North Korea-liked hackers have stolen a record $1.34bn in cryptocurrency so far this year, as Bitcoin hits record prices
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North Korean IT Workers ‘Made Millions’ From US Companies
Group of North Korean IT workers made at least $88m from fraudulently obtained US IT jobs, extortion payments, officials say
TikTok Asks For Emergency Pause On US Divestiture Law
TikTok, ByteDance ask court for emergency injunction to pause enforcement of divestiture law pending Supreme Court appeal
German Facebook Users Eligible For Compensation Over Data Breach
Millions of German Facebook users eligible for financial compensation over data leak in 2018-2019, finds country's highest civil court
US Releases Security Advice For AI In Critical Infrastructure
US Department of Homeland Security releases advice for development and deployment of AI in critical infrastructure, amidst security concerns
Russia Carrying Out Targeted Attacks In UK, Microsoft Warns
Russian-backed hacking group impersonating Microsoft, AWS in 'highly targeted' social engineering attacks with UK in crosshairs
TikTok Seeks ‘Trust’ In Global Markets
TikTok chief executive acknowledges it and other social media companies face 'challenge' in gaining trust as company faces US ban
QR Codes Enable New Enterprise Phishing Threat
Enterprises increasingly targeted by scam QR codes embedded in PDF documents attached to emails, in latest twist to damaging attack model
China Hackers Targeted Harris, Trump, Vance Phones
China-linked hacking group believed to have tried to hack phones of presidential candidates Harris, Trump, Vance
US Lawmakers Seek Answers From Telcos Over China Hack
US Congressional Representatives ask for answers from AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies after wiretap networks reportedly hacked by China
Ukraine Hackers Disrupt Russian Broadcaster On Putin’s Birthday
Ukrainian hackers disrupt online services of Russian state broadcaster VGTRK on Vladimir Putin's birthday, amidst ongoing conflict
Facebook Parent Fined £75m Over Password Storage
Facebook parent Meta fined 91m euros over unencrypted storage of hundreds of millions of passwords dating back to 2012
TikTok Tells US Court Ban Would Have ‘Staggering’ Effects
TikTok, ByteDance, US creators argue against divest-or-ban law in US appeals court while government says national security at stake
Police Arrest Youth Over London Transport Hack
National Crime Agency arrests 17-year-old in Walsall over hack of Transport for London that compromised customer data
NCSC Calls Out Cyber-Attacks From Russia’s GRU
UK's NCSC and allies outline campaign of attacks from unit of Russia's military intelligence service targeting organisations worldwide
TfL Cuts Data Feeds Amidst Cyber-Attack Fallout
Transport for London cuts live data feeds to travel apps and restricts access to online services as it deals with ongoing cyber-attack
Transport For London Dealing With ‘Ongoing’ Cyber-Attack
Transport for London hit by 'ongoing' cyber-attack, but customer data and transport services 'not affected'
RansomHub Gang Breaches More Than 200 Organisations
FBI warns RansomHub ransomware gang growing quickly, with affiliates breaching at least 210 organisations since February
Palo Alto Networks Forecasts Strong Security Demand
Shares in Palo Alto Networks rise after company forecasts fiscal 2025 revenues and profits exceeding analysts' estimates
FBI Investigates After Trump Campaign Hacked By Iranians
Hacking group linked to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard steals documents from Donald Trump campaign ahead of elections
Ransomware Group BlackSuit Upgrades Capabilities
Ransomware group formerly known as Royal changes name to BlackSuit, adds capabilites to malware, say FBI and CISA
Russia Microsoft Hack Accessed Home Office Data
Russian attack on Microsoft systems in January led to breach of Home Office email data, report finds, amidst criticism of company's security
Delta Calls CrowdStrike Outage ‘Unacceptable’
Delta trades barbs with CrowdStrike, Microsoft over worldwide outage that led to 7,000 cancelled flights and $500m losses at airline
Hacked Blood Testing Provider Expects Autumn Recovery Date
Hacked blood testing provider Synnovis says more services are back online but full restoration not expected until early autumn
CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of Systems Back Online
CrowdStrike says 'significant number' of systems affected by global outage now back online, as Russia, China relatively unscathed
US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks
US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics
Pro-Russia Hacktivists Target Olympic Games
Pro-Russia hackers expected to pose major disruption threat to Paris Olympic Games against backdrop of ongoing conflict in Ukraine
Experts Expect Ransomware Surge After Police Disruption
Security firm predicts rise in ransomware activity in second half of year as gangs recover from LockBit takedown, AlphV scam
Hackers ‘Publish Walt Disney Internal Slack Data’
Hackers reportedly publish data from thousands of Disney internal Slack communications, including data on strategy and job candidates
AT&T ‘Paid Hacker $300,000’ To Delete Stolen Data
AT&T reportedly pays hacker $300,000 to delete cache of stolen data affecting 'nearly all' its customer base