Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust
Business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is still recovering from a ransomware attack that began last week. The company said it is in the […]
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Avast, NordVPN Breaches Tied to Phantom User Accounts
Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while […]
When Card Shops Play Dirty, Consumers Win
Cybercrime forums have been abuzz this week over news that BriansClub — one of the underground’s largest shops for stolen credit and […]
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
“BriansClub,” one of the largest underground stores for buying stolen credit card data, has itself been hacked. The data stolen from BriansClub […]
Patch Tuesday Lowdown, October 2019 Edition
On Tuesday Microsoft issued software updates to fix almost five dozen security problems in Windows and software designed to run on top […]
Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany
A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany […]
German Cops Raid “Cyberbunker 2.0,” Arrest 7 in Child Porn, Dark Web Market Sting
German authorities said Friday they’d arrested seven people and were investigating six more in connection with the raid of a Dark Web […]
MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud
Earlier this month, employees at more than 1,000 companies saw one or two paycheck’s worth of funds deducted from their bank accounts […]
Interview With the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession
In April 2013, I received via U.S. mail more than a gram of pure heroin as part of a scheme to get […]
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
This week, ESET researchers released their findings on Winnti Group’s MSSQL backdoor and showed how they’d tracked down the operator of an […]