Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack Nova Scotia Power on Friday confirmed it had been hit by a ransomware attack that began earlier this spring and disrupted certain IT systems, and admitted the crooks leaked data…
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CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack
Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that SaaS companies are under fire from criminals on the prowl for cloud apps with weak security.… This article has…
Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam
Callous fraudster tricked elderly gents into smuggling meth hidden in chocolate truffles A ruthless cyber conman who duped elderly pensioners – including an 80-year-old man – into smuggling deadly class A drugs was this week locked up.… This article has…
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
And the associated fraud’n’spy botnet is about to be shut down The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against 16 people accused of spreading and using the DanaBot remote-control malware that infected more than 300,000 computers, plus operating a…
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can’t resist attacking its buggy kit
If it ain’t broke? A suspected Chinese government spy group is behind the rash of attacks that exploit two Ivanti bugs that can be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), according to analysts at threat intelligence outfit…
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm The FBI has filed an affidavit detailing how it identified a US Navy man who was allegedly distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM) through Discord.… This article has been…
How lean security teams can build resilient defenses
Improving security on a budget with continuous monitoring Partner content Most security teams face a staggering challenge. They’re tasked with protecting themselves against the same advanced threats as any large enterprise, but often have a fraction of the budget, tools,…
Feds finger Russian behind Qakbot malware that hit 700,000 computers
The FBI thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again Uncle Sam on Thursday unsealed criminal charges and a civil forfeiture case against a Russian national accused of leading the cybercrime ring behind Qakbot, notorious…
Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos
Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target utility management systems, according to…
Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks’ posts
Case in Germany could derail Zuck’s plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn’t over The Irish Data Protection Commission has cleared the way for Meta to begin slurping up the data of European citizens for training AI next week, ongoing…
Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks’ data
Case in Germany could derail Zuck’s plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn’t over The Irish Data Protection Commission has cleared the way for Meta to begin slurping up the data of European citizens for training AI next week, ongoing…
Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones
4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on ‘illegal immigrants’ Foreigners in Moscow will now be subject to a new experimental law that affords the state enhanced tracking mechanisms via a smartphone app.… This article has…
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Chat app blocks Windows’ screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos Chat app biz Signal is unhappy with the current version of Microsoft Recall and has invoked some Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality in Windows to stop the tool from…
Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected Scotland’s West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier…
US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool
The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed A 19-year-old student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the systems of two companies as part of an extortion scheme, and The Register has…
FBI, Microsoft, international cops bust Lumma infostealer service
Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to…
Russia’s Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs’ email servers
Their connection? Aiding Ukraine, duh Russian cyberspies have targeted “dozens” of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government announcement issued Wednesday.… This article has been…
FBI, Microsoft, and international cops bust Lumma infostealer service
Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to…
Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users
Bribed support staff were identified and fired Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Judge allows Delta’s lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line
CrowdStrike remains hopeful that damages will be limited to seven figures CrowdStrike is “confident” that the worst-case scenario of its pending lawsuit with Delta will result in it paying the airline a sum in the “single-digit millions.”… This article has…