Cybercrime Two Men Charged For Hacking US Tax Preparation Firms Two Nigerian nationals, one in Mexico and one in North Dakota, have been charged for hacking into the systems of US tax preparation companies. Eduard KovacsNovember 14, 2024
Cybercrime Idaho Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Hacking, Data Theft, Extortion Robert Purbeck was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing the personal information of over 132,000 people. Ionut ArghireNovember 14, 2024
Cybercrime GitLoker Strikes Again: New “Goissue” Tool Targets GitHub Developers and Corporate Supply Chains GoIssue is a new tool for cybercriminals that allows attackers to extract email addresses from GitHub profiles and send bulk emails to users. Kevin TownsendNovember 12, 2024
Cybercrime Ahold Delhaize Cybersecurity Incident Impacts Giant Food, Hannaford Cybersecurity incident impacts Giant Food, Hannaford, and other Ahold Delhaize USA brands, including pharmacies and e-commerce services. Ionut ArghireNovember 12, 2024
Cybercrime US Prison Sentences for Nigerian Cybercriminals Surge in Recent Months A significant number of Nigerian cybercriminals have been sent to prison in recent months in the United States, and some of them received lengthy... Eduard KovacsNovember 8, 2024
Cybercrime Cyberattack on Microlise Disables Tracking in Prison Vans, Courier Vehicles Vehicle tracking services for Serco, DHL, and other fleets were disrupted after Microlise fell victim to a cyberattack. Ionut ArghireNovember 7, 2024
Cybercrime 22,000 IPs Taken Down in Global Cybercrime Crackdown Over 22,000 malicious IPs were taken down in a law enforcement operation against phishing, infostealers, and ransomware. Ionut ArghireNovember 6, 2024
Cybercrime Cyberattack Blamed for Statewide Washington Courts Outage Unauthorized activity detected on the Washington courts network, which led to websites and other services becoming unavailable. Ionut ArghireNovember 6, 2024
Cybercrime Canadian Authorities Arrest Suspected Snowflake Hacker Canadian authorities have arrested Alexander ‘Connor’ Moucka, suspected of hacking multiple Snowflake accounts earlier this year. Ionut ArghireNovember 5, 2024
Cybercrime US Sentences Nigerian to 26 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions Through Phishing Kolade Akinwale Ojelade was sentenced to 26 years in prison in the US for compromising email accounts through phishing and stealing millions. Ionut ArghireNovember 4, 2024
Cybercrime Ex-Disney Worker Accused of Hacking Computer Menus to Add Profanities, Errors A former worker hacked servers at Walt Disney World in order to manipulate menus by changing prices, adding profanities and altering notifications. Associated PressNovember 1, 2024
Cloud Security Honeypot Surprise: Researchers Catch Attackers Exposing 15,000 Stolen Credentials in S3 Bucket Sysdig researchers trace a bizarre S3 bucket misconfiguration to EmeraldWhale, exposing 1.5 terabytes of stolen credentials and script. Kevin TownsendOctober 31, 2024