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The person who reformatted the Guntrader hack data as a Google Earth-compatible CSV has said they are prepared to go to prison - while denying their actions amounted to a criminal offence. The pseudonymous person spoke to The Register by email late last week after dumping the personal data of 111,000 UK firearm and shotgun certificate owners online in a CSV formatted for ease of importing into Google Earth, pinpointing gun owners' homes.
ShinyHunters, a notorious cybercriminal underground group that's been on a data breach spree since last year, has been observed searching companies' GitHub repository source code for vulnerabilities that can be abused to stage larger scale attacks, an analysis of the hackers' modus operandi has revealed. "As Pokémon players hunt and collect"shiny" characters in the game, ShinyHunters collects and resells user data.
ShinyHunters, a notorious cybercriminal underground group that's been on a data breach spree since last year, has been observed searching companies' GitHub repository source code for vulnerabilities that can be abused to stage larger scale attacks, an analysis of the hackers' modus operandi has revealed. "As Pokémon players hunt and collect"shiny" characters in the game, ShinyHunters collects and resells user data.
Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS) is the practice of experienced cybercriminals selling access to the tools and knowledge needed to execute cybercrime – in particular, it’s often used to create phishing...
BT is looking to cash in on ever-growing global concerns over digital crime, and has confirmed making a multi million pound investment in US-based cyber risk management firm Safe Security. As part of the deal, BT plans to combine Safe Security's "SAFE platform" with its own managed security services to provide added protection for its customers in the UK against cyber threats.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore today released data revealing that cybercrime accounted for 43 per cent of all crime in the city-state during 2020. Ransomware attacks rose 154 per cent from 35 cases in 2019 to 89 in 2020, shifting from what CSA called "Indiscriminate, opportunistic attacks" to "Big Game Hunting".
It appears someone is pirating the infamous REvil ransomware by tweaking its files for their own purposes. In a report today, Secureworks said it has seen a ransomware strain it tracks under the name LV infecting Windows machines with malicious binaries that share a lot of similarities with REvil's code - the latter of which is operated by a group the researchers label Gold Southfield.
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International non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday describing digital sex crime in South Korea as rampant and pervasive, with the nation leading the world in use of spycams to capture women in vulnerable moments. The 105-page report, [PDF] authored by Heather Barr, is based on interviews with 38 women and an online survey.
The White House has urged business leaders and corporate executives to take ransomware attacks seriously in a letter issued by Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council's chief cybersecurity adviser. "The most important takeaway from the recent spate of ransomware attacks on U.S., Irish, German and other organizations around the world is that companies that view ransomware as a threat to their core business operations rather than a simple risk of data theft will react and recover more effectively," Neuberger said.