email security to the next level AI is beefing up the cyber arsenals of both attackers and defenders Sponsored Feature
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
Thinking straight in the SoC: How AI erases cognitive bias The whispering voice presents an alternative point of view to steer cyber security pros in the right direction Sponsored Feature
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
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 | 17
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
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 | 38
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
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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
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