Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements exclusive Microsoft Recall, the AI app that takes screenshots of what you do on your PC so you can search for it later, has a filter that's supposed to prevent it from screenshotting sensitive info like credit card numbers. But a The Register test shows that it still fails in many cases, creating a potential treasure trove for thieves.…

Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer.…

Also: International cops crackdown on credit card stealers and patch these critical vulns Iranian cyberspies are targeting defense industrial base organizations with a new backdoor called FalseFont, according to Microsoft.…

'My computer locked up and a siren went off,' one mark tells Better Business Bureau Two execs and a multinational payment processing company must pay $650k to the US government, says the FTC, which accuses them of knowingly processing credit card payments for Microsoft-themed support scammers.…

While Apple halts all sales in Russia, Visa and Mastercard block banks The disk-wiping malware that tore through at least hundreds of Ukrainian Windows systems at the start of Russia's occupation wasn't alone. Slovakian infosec firm ESET has found a second similar strain in Ukraine.…

While Apple halts all sales in Russia, Visa and Mastercard block banks The disk-wiping malware that tore through at least hundreds of Ukrainian Windows systems at the start of Russia's occupation wasn't alone. Slovakian infosec firm ESET has found a second similar strain in Ukraine.…