Security News

Former rave kingpin back in jail for bizarre bank heist
2018-12-17 11:20

A former acid house rave kingpin has been sentenced to 20 months for using a bizarre home-built machine to pilfer £500,000 from banking customers.

His phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist
2018-11-26 12:00

A 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped Silicon Valley execs’ phones to steal cryptocurrency, including one man's $1m tuition fund for his kids.

NKorea Said to Have Stolen a Fortune in Online Bank Heists
2018-10-03 13:57

North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang may be gathering steam. read more

Superdrug Rebuffs Super Ransom After Supposed Super Heist
2018-08-22 18:18

Pharmacy Chain Quickly Notifies Victims, But Fumbles Password PrescriptionU.K. health and beauty retailer Superdrug Stores is warning customers that attackers may have compromised some of their...

ATM Heists Only Set to Accelerate After $13M Break-In
2018-08-17 11:00

The Cosmos Bank incident is only the latest, not the last, thanks to lagging security practices.

Regional Virginia Bank Falls Victim to Coordinated $2.4M ATM Heist
2018-07-26 11:00

The bank is also suing its insurance carrier for not covering the full extent of the damage.

North Korean Hackers Exploit HWP Docs in Recent Cyber Heists
2018-06-25 17:31

A series of malicious Hangul Word Processor (HWP) documents used in recent attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges have been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus group, AlienVault reports. read more

Banco de Chile Wiper Attack Just a Cover for $10M SWIFT Heist
2018-06-13 16:19

The wiper malware affecting 9,000 workstations and 500 servers inside Chile’s largest financial institution turns out to have been a distraction.

A Spectre solution, a (very) brief Cloudflare outage, a bank heist in Canada, and more
2018-06-02 00:24

Also, the SEC takes aim at another shady ICO Roundup While we were busy chasing SpamCannibals, jailing Yahoo hackers, and blaming North Korea for everything else, there was some interesting...