Theft in cybersecurity covers stolen data, credentials, devices, and funds, often creating risks of unauthorized access, fraud, and privacy loss.
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Unauthorized taking or copying of information, credentials, intellectual property, or digital assets is cyber theft. News under this tag may involve stolen passwords, payment data, personal information, source code, cloud tokens, cryptocurrency, or sensitive business files. Theft can result from phishing, malware, compromised accounts, insider access, exposed storage, or the loss of an unencrypted device; the relevant issue is the unauthorized acquisition or control of an asset, whether or not the attacker also alters systems.
Security teams should identify where valuable data and credentials are stored, restrict access by role, require strong authentication, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and monitor unusual downloads or transfers. Vulnerability management matters when flaws expose databases, endpoints, or cloud services to unauthorized retrieval. After suspected theft, preserving logs, revoking tokens and credentials, determining what was accessed or copied, and assessing privacy or notification obligations are central to containing the incident and measuring its impact.
Cybercriminals using Prynt Stealer to collect data from victims are being swindled by the malware developer, who also receives a copy of the info over Telegram messaging service. [...]
Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach today after some of its U.S. systems were hacked to steal customer data. [...]
The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) took down a network of call centers used by a cybercrime group focused on financial scams and targeting victims of cryptocurrency scams under the guise of helping them recover their stolen funds. [...]
Threat analysts at McAfee found five Google Chrome extensions that steal track users' browsing activity. Collectively, the extensions have been downloaded more then 1.4 million times. [...]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning investors that cyber criminals increasingly exploiting security vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency. [...]
The threat actor behind the Twilio hack used their access to steal one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered over SMS to from customers of Okta identity and access management company. [...]
The threat actor behind the Twilio hack used their access to steal one-time passwords (OTPs) delivered over SMS to from customers of Okta identity and access management company. [...]