cybercrime

These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more

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In the last 30 years or so, cybersecurity has gone from being a niche specialty within the larger field of computer science, to an industry estimated to be worth more than $170 billion made of a globe-spanning community of hackers. In turn, the industry’s growth, and high-profile hacks such as the 2015 Sony breach, the […]

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US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion

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Former U.S. Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking telecommunication companies and attempting to extort them by threatening to release stolen files, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. According to the DOJ, Wagenius, who went online with the nickname “kiberphant0m,” conspired to defraud 10 victim companies by stealing their login credentials, using

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French police arrest Russian basketball player accused of ransomware: report

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French authorities have arrested a Russian professional basketball player who is accused of being a member of a ransomware gang, according to newswire Agence France-Presse.  Daniil Kasatkin plays for MBA Moscow, a team that is part of the VTB United League, which comprises mostly Russian clubs as well as one team from Belarus and Kazakhstan.

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Marks & Spencer chair refuses to say if retailer paid hackers after ransomware attack

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The chairman of U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer declined to tell a panel of lawmakers whether the company paid a hacking group following a ransomware attack earlier this year.   “We’ve said that we are not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the threat actor,” said chairman Archie Norman, referring to the

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Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down

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The ransomware gang known as Hunters International announced on its dark web page Thursday that it is shutting down.  “After careful consideration and in light of recent developments, we have decided to close the Hunters International project,” the hackers wrote in a post, without clarifying what specific developments it was referring to. “This decision was

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US, French authorities confirm arrest of BreachForums hackers

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U.S. and French authorities have confirmed the arrests of five hackers accused of being behind several major hacks and being part of a notorious cybercrime forum.  On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of British national Kai West, 25, accusing him of being “a serial hacker” known as IntelBroker. U.S. authorities allege

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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

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A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the hack on Kettering Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and medical centers in Ohio. The healthcare system is still recovering two weeks after the ransomware attack forced it to shut down all its computer systems.  Interlock, a relatively new ransomware group that has targeted healthcare organizations in the

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Health giant Kettering still facing disruption weeks after ransomware attack

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Kettering Health, a network with dozens of medical and emergency centers in Ohio, is still working to recover and return to normal operations two weeks after a ransomware attack prompted “a system-wide technology outage.”  On Monday, Kettering Health said in an update that it had restored “core components” of its electronic health record system provided

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US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison

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Eric Council Jr., 26, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Friday for participating in the hack of the official X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing in a press release. Council and other hackers took over the

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FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers

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A joint international law enforcement action shut down two services accused of providing a botnet of hacked internet-connected devices, including routers, to cybercriminals. U.S. prosecutors also indicted four people accused of hacking into the devices and running the botnet.  On Wednesday, the websites of Anyproxy and 5Socks were replaced with notices stating they had been

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