SonicWall investigates 'cyber incidents,' including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with 'schmero-day' Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 1
Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 5
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 7
German phone repair biz collapses following 2023 ransomware attack Founder miffed over prosecutors holding onto its Bitcoin Cyber-crime04 Aug 2025 | 9
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS Infosec In Brief PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more! Security04 Aug 2025 | 3
Silent Push CEO on cybercrime takedowns: 'It's an ongoing cat-and-mouse game' interview Plus: why takedowns aren't in threat-intel analysts' best interest Cyber-crime03 Aug 2025 | 1
Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash Criminals used undocumented techniques and well-placed insiders to remotely withdraw money Research01 Aug 2025 | 26
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list defense work 'recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services' Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves Cyber-crime01 Aug 2025 | 45
As ransomware gangs threaten physical harm, 'I am afraid of what's next,' ex-negotiator says Crims warned 40% of respondents that they and their families would suffer Cyber-crime31 Jul 2025 | 27
NHS disability equipment provider on brink of collapse a year after cyberattack Government officials say they are monitoring the situation Cyber-crime31 Jul 2025 | 16
Minnesota governor calls in the troops after St Paul cyberattack 'This was a deliberate, coordinated, digital attack' Cyber-crime30 Jul 2025 | 21
Ransomware gang sets deadline to leak 3.5 TB of Ingram Micro data Distie insists global operations restored despite some websites only now coming back online Cyber-crime30 Jul 2025 | 4
FBI: Watch out for these signs Scattered Spider is spinning its web around your org New malware, even better social engineering chops Cyber-crime29 Jul 2025 | 11
War Games: MoD asks soldiers with 1337 skillz to compete in esports Troopers to swap radios for Turtle Beaches in preparation for ‘21st century challenges’ Cyber-crime29 Jul 2025 | 12
Majority of 1.4M customers caught in Allianz Life data heist No word on who's behind it, but attack has hallmarks of the usual suspects Cyber-crime28 Jul 2025 | 2
Aeroflot aeroflops over 'IT issues' after attackers claim year-long compromise Russia's top airline cancels 49 flights, delays affect many more Cyber-crime28 Jul 2025 | 30
Freelance dev shop Toptal caught serving malware after GitHub account break-in Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher Cyber-crime25 Jul 2025 | 2
Advisor to Brit tech contractors Qdos confirms client data leak Updated Policy management not affected, but some personal data may have been snaffled Cyber-crime25 Jul 2025 | 6
Laptop farmer behind $17M North Korean IT worker scam locked up for 8.5 years Plus she has to cough up a slice of Pyongyang’s payday Cyber-crime24 Jul 2025 | 12
Euro healthcare giant AMEOS Group shuts down IT systems after mystery attack Good luck getting an appointment with your doctor Cyber-crime24 Jul 2025 | 1
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary'
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady Who, Me? Startups aren't good at testing software, or respecting contracts
IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain
China’s botched Great Firewall upgrade invites attacks on its censorship infrastructure Attempts to censor QUIC traffic create chance to block access to offshore DNS resolvers
Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts
Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud, perhaps due to EU sanctions on Russia Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves
Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor Updated 'Plague' malware has been around for months without tripping alarms
Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome
Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries
Lazarus Group rises again, this time with malware-laden fake FOSS Infosec In Brief PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more!
