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Ticket Heist network of 700 domains sells fake Olympic Games tickets
2024-07-10 10:33

A large-scale fraud campaign with over 700 domain names is likely targeting Russian-speaking users looking to purchase tickets for the Summer Olympics in Paris. [...]

2.8M US folks learn their personal info was swiped months ago in Sav-Rx IT heist
2024-05-28 22:20

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How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist
2024-05-18 06:29

Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter The US Department of Justice has booked two brothers on allegations that they exploited open source...

ResumeLooters target job search sites in extensive data heist
2024-02-06 10:37

Group-IB identified a large-scale malicious campaign primarily targeting job search and retail websites of companies in the Asia-Pacific region. ResumeLooters is confirmed to have stolen several databases containing 2,079,027 unique emails and other records, such as names, phone numbers, dates of birth, and information about job seekers' experience and employment history.

Microsoft sheds some light on Russian email heist – and how to learn from Redmond's mistakes
2024-01-27 00:32

Microsoft, a week after disclosing that Kremlin-backed spies broke into its network and stole internal emails and files from its executives and staff, has now confirmed the compromised corporate account used in the genesis of the heist didn't even have multi-factor authentication enabled. On Thursday, Redmond admitted Midnight Blizzard - a Moscow-supported espionage team also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear - "Utilized password spray attacks that successfully compromised a legacy, non-production test tenant account that did not have multifactor authentication enabled."

Akira ransomware gang says it stole passport scans from Lush in 110 GB data heist
2024-01-26 12:25

The Akira ransomware gang is claiming responsiblity for the "Cybersecurity incident" at British bath bomb merchant. Akira says it has stolen 110 GB of data from the UK-headquartered global cosmetics giant, which has more than 900 stores worldwide, allegedly including "a lot of personal documents" such as passport scans.

North Korea's Cyber Heist: DPRK Hackers Stole $600 Million in Cryptocurrency in 2023
2024-01-08 04:59

Threat actors affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) have plundered at least $600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023. The DPRK "was responsible for...

X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist
2024-01-04 20:00

Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant's Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its admins to change the password. "We are aware of the incident that impacted the Mandiant X account and are conducting a thorough investigation," a spokesperson told The Register.

Ex-Navy IT manager gets 5 years in slammer for 2018 database heist
2023-10-19 14:01

While still a chief petty officer, Marquis Hooper accessed a database containing millions of records and over the course of five months sold details of more than 9,000 people online. Prosecutors said the total sum generated by Hooper and his wife, Natasha Chalk, co-defendant in the case and former Navy reservist, reached the equivalent of $160,000 in Bitcoin.

Chinese snoops stole 60K State Department emails in that Microsoft email heist
2023-09-28 23:13

Chinese snoops stole about 60,000 State Department emails when they broke into Microsoft-hosted Outlook and Exchange Online accounts belonging to US government officials over the summer. "No classified systems were hacked," said State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a press briefing Thursday.