'Today’s sentencing is more than just a punishment. It’s a message' A Texan who ran a forum on the dark web where depraved netizens could swap child sex abuse material (CSAM), and chat freely about abusing kids, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.... [...]

Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards Doughnut slinger Krispy Kreme has admitted to an attack that has left many customers unable to order online.... [...]

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, patching was done with the click of a mouse Patch Tuesday Microsoft hasn't added too much coal to the stocking this Patch Tuesday, with just 72 fixes, only one of which scored more than nine on the CVSS threat …

Boeing-Bell V-22 can't outfly its checkered past, it seems The US Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have grounded their fleet of Boeing-Bell-made Osprey V-22s on safety grounds.... [...]

And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people's privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.... [...]

McDonald's worker called it in, cops swooped, found 'gun, suppressor, manifesto' Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of shooting dead the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald's employee who recognized the suspect in a burger joint – and largely without help from …

Microsoft's OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users' OS account credentials.... [...]

They took the red pill Updated French and Dutch police have taken down the Matrix chat app, which was designed by criminals for criminals to be a secure encrypted messaging tool.... [...]

'Where we go is who we are' totally isn't a creepy ad slogan at all The FTC has reached a settlement with two data brokerages over allegations they harvested precise location data that shows when people entered hospitals, places of worship, and even attended protests supporting the late George …

No exaggeration – literally a ton. Plus, 15 co-conspirators also put behind bars A Russian court has handed a life sentence to the head of the infamous online drugs souk Hydra, and 15 of his co-conspirators will also spend many years behind bars.... [...]

'Be in no doubt: the UK and others in this room are watching Russia' The government of the United Kingdom on Monday announced the formation of a Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) to make the nation more resilient to AI-powered cyber threats from Russia.... [...]

Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders kick the tires of their computer systems and fix any vulnerabilities.... [...]

He'll just have to take this one on the chin The website of self-proclaimed misogynist and alleged sex trafficker and rapist Andrew Tate has been compromised and data on its paying subscribers stolen.... [...]

DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools The US Department of Justice has issued an indictment that names five people accused of stealing millions in cryptocurrency – and we are told they are suspected members of cyber-gang Scattered Spider.... [...]

This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately) A Russian citizen has been extradited from South Korea to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role in the Phobos ransomware operation.... [...]

QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system Switzerland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about malware being spread via the country's postal service.... [...]

Digital money laundering pays, until it doesn't An Ohio man, who operated the Grams dark-web search engine and the Helix cryptocurrency money-laundering service associated with it, has been sentenced to three years in prison.... [...]

Slack patching remains a problem – which is worrying as crooks increasingly target zero-day vulns The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued a list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities in 2023, and warned that attacks on zero-day exploits have become more …

Slack patching remains a problem – which is worrying as crooks increasingly target zero-day vulns The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities, and warned that attacks on zero-day exploits have become more common …

Don't be a turkey – get these fixed Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday has swung around again, and Microsoft has released fixes for 89 CVE-listed security flaws in its products – including two under active attack – and reissued three more.... [...]

Jack Teixeira, 22, talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm! A former Air National Guard member who stole classified American military secrets, and showed them to his gaming buddies on Discord, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.... [...]

Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul doesn't live up to its name Cisco is issuing a critical alert notice about a flaw that makes its so-called Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul systems easy to subvert.... [...]

22,000 IP addresses taken down, 59 servers seized, 41 arrests in 95 countries Interpol is reporting a big win after a massive combined operation against online criminals made 41 arrests and seized hardware thought to be used for nefarious purposes.... [...]

Data pinched from pwned outside supplier, thief claims IntelBroker, a notorious peddler of stolen data, claims to have pilfered source code, private keys, and other sensitive materials belonging to Nokia.... [...]

FBI recovers just $8M after scam crashes Heartland Tri-State Bank The FBI has recovered $8 million in funds from a cryptocurrency scam that netted $47 million and devastated the Kansas city of Elkhart.... [...]