No login? No problem: Cisco ISE flaw gave root access before fix arrived, say researchers Shadowserver claims miscreants were already poking at a critical hole in early July, long before Switchzilla patched it Cyber-crime24 Jul 2025 | 4
Microsoft: SharePoint attacks now officially include ransomware infections Let the games begin Cyber-crime24 Jul 2025 | 10
Eau no! Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu Updated French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected Cyber-crime24 Jul 2025 | 6
IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns From scams to violence, the crimes extend beyond the digital realm Cyber-crime23 Jul 2025 | 17
$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox's passwords from Cognizant simply by asking Hand us the mind bleach, we want to flush our memories of attack Cyber-crime23 Jul 2025 | 12
Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers With more to come, no doubt Cyber-crime22 Jul 2025 | 16
Silicon Valley engineer admits theft of US missile tech secrets Used stolen info to pitch for Chinese tech talent program Cyber-crime22 Jul 2025 | 5
UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations 'We're going to smash the business model' NHS, councils, and schools told Cyber-crime22 Jul 2025 | 31
Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’ No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg Cyber-crime21 Jul 2025 | 5
Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran's intel agency Persians added snooping capabilities to DCHSpy after Israeli bombs fell Cyber-crime21 Jul 2025 | 1
UK uncovers novel Microsoft snooping malware, blames and sanctions GRU cyberspies Fancy Bear can't keep its claws out of Outlook inboxes Cyber-crime20 Jul 2025 | 33
Ex-IDF cyber chief on Iran, Scattered Spider, and why social engineering worries him more than 0-days Interview Keep It Simple, Stupid Cyber-crime19 Jul 2025 | 9
Google sues 25 alleged BadBox 2.0 botnet operators, all of whom are in China Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too Cyber-crime17 Jul 2025 | 8
Operation Eastwood shutters 100+ servers used to DDoS websites supporting Ukraine Two Russian suspects in cuffs, seven warrants out Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 | 13
Retailer Co-op: Attackers snatched all 6.5M member records Supermarket announces white hat education scheme as four suspects released on bail Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 | 28
Turbulence at Air Serbia, the latest airline under cyber siege Exclusive Attack enters day 11 and still no public disclosure of what insider claims to be 'deep breach' of Active Directory Cyber-crime16 Jul 2025 |
Ex-US soldier who Googled 'can hacking be treason' pleads guilty to extortion File this one under what not to search if you've committed a crime Cyber-crime15 Jul 2025 | 17
Someone hijacked Elmo's X account to post antisemitic rants Anyone investigated Grok? Just sayin'… Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 22
UK's NCA disputes claim it's nearly three times less efficient than the FBI Report on serious organized crime fails to account for differences, agency says Cyber-crime14 Jul 2025 | 28
You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem – here's how to stop it Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another Cyber-crime13 Jul 2025 | 120
UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal Cyber-crime11 Jul 2025 | 84
French cops cuff Russian pro basketball player on ransomware charges 'He's useless with computers and can't even install an application' says lawyer Cyber-crime11 Jul 2025 | 15
Ex-ASML engineer who stole chip tech for Russia gets three years in Dutch prison 'Whether those files were allowed to go to Russia? I didn't ask' Cyber-crime10 Jul 2025 | 5
NCA arrests four in connection with UK retail ransomware attacks Crime-fighting agency cagey on details, probes into intrusions at M&S, Harrods, and Co-op continue Cyber-crime10 Jul 2025 | 16
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 4
Qantas begins telling some customers that mystery attackers have their home address Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 13
Ingram Micro restarts orders – for some – following ransomware attack Customers say things are still far from perfect as lengthy support queues hamper business dealings Cyber-crime09 Jul 2025 | 1
Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage Updated SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors Cyber-crime06 Jul 2025 | 18
Young Consulting finds even more folks affected in breach mess – now over 1 million The insurance SaaS slinger may trade under a different name, but past continues to haunt it Cyber-crime03 Jul 2025 | 1
Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims Don't let their kind words sway you – leaders are still up to no good Cyber-crime03 Jul 2025 | 5
23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time Nonprofit TTAM assures everything is BAU. Whether that makes customers feel better is another matter Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 18
US imposes sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 10
Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers Frequent flyers’ info takes flight Security02 Jul 2025 | 17
International Criminal Court swats away 'sophisticated and targeted' cyberattack Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign Cyber-crime01 Jul 2025 | 4
US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams Resulting in two indictments, one arrest, and 137 laptops seized Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 1
British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network Don't leave the door open to disgruntled workers Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 92
Scattered Spider crime spree takes flight as focus turns to aviation sector Time ticking for defenders as social engineering pros weave wider web Cyber-crime30 Jun 2025 | 2
Ex-NATO hacker: 'In the cyber world, there's no such thing as a ceasefire' interview Watch out for supply chain hacks especially Cyber-crime28 Jun 2025 | 61
Crims are posing as insurance companies to steal health records and payment info Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 | 7
