Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains Cyber-crime12 Dec 2024 | 5
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards Security11 Dec 2024 | 33
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware Cyber-crime11 Dec 2024 | 4
Heart surgery device maker's security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly Cyber-crime10 Dec 2024 | 20
Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after 'cringey couple' sentenced Streamer's trademark dramatic style takes on Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde Cyber-crime10 Dec 2024 | 6
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time CSO09 Dec 2024 | 9
Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash CSO09 Dec 2024 | 12
Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns Security06 Dec 2024 | 4
PoC exploit chains Mitel MiCollab 0-day, auth-bypass bug to access sensitive files updated Still unpatched 100+ days later, watchTowr says Cyber-crime06 Dec 2024 | 4
Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday' Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg Security06 Dec 2024 | 16
Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7
British hospitals hit by cyberattacks still battling to get systems back online Updated Children's hospital and cardiac unit say criminals broke in via shared 'digital gateway service' Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 21
BT Group confirms attackers tried to break into Conferencing division Sensitive data allegedly stolen from US subsidiary following Black Basta post Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 8
Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker's bankruptcy Stoli Group on the rocks in the US Security05 Dec 2024 | 35
Cops arrest suspected admin of German-language crime bazaar Drugs, botnets, forged docs, and more generated fortune for platform sellers Cyber-crime04 Dec 2024 | 24
Eurocops take down 'secure' criminal chat system known as Matrix Updated They took the red pill Cyber-crime04 Dec 2024 | 46
Major energy contractor reports 'limited' access to IT after ransomware locks files ENGlobal customers include the Pentagon as well as major oil and gas producers Security03 Dec 2024 | 11
Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 18
Russia gives life sentence to Hydra dark web kingpin after seizing a ton of drugs No exaggeration – literally a ton. Plus, 15 co-conspirators also put behind bars Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 27
Data on 760K workers from Xerox, Nokia, BofA, Morgan Stanley and more dumped online Yet another result of the MOVEit mess Cyber-crime03 Dec 2024 | 3
Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI's most wanted list The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin Cyber-crime02 Dec 2024 | 58
RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players Cyber-crime30 Nov 2024 | 2
Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week Cyber-crime29 Nov 2024 | 21
NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 56
The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you're fired Scumbags play on victims' worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 50
Telco engineer who spied on US employer for Beijing gets four years in the clink Provides insight to how China gets inside US systems, perhaps at Verizon and Infosys Cyber-crime27 Nov 2024 | 15
Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed Complaint claims he trespassed, gave himself discounts, and sorted CCTV access… Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 24
Another 'major cyber incident' at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 53
Supply chain management vendor Blue Yonder succumbs to ransomware And it looks like major UK retailers that rely on it are feeling the pinch Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 9
China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 51
Andrew Tate's site ransacked, subscriber data stolen He'll just have to take this one on the chin Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 106
SafePay ransomware gang claims Microlise attack that disrupted prison van tracking Fledgling band of crooks says it stole 1.2 TB of data Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 3
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was 'minimal' Networks21 Nov 2024 | 47
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause' Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 56
Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 3
Mega US healthcare payments network restores system 9 months after ransomware attack Change Healthcare’s $2 billion recovery is still a work in progress Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 5
Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 1
Russian suspected Phobos ransomware admin extradited to US over $16M extortion This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately) Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 5
Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 12
T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears updated Un-carrier said to be among those hit by Salt Typhoon, including AT&T, Verizon Networks18 Nov 2024 | 2
Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system Bootnotes16 Nov 2024 | 37
Bloke behind Helix Bitcoin launderette jailed for three years, hands over $400M Digital money laundering pays, until it doesn't Cyber-crime16 Nov 2024 | 7
Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit Yank access to management interface, stat CSO15 Nov 2024 | 28
Keyboard robbers steal 171K customers' data from AnnieMac mortgage house Names and social security numbers of folks looking for the biggest loan of their lives exposed Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 6
Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink Cyber-crime15 Nov 2024 | 4
Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 6
Kids' shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info Updated Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 14
Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it We call this lead degeneration Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 18
Ransomware fiends boast they've stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 1
Air National Guardsman gets 15 years after splashing classified docs on Discord 22-year-old talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm! Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 93
Here's what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists A Canadian and an American living in Turkey 'walk into' cloud storage environments… Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 5
'Cybersecurity issue' at Food Lion parent blamed for US grocery mayhem Stores still open, but customers report delayed deliveries, invoicing issues, and more at Stop & Shop and others Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2
Amazon confirms employee data exposed in leak linked to MOVEit vulnerability Over 5 million records from 25 organizations posted to black hat forum Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2
FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 12
Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion bill Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 24
Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume Infosec in brief Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more Security11 Nov 2024 |
Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground We all know by now that monsters never die, right? Cyber-crime08 Nov 2024 | 1
Winos4.0 abuses gaming apps to infect, control Windows machines 'Multiple' malware samples likely targeting education orgs Security08 Nov 2024 | 6
Operation Synergia II sees Interpol swoop on global cyber crims 22,000 IP addresses taken down, 59 servers seized, 41 arrests in 95 countries Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 3