Vulnerable elderly people tricked into paying tens of thousands over fake car accidents Sixteen people are facing charges from US prosecutors for allegedly preying on the elderly and scamming them out of millions of dollars.... [...]
Issue now resolved and isn't thought to be the work of criminals Aussie airline Qantas says its app is now stable following a data breach that saw boarding passes take off from passengers' accounts.... [...]
New laws mean vendors need to make clear how long you'll get updates too Smart device manufacturers will have to play by new rules in the UK as of today, with laws coming into force to make it more difficult for cybercriminals to break into hardware such as phones …
Analysts brand deal a 'nail in the coffin' for UK tech investment Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has successfully completed a second acquisition attempt of UK-based cybersecurity company Darktrace in a $5.3 billion deal.... [...]
Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm The UK's contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King's nod of approval and will become law.... [...]
Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M Two men alleged to be co-founders of cryptocurrency biz Samourai Wallet face serious charges and potentially decades in US prison over claims they owned a product that facilitated the laundering of over $100 million in criminal cash …
Google security crew reveal ‘the four Ds’ to be on the watch for It may come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that experts say, in revealing the most prevalent and likely tactics to meddle with elections this year, that state-sponsored cybercriminals pose the biggest threat.... [...]
The firm 'fessed up to staff misconduct and avoided criminal liability A company contracted to manage an Amarillo, Texas nuclear weapons facility has to pay US government $18.4 million in a settlement over allegations that its atomic technicians fudged their timesheets to collect more money from Uncle Sam …
Their holiday options are now far more restricted The US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom are claimed to have worked for fake companies linked to Iran's military.... [...]
The 'big victory for the good guys' shouldn't be celebrated too much, though The average time taken by global organizations to detect cyberattacks has dropped to its lowest-ever level of ten days, Mandiant revealed today.... [...]
City council says it lost control after shutting down systems It's become somewhat cliché in cybersecurity reporting to speculate whether an organization will have the resources to "keep the lights on" after an attack. But the opposite turns out to be true with Leicester City Council following its March …
Unverified users could scoop up data on high-value individuals without any form of verification process Neighbourhood Watch (NW) groups across the UK can now rest easy knowing the developers behind a communications platform fixed a web app bug that leaked their data en masse.... [...]
It’s the second time the World-Check list has fallen into the wrong hands The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals.... [...]
Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office A draft law to restrict the US government's ability to procure data on citizens through data brokers will progress to the Senate after being passed in the House of Representatives.... [...]
Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected Ransomware strikes at yet another US healthcare organization led to the theft of sensitive data belonging to just shy of 185,000 people.... [...]
Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted Feature Cops have brought down a dark-web souk that provided cyber criminals with convincing copies of trusted brands' websites for use in phishing campaigns.... [...]
Race on to patch as researchers warn of mass exploitation of directory traversal bug Various infosec researchers have released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the maximum-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS used in GlobalProtect gateways.... [...]
No prizes for guessing the victims A Nebraska man will appear in court today to face charges related to allegations that he defrauded cloud service providers of more than $3.5 million in a long-running cryptojacking scheme.... [...]
Social engineering patterns spotted across range of popular projects Open source groups are warning the community about a wave of ongoing attacks targeting project maintainers similar to those that led to the recent attempted backdooring of a core Linux library.... [...]
First glimpse at attack financials reveals huge pain UnitedHealth, parent company of ransomware-besieged Change Healthcare, says the total costs of tending to the February cyberattack for the first calendar quarter of 2024 currently stands at $872 million.... [...]
Streamer says access came via credential stuffing Streaming giant Roku is making 2FA mandatory after attackers accessed around 591,000 customer accounts earlier this year.... [...]
Attackers could nab an org's most sensitive keys if left unaddressed Updated Customers of Delinea's Secret Server are being urged to upgrade their installations "immediately" after a researcher claimed a critical vulnerability could allow attackers to gain admin-level access.... [...]
High-profile individuals including MPs said to be caught up in leak Exclusive Taxi software biz iCabbi recently fixed an issue that exposed the personal information of nearly 300,000 individuals via an unprotected database.... [...]
BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well Programmers are being urged to update their Rust versions after the security experts working on the language addressed a critical vulnerability that could lead to malicious command injections on Windows machines.... [...]
BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well Programmers are being urged to update their Rust versions after the security experts working on the language addressed a critical vulnerability that could lead to malicious command injections on Windows machines.... [...]