Authorities dismantle cybercrime royalty by making mockery of their leak site In seizing and dismantling LockBit's infrastructure, Western cops are now making a mockery of the ransomware criminals by promising a long, drawn-out disclosure of the gang's secrets.... [...]

Customers report feeling violated following the security snafu Smart home security camera slinger Wyze is telling customers that a cybersecurity "incident" allowed thousands of users to see other people's camera feeds.... [...]

After saying they're very sorry, they escape with a slap on the wrist A former council staff member in the district where William Shakespeare was born ransacked databases filled with residents' information to help drum up new business for their outside venture.... [...]

Ransomware group continues to exploit US regulatory requirements to its advantage The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group is claiming responsibility for attacks on both Prudential Financial and LoanDepot, making a series of follow-on allegations against them.... [...]

Nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List after getting banks to empty vics' accounts A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI's Cyber Most Wanted List.... [...]

Expert weighs in after Brianna Ghey murder amid worrying rates of child cybercrime The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children's access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting the difficulty in achieving this.... [...]

All desktop and mobile apps vulnerable to at least one of the vulnerabilities Video conferencing giant Zoom today opened up about a fresh batch of security vulnerabilities affecting its products, including a critical privilege escalation flaw.... [...]

Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iOS users are netting criminals serious cash Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals Face ID scans to break into and pilfer money from bank accounts – thought to be a world first.... [...]

Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iPhone users are netting criminals serious cash Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals face scans from the users of Apple devices to break into and pilfer money from bank accounts – thought to be a world first.... [...]

Emergency impacting more than 100 facilities appears to be caused by incident at software provider The Romanian national cybersecurity agency (DNSC) has pinned the outbreak of ransomware cases across the country's hospitals to an incident at a service provider.... [...]

Brit utility also curiously disappears from Black Basta leak site Southern Water has admitted between five and ten percent of its customers had their details stolen from the British utilities giant during a January cyberattack.... [...]

Two new flaws, one zero-day, countless different patches, but everything's fine! Network-attached storage (NAS) specialist QNAP has disclosed and released fixes for two new vulnerabilities, one of them a zero-day discovered in early November.... [...]

Plenty of successful attacks observed with dangerous follow-on activity The number of senior business executives stymied by an ongoing phishing campaign continues to rise with cybercriminals registering hundreds of cloud account takeovers (ATOs) since spinning it up in November.... [...]

Pulls part of system offline as Black Basta docs suggest the worst Willis Lease Finance Corporation has admitted to US regulators that it fell prey to a "cybersecurity incident" after data purportedly stolen from the biz was posted to the Black Basta ransomware group's leak blog.... [...]

Experts also put an end to social media security updates The Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC) and the experts it drafted to help clean up the mess caused by a January cyberattack still can't figure out whether members' data was stolen.... [...]

Software company's claim of there being no active exploits also being questioned In disclosing yet another vulnerability in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateways, Ivanti has confused the third-party researchers who discovered it.... [...]

An orchestra of fails for the security vendor We've had to write the word "Fortinet" so often lately that we're considering making a macro just to make our lives a little easier after what the company's reps will surely agree has been a week sent from hell.... [...]

One of most important malware loaders to cybercrims who are jumping on vulnerabilities faster than ever Researchers suspect the criminals behind the Raspberry Robin malware are now buying exploits for speedier cyberattacks.... [...]

Security researcher buddies allegedly tag team a four-month virtual gift card heist at Cupertino tech giant A cybersecurity researcher and his pal are facing charges in California after they allegedly defrauded an unnamed company, almost certainly Apple, out of $2.5 million.... [...]

Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers Iran's anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window into the techniques the country may deploy in the run-up to the 2024 US Presidential elections, Microsoft says.... [...]

Cloud version is safe, but no assurances offered about possible on-prem exploits JetBrains is encouraging all users of TeamCity (on-prem) to upgrade to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the CI/CD tool.... [...]

Attack happened in 2023 using a bespoke backdoor, confirming year-old suspicions Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused intrusion.... [...]

Still no word on how the intruders broke in or the full extent of any possible data compromise Global securities finance tech company EquiLend's systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago.... [...]

Please stand by 73 hours for vendor response... Updated Fortinet's FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution, or at least according to two freshly published CVEs.... [...]

Admins should get a move on while info is scarce and exploits aren't yet available Fortinet's FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two new maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution.... [...]