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 novel threat steals data and can affect all processes running on the OS, stealing information from different commands and utilities and then storing it on the affected machine.
A newly discovered Linux malware is being used to stealthily steal information from backdoored Linux systems and infect all running processes on the machine. [...]
Security researchers are warning that hackers can abuse online programming learning platforms to remotely launch cyberattacks, steal data, and scan for vulnerable devices, simply by using a web browser. [...]
Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed this week that it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor managed to breach one of its properties and steal 20 GB worth of files. [...]
Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed this week that it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor managed to breach one of its properties and steal 20 GB worth of files. [...]
Hotel giant Marriott International confirmed this week that it was hit by another data breach after an unknown threat actor managed to breach one of its properties and steal 20 GB worth of files. [...]
Company says it is making changes to its security controls to prevent malicious insiders from doing the same thing in future; reassures bug hunters their bounties are safe.
A widespread campaign uses more than 24 malicious NPM packages loaded with JavaScript obfuscators to steal form data from multiple sites and apps, analysts report.
A widespread software supply chain attack has targeted the NPM package