Aloha, you’ve been pwned: Hawaiian Airlines discloses ‘cybersecurity event’ update 'No impact on safety,' FAA tells The Reg Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 |
Data spill in aisle 5: Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize says 2.2M affected after cyberattack Finance, health, and national identification details compromised Cyber-crime27 Jun 2025 | 4
FBI used bitcoin wallet records to peg notorious IntelBroker as UK national Pro tip: Don't use your personal email account on BreachForums Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 31
Glasgow City Council online services crippled following cyberattack Nothing confirmed but authority is operating under the assumption that data has been stolen Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 14
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS supplier contributed to patient fatality Pathology outage caused by Synnovis breach linked to harm across dozens of healthcare facilities Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 7
That WhatsApp from an Israeli infosec expert could be a Iranian phish Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials Cyber-crime26 Jun 2025 | 2
Supply chain attacks surge with orgs 'flying blind' about dependencies Who is the third party that does the thing in our thing? Yep. Attacks explode over past year CSO25 Jun 2025 | 4
French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes Cyber-crime25 Jun 2025 |
Beware of fake SonicWall VPN app that steals users' credentials A good reminder not to download apps from non-vendor sites Cyber-crime24 Jun 2025 | 1
Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony Cyber-crime24 Jun 2025 | 9
Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes Plus 'low-level' hacktivist attempts Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 32
Second attack on McLaren Health Care in a year affects 743k people Criminals targeted the hospital and physician network’s Detroit cancer clinic this time Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 1
Experts count staggering costs incurred by UK retail amid cyberattack hell Cyber Monitoring Centre issues first severity assessment since February launch Cyber-crime23 Jun 2025 | 27
Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 14
Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck... Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 5
Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations It's a marketing move to lure more affiliates, says infosec veteran Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 4
Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised Cyber-crime20 Jun 2025 | 24
Uncle Sam seeks time in tower dump data grab case after judge calls it 'unconstitutional' Feds told they can't demand a haystack to find a needle Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 17
Glazed and confused: Hole lotta highly sensitive data nicked from Krispy Kreme Experts note 'major red flags' in donut giant's security as 161,676 staff and families informed of attack details Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 48
UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people Public Sector19 Jun 2025 | 11
Sneaky Serpentine#Cloud slithers through Cloudflare tunnels to inject orgs with Python-based malware Phishing, Python and RATs, oh my Cyber-crime19 Jun 2025 | 2
Minecraft cheaters never win ... but they may get malware Infostealers posing as popular cheat tools are cropping up on GitHub Cyber-crime18 Jun 2025 | 7
Scattered Spider has moved from retail to insurance Google threat analysts warn the team behind the Marks & Spencer break-in has moved on Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 | 1
Remorseless extortionists claim to have stolen thousands of files from Freedman HealthCare UPDATED The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 |
Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme Asia In Brief PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more Cyber-crime16 Jun 2025 | 3
Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Cyber-crime12 Jun 2025 | 1
'Major compromise' at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes Exclusive Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Cyber-crime12 Jun 2025 | 18
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out 'BrowserVenom' is pure poison Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 5
Hire me! To drop malware on your computer FIN6 moves from point-of-sale compromise to phishing recruiters Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 3
Asia dismantles 20,000 malicious domains in infostealer crackdown Interpol coordinates operation, nabs 32 across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Nauru Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 | 4
CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming The botnet’s still alive and evolving Cyber-crime11 Jun 2025 |
Texas warns 300,000 crash reports siphoned via compromised user account Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud Cyber-crime10 Jun 2025 | 5
M&S online ordering system operational 46 days after cyber shutdown A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back Cyber-crime10 Jun 2025 | 18
Let them eat junk food: Major organic supplier to Whole Foods, Walmart, hit by cyberattack United Natural Foods shut down some of its systems on June 5 after spotting network intruders Cyber-crime09 Jun 2025 | 5
Your ransomware nightmare just came true – now what? Feature Don't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can CSO06 Jun 2025 | 40
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on RedLine dev and Russia-backed cronies Any info on Maxim Rudometov and his associates? There's $$$ in it for you Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 1
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 3
More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Cyber-crime05 Jun 2025 | 12
HMRC: Crooks broke into 100k accounts, stole £43M from British taxpayer in late 2024 It’s definitely not a cyberattack though! Really! Public Sector05 Jun 2025 | 29
Play ransomware crims exploit SimpleHelp flaw in double-extortion schemes Recompiled binaries and phone threats used to boost the pressure Cyber-crime04 Jun 2025 | 1