Researchers at open-source software firm Sonatype have uncovered multiple malicious packages that disguise themselves as legitimate JavaScript libraries on npm registries to launch cryptominers on Windows, macOS and...
The operators of the Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware strains have moved a large chunk of their Bitcoin reserves after news broke that fellow ransomware gang REvil...
Two Eastern European men were sentenced to prison on Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges for bulletproof hosting services used by multiple cybercrime operations to target...
Dutch police have sent warning letters to 29 individuals who purchased services from a DDoS-for-hire website. The caution was sent to customers of the website www.minesearch.rip,...
Research into the hacking techniques that result in companies being infected with ransomware offers organizations some useful pointers towards how best to avoid this increasingly common form of...
UPDATED US Senator Elizabeth Warren has proposed a new piece of legislation that will force organizations to disclose when and how much they have paid to ransomware gangs. Last...
In a new report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), online investigators uncovered nearly 1,200 advertisements for close to 2,400 animals, parts, derivatives or...
Some 14,000 Google users were warned of being suspected targets of Russian government-backed threat actors on Thursday. The next day, the tech giant announced cybersecurity updates – particularly...
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has requested a briefing with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to determine whether it was justified in...
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has admitted that a fault in its implementation of SMS-based authentication led to the compromise of at least 6,000 users accounts. In a letter (PDF)...
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