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.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized over $8.2 million worth of USDT (Tether) cryptocurrency that was stolen via 'romance baiting' scams. [...]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware called Crocodilus that's primarily designed to target users in Spain and Turkey
Based on the open source NGINX Web server, the malicious tool allows threat actors to steal user credentials and session tokens.
The attack hit the Kuala Lumpur airport over the weekend, and it remains unclear who the threat actors are and what kind of information they may have stolen.
Department director admits Welsh capital's council still trying to get heads around threat of dark web leaks Cardiff City Council's director of children's services says data was leaked or stolen from the organization, although she did not clarify how or what was pilfered.…
A PhaaS platform, dubbed 'Morphing Meerkat,' uses DNS MX records to spoof over 100 brands and steal credentials, according to Infoblox Threat Intel
An Android malware family previously observed targeting Indian military personnel has been linked to a new campaign likely aimed at users in Taiwan under the guise of chat apps
WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!)…
Ten npm packages were suddenly updated with malicious code yesterday to steal environment variables and other sensitive data from developers' systems. [...]
PJobRAT malware targets Taiwan Android users, stealing data through fake messaging platforms
Attackers aren't just spending more time targeting the cloud — they're ruthlessly stealing more sensitive data and accessing more critical systems than ever before.
Data stolen included checklist for medics on how to get into vulnerable people's homes The UK's data protection watchdog is dishing out a £3.07 million ($3.95 million) fine to Advanced Computer Software Group, whose subsidiary's security failings led to a ransomware attack affecting NHS care.…
Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, BleepingComputer has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor are valid. [...]
Cloud-based streaming company StreamElements confirms it suffered a data breach at a third-party service provider after a threat actor leaked samples of stolen data on a hacking forum. [...]
Victims' details at risk after criminals download 9,000 files from court database Australian police are currently investigating the theft of "sensitive" data from a New South Wales court system after they confirmed approximately 9,000 files were stolen.…
230M stolen passwords met complexity requirements—and were still compromised. Passwords aren't going away for now, but there are new technologies that may increasingly replace them. Learn more from Specops Software about how to protect your passwords. [...]
Threat actors are exploiting cloud platforms like Adobe and Dropbox to evade email gateways and steal credentials
Threat actors are leveraging an e-crime tool called Atlantis AIO Multi-Checker to automate credential stuffing attacks, according to findings from Abnormal Security
The company reports that no sensitive information was breached or stolen in the cyber intrusion and that its operations are running normally again.
Free unofficial patches are available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability that can let remote attackers steal NTLM credentials by tricking targets into viewing malicious files in Windows Explorer. [...]