‘White hat’ hackers take $47 million bounty after $320 million crypto theft
Public negotiations between hackers and the operators of the Liquid Network crypto platform ended with the attackers sending back most — but not all — of wha...
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Where the backlash against Flock Safety is having the biggest impact
Two populous states and two large cities are among the U.S.
French prosecutors confirm arrest of suspected ZeroBytes hacker behind tax cyberattack
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks against the country's tax authority and other or...
Cyberattack encrypts systems at Bavarian municipal utility
A municipal utility in Bavaria is recovering from a cyberattack that encrypted its internal IT systems but did not affect water and electricity services.
Berlin investigates new data leak after hackers publish stolen login credentials
Another trove of data from Berlin's government has appeared online, authorities said. Germany's information security agency separately warned about the Rhysi...
US, Britain to coordinate on scam center takedowns
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UK account-hack losses surge as new reporting system exposes hidden cases
In its first annual assessment, published Friday, the City of London Police said victims reported losing £6.3 million ($8.
Russian data centers face new security requirements amid Ukraine's drone threats
Russia's data centers are concentrated in areas increasingly exposed to Ukrainian drone attacks. The Kremlin wants them to stiffen their physical defenses.
G7 urges organizations to prepare for quantum cyber threats
In a joint advisory released Thursday, the G7 Cyber Security Working Group and the U.S.
US offers $10 million for info on Iranian allegedly behind cyberattacks on critical infrastructure
Amir Yaryab is the leader of the IRGC's cyber unit and oversees hacker groups such as the CyberAv3ngers, the State Department said in posting a reward for in...
Large group of Serbian opposition, activist figures targeted with spyware
At least 14 Serbians have been targeted with advanced spyware since December, with victims including a member of Parliament, a local opposition politician an...
US and Canadian court data exposed in Thomson Reuters breach
Sealed court information and sensitive personal data were exposed in a breach of a Thomson Reuters records platform affecting courts in at least 12 U.S.
Russian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers
Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev appeared in a San Francisco federal court on Monday after being arrested in Cyprus in May 2025 and extradited to the U.S.
Health data of more than 9.5 million people leaked from Aesto record system
The healthcare data company Aesto informed federal regulators this week that more than 9.5 million people had sensitive information leaked during a cyberatta...
New pro-Ukraine hacker group targets Russian companies with custom ransomware
The group, which calls itself VantaCore, has targeted at least seven known victims, Russian cybersecurity firm F6 said in a report published this week.
Hackers expose donor data from Russian fundraisers for Ukrainians, political prisoners
Hackers reportedly gained access to payment accounts used by two Russian fundraising projects supporting Ukrainians and political prisoners, exposing donor e...
Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
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China's 'Fire Ant' campaign used compromised Cisco routers as platform for more attacks
A hacking operation dubbed Fire Ant "didn’t just compromise systems," according to researchers. "It compromised the trust layer those systems depend on.
Healthcare facilities operator Nutex says patient, employee data stolen in August incident
Cybercriminals breached company data and made an extortion attempt with it, Houston-based Nutex Health said in a filing with federal regulators.
Iranian cyber spies target aviation, fintech developers with new malware
In a report published Tuesday, Kaspersky said it first discovered NodeRabbit on a system in Afghanistan and later identified variants on systems in Egypt and...