Collaborate Disseminate
An affiliate of the LockBit ransomware gang has been sentenced to almost four years in jail after earlier pleading guilty to charges of cyber extortion and weapons charges.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading LockBit affiliate jailed for almost four years after guilty plea
Roku users are revolting after their TVs are bricked by the company, we learn how to make money through conspiracy videos on TikTok, and just how much is your car snooping on your driving?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest editi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #363: Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars
The Philippines division of Taiwanese tech firm Acer has confirmed that information related to its employees has been leaked after a third-party vendor suffered a security breach.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Leak of Acer Philippines employee database appears on hacking forum
Streaming company Roku has revealed that over 15,000 customers’ accounts were hacked using stolen login credentials from unrelated data breaches.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers target Roku: 15,000 accounts compromised in data breach
Incognito Market, a darknet platform connecting sellers of narcotics to potential buyers, has turned out to be not entirely trustworthy. Continue reading Incognito Market: The not-so-secure dark web drug marketplace
If you have been optimistically daydreaming that losses attributed to cybercrime might have reduced in the last year, it’s time to wake up.
The FBI’s latest annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report has just been published, and makes for s… Continue reading $12.5 billion lost to cybercrime, amid tidal wave of crypto investment fraud
I’m afraid that the people of Belgium are dealing with a national emergency. Continue reading Emergency. Ransomware halts beer production at Belgium’s Duvel brewery
Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacies? And what’s the latest on the heart-breaking hack of Finnish therapy clinic Vastaamo? All this … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #362: Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
Ukraine claims its hackers have gained possession of “the information security and encryption software” used by Russia’s Ministry of Defence , as well as secret documents, reports, and instructions exchanged between over 2,000 units of Russia’s securit… Continue reading Ukraine claims it hacked Russian Ministry of Defence, stole secrets and encryption ciphers
Chinese mini PC manufacturer ACEMAGIC has made life a bit more interesting for its customers, by admitting that it has also been throwing in free malware with its products. Continue reading Whoops! ACEMAGIC ships mini PCs with free bonus pre-installed malware