Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Breaches Affecting at Least 100 Million People

Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court on Wednesday to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy over the 2024 breaches of Snowflake customer accounts. The intrusions reached at least 165 organizations and exposed records belonging to at...

Dark Web Market Lists Alleged 375TB Lockheed Martin Data for $600M

A dark web market known as Threat Market is listing 375TB of Lockheed Martin data, which it claims was provided by a group calling itself ‘APT Iran.’...

Eurojust Arrests 5 in €100M Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Spanning 23 Countries

Law enforcement authorities in Europe have arrested five suspects in connection with an "elaborate" online investment fraud scheme that stole more than €100 million $118 million from over 100 victims in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. According to Eurojust, the coordinated action saw searches ...

Friday Squid Blogging: The Origin and Propagation of Squid

New research paywalled: Editor 's summary: Cephalopods are one of the most successful marine invertebrates in modern oceans, and they have a 500-million-year-old history. However, we know very little about their evolution because soft-bodied animals rarely fossilize. Ikegami et al. developed an...

Romance scammers in Ghana charged with more than $100 million in theft

The Department of Justice DOJ extradited and indicted 4 Ghanaian nationals for allegedly stealing more than $100 million, mainly through romance scams and business email compromises. According to a report from Comparitech, nearly 59,000 Americans fell victim to romance scams in 2024, losing an...

Cyber Security of Mega Events: a Case Study of Securing the Digital Infrastructure for MahaKumbh 2025 -- a 45 Days Mega Event of 600 Million Footfalls

Mega events such as the Olympics, World Cup tournaments, G-20 Summit, religious events such as MahaKumbh are increasingly digitalized. From event ticketing, vendor booth or lodging reservations, sanitation, event scheduling, customer service, crime reporting, media streaming and messaging on...

White-Basilisk: a Hybrid Model for Code Vulnerability Detection

The proliferation of software vulnerabilities presents a significant challenge to cybersecurity, necessitating more effective detection methodologies. We introduce White-Basilisk, a novel approach to vulnerability detection that demonstrates superior performance while challenging prevailing...

Xiaomi GetApps 安全漏洞

Xiaomi GetApps is a global app store by Chinese company Xiaomi. It is used by developers to publish and distribute their apps to over 200 million users in 59 regions. A security vulnerability exists in Xiaomi GetApps that stems from authentication logic that can be bypassed...

Hackers Behind GozNym Malware Sentenced for Stealing $100 Million

Three members of an international organized cybercrime group that was behind a multi-million dollar theft primarily against U.S. businesses and financial institutions have been sentenced to prison, the U.S. Justice Department announced. The criminals used the GozNym banking Trojan to break into...

Important Flaw in Outlook App for Android Affects Over 100 Millions Users

Update 22 June 2019 — More technical details and proof-of-concept for the OutLook for Android vulnerability has been released that we have covered in a separate article here. Microsoft today released an updated version of its "Outlook for Android" that patches an important security vulnerability ...

'GozNym' Banking Malware Gang Dismantled by International Law Enforcement

In a joint effort by several law enforcement agencies from 6 different countries, officials have dismantled a major global organized cybercrime network behind GozNym banking malware. GozNym banking malware is responsible for stealing nearly $100 million from over 41,000 victims across the globe,...