Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware...

Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia

A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware "targets victims' sensitive information, including credentials for various online...

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his involvement in a money laundering scheme that led to the theft of...

Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States...

The vulnerability of components related to DRM/i915/gt in Linux kernel allows a hacker to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of DRM/i915/gt components in the Linux operating system is related to an achievable exploit. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a perpetrator to cause a service failure...

CVE-2014-2120

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2024-11-12 18:40:00+00:00| seen| https://infosec.exchange/users/screaminggoat/statuses/113471442114730989 2024-11-12 19:24:16+00:00| seen| https://feedsin.space/feed/CISAKevBot/items/2659503 2024-11-12 21:10:02+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2024-3807

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2024-11-12 07:33:19+00:00| seen| https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/brazil-arrests-usdod-hacker-in-fbi-infragard-breach/ 2025-03-19 15:48:38+00:00| seen| MISP/2bb5c40c-5583-4a30-bc62-81e5a7af21a7...

New Ymir Ransomware Exploits Memory for Stealthy Attacks; Targets Corporate Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called Ymir that was deployed in an attack two days after systems were compromised by a stealer malware called RustyStealer. "Ymir ransomware introduces a unique combination of technical features and tactics that enhance its...

The vulnerability of the SCSI component in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the SCSI component in the Linux operating system is related to errors in the state management function called storestatefield. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Canada Arrests Suspected Hacker Linked to Snowflake Data Breaches

Canadian authorities arrest a suspect linked to the Snowflake data breach, exposing vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure. The breach…...

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software of industrial routers SCALANCE M-800, related to insufficient protection of registration data, allows a hacker to replace other users’ 2FA tokens and expose the protected information.

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software in industrial routers SCALANCE M-800 is related to insufficient protection for registration data. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a hacker to replace other users’ 2FA tokens and expose the protected information...

Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users

The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay. Tor has written about this. Hacker News thread...

Hackers Leak 180,000 Esport North Africa User Records a Day Before Tournament Begins

A hacker leaked the personal data of 180,000 Esport North Africa users just before the tournament. While no…...

Hacker Advertises “Top Secret US Space Force (USSF) Military Technology Archive”

A hacker known as "TAINTU" is advertising a "Top Secret U.S. Space Force Military Technology Archive" for sale,…...

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs...

Brazil arrests USDoD hacker tied to FBI, National Public Data breaches

Brazilian police have arrested the hacker known as USDoD, responsible for high-profile breaches including the FBI’s InfraGard and…...

Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals

The US has accused two brothers of being part of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan, which allegedly went on a wild cyberattack spree that hit hundreds of targets—and, for one of the two men, even put lives at risk...

Central Tickets Confirms Data Breach as Hacker Leaks Data of 1 Million Users

Another day, another ticketing platform breached!...

China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks AT&T and Verizon, Accessing Wiretap Data: Report

China’s Salt Typhoon hacked AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, compromising wiretap systems used in criminal investigations. The breach, linked…...

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. KrebsOnSecurity...