Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war The US Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian for allegedly attacking Ukrainian government computers and destroying critical infrastructure systems in the so-called “WhisperGate” wiper attack that preceded…
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Feds put $5M bounty on ‘CryptoQueen’ Ruja Ignatova
OneCoin co-founder allegedly bilked investors out of $4B in digicash Uncle Sam has put a $5 million bounty on any information leading to the arrest or conviction of self-titled “CryptoQueen” Ruja Ignatova, who is wanted in the US for apparently…
US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts
Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them The US has convicted the 24-year-old leader of an international robbery crew that kidnapped and terrorized wealthy victims during home invasions that were…
Batten down the hatches, it’s time to patch some more MOVEit bugs
Exploit attempts for ‘devastating’ vulnerabilities already underway Thought last year’s MOVEit hellscape was well and truly behind you? Unlucky, buster. We’re back for round two after Progress Software lifted the lid on fresh vulnerabilities affecting MOVEit Transfer and Gateway.… This…
Yahoo! Japan to waive $189 million ad revenue after detecting fraudulent clicks
Admits it’s not sure some clicks from from humans, points to bettter quality as sign not all is rotten Yahoo! Japan will waive $189 million charged to advertisers after deciding they were fraudulently charged, the portal’s corporate parent revealed on…
Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons Tracking devices are in demand from organized crime groups and known perpetrators of domestic violence, according to an Australian study.… This article has…
Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
Probe: Worker at speech-recog outfit Nuance wasn’t locked out after firing American healthcare provider Geisinger fears highly personal data on more than a million of its patients has been stolen – and claimed a former employee at a Microsoft subsidiary…
If you’re using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately
Scripts turn malicious, infect webpages after Chinese CDN swallows domain The polyfill.io domain is being used to infect more than 100,000 websites with malware after a Chinese organization bought the domain earlier this year.… This article has been indexed from…
Fiend touts stolen Neiman Marcus customer info for $150K
Flash clobber chain fashionably late to Snowflake fiasco party Customer information said to have been stolen from Neiman Marcus’s Snowflake instance has been put up for sale on the dark web for $150,000.… This article has been indexed from The…
Crypto scammers circle back, pose as lawyers, steal an extra $10M in truly devious plan
Business is more lucrative than you might think The FBI says in just 12 months, scumbags stole circa $10 million from victims of crypto scams after posing as helpful lawyers offering to recover their lost tokens.… This article has been…
CISA says crooks used Ivanti bugs to snoop around high-risk chemical facilities
Crafty crims broke in but encryption stopped any nastiness US cybersecurity agency CISA is urging high-risk chemical facilities to secure their online accounts after someone broke into its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) portal.… This article has been indexed from…
UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin’s ransomware shakedowns
Attacking the NHS is a very bad move UK and US cops have reportedly joined forces to find and fight Qilin, the ransomware gang wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Ransomware thieves beware
Why Object First and Veeam tick the box for encryption and immutability Sponsored Feature You know that a technology problem is serious when the White House holds a summit about it.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Protect your network
Insights on expanding attack surfaces Webinar Stay ahead of cyber threats with our upcoming session on “Why attack surfaces are expanding,” brought to you by Cloudflare in partnership with The Register.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US
WikiLeaks boss already out of Blighty and ultimately off to home in Australia, if all goes to plan Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to just one count of…
Julian Assange freed in UK after agreeing to plead guilty to US charges
WikiLeaks boss already off from Blighty to ultimately Australia Breaking news Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiracy charges brought against him by the United States.… This article has been…
Julian Assange freed after agreeing to plead guilty to US charges
WikiLeaks boss already off from the UK to ultimately Australia Breaking news Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to charges brought against him by the United States.… This article has been…
America’s best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good
‘Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal’ Analysis Introduced in April, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was – in the words of its drafters – “the best opportunity we’ve had in decades to establish a…
Ollama drama as ‘easy-to-exploit’ critical flaw found in open source AI server
About a thousand vulnerable instances still exposed online, we’re told A now-patched vulnerability in Ollama – a popular open source project for running LLMs – can lead to remote code execution, according to flaw finders who warned that upwards of…
Car dealers stuck in the slow lane after cyber woes at software biz CDK
More customers self-reporting to SEC as disruption carries into second week The number of US companies filing Form 8-Ks with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and referencing embattled car dealership software biz CDK is mounting.… This article has been…