Collaborate Disseminate
“A ransomware gang once thought to have been crippled by law enforcement has snarled prescription processing for millions of Americans over the past week…” reports the Washington Post.
“The hackers stole data about patients, encrypted company files… Continue reading Ransomware Attack Hampers Prescription Drug Sales at 90% of US Pharmacies
An experimental new forensic spray allows latent fingerprints to be made visible in just 10 seconds, plus it doesn’t require the use of any messy powders. What it does incorporate, however, is a glowing protein that’s obtained from jellyfish.Continue R… Continue reading Glowing jellyfish protein lights the way for better lifting of fingerprints
A U.S. government auction site was breached by an Oklahoma man, reports NBC News. So when it came time to pay up on his winning bids, he “falsified the true auction price to $1,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
He defrauded the government ou… Continue reading Oklahoma Man Hacked US Government Site To Buy Cars At Auction For $1
Kalyeena Makortoff reports via The Guardian: US regulators have accused a man of making $1.8 million by trading on confidential information he overheard while his wife was on a remote call, in a case that could fuel arguments against working from home…. Continue reading US Man Accused of Making $1.8 Million From Listening In On Wife’s Remote Work Calls
Connor Jones reports via The Register: A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37,… Continue reading Zeus, IcedID Malware Kingpin Faces 40 Years In Prison
Mark Tyson reports via Tom’s Hardware: A serial burglar in Edina, Minnesota is suspected of using a Wi-Fi jammer to knock out connected security cameras before stealing and making off with the victim’s prized possessions. […] Edina police suspect tha… Continue reading Wi-Fi Jamming To Knock Out Cameras Suspected In Nine Minnesota Burglaries
A registered sex offender has become the first person in England and Wales to be convicted of cyber-flashing. The BBC reports: Nicholas Hawkes, 39, of Basildon, Essex, sent unsolicited photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman on Frid… Continue reading WhatsApp Image Sender Becomes First Convicted Cyber-Flasher
Slashdot reader Press2ToContinue shared this report from WION:
: The Hong Kong branch of a multinational company has lost $25.6 million after a scammer used deepfake technology to pose as the firm’s chief financial officer (CFO) in a video conference … Continue reading Scammer Poses As CFO in Deepfaked Meeting On Zoom, Steals $25 Million
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A California teenager prosecutors say is responsible for hundreds of swatting attacks around the United States was exposed after law enforcement pieced together a digital trail left on some of the interne… Continue reading YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police To a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree
Joshua Schulte, a former CIA software engineer, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history and possessing child pornography. The Guardian reports: The 40-year sen… Continue reading Ex-CIA Software Engineer Sentenced To 40 Years For Giving Secrets To WikiLeaks