Collaborate Disseminate
ITV News reports: Tens of thousands of employees who work in the Jaguar Land Rover supply chain are at risk of being laid off after the car manufacturer paused its production line following a cyber attack. The UK manufacturer was forced to shut down it… Continue reading Union urges government intervention with 100,000 jobs at risk after JLR cyber attack
Sean interviews Valéry Rieß-Marchive of LeMagIT: Valéry, co‑founder and editor of LeMagIT and an experienced specialist in cybersecurity and end‑user computing, has long translated complex technologies into practical advice. In this interview, he share… Continue reading Interview with Valéry Rieß-Marchive – Managing Leaks in Ransomware Negotiations
Luke James reports: Chinese censorship sprang a major leak on September 11, when researchers confirmed that more than 500GB of internal documents, source code, work logs, and internal communications from the so-called Great Firewall were dumped online,… Continue reading China’s Great Firewall suffers its biggest leak ever as 500GB of source code and docs spill online — censorship tool has been sold to three different countries
FLASH Alert-20250912-001 TLP:Clear Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) associated with recent malicious cyber activities by cyber criminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395,… Continue reading FBI Flash Alert: Cyber Criminal Groups UNC6040 and UNC6395 Compromising Salesforce Instances for Data Theft and Extortion
In March 2023, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin,” was arrested at his home in New York. As a member of the former RaidForums, and as the owner and active participant in BreachForums, he was charged with one count each of: 18 U.S.C…. Continue reading “Pompompurin’s” re-sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday. What will the judge do this time?
Bill Toulas reports: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthc… Continue reading U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”
On September 8, the “scattered LAPSUS$ hunters 4.0” Telegram channel posted: FBI and French LE, great job for the third time arresting the wrong person in France once again. DOJ please stop wasting your budget by flying your agents to Franc… Continue reading Going Dark: ShinyHunters/ScatteredSpider/LAPSUS$ Say Goodbye (1)
Those readers who aren’t A-listers (including yours truly) may never have heard of Kering, but you may have heard of their high-end fashion brands: Gucci. Yves Saint Laurent. Bottega Veneta. Balenciaga. Alexander McQueen. Brioni. It is some of th… Continue reading Exclusive: High-end fashion retailers Gucci, Balenciaga, Brioni, and Alexander McQueen hit by Salesforce attacks
Diogo Santos Coelho (aka “Omnipotent” of RaidForums) was arrested in January 2022 in the U.K. when he traveled there to visit his mother. For the past 3+ years, he has been in limbo while both the U.S. and Portugal seek his extradition. It … Continue reading “Omni” wins a round in his extradition case
The Helsinki Times reports: Aleksanteri Kivimäki, convicted of thousands of cybercrimes linked to the Vastaamo data breach, has been released from custody by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The decision followed two days of testimony from Kivimäki, who d… Continue reading Kivimäki walks free during appeal over Vastaamo data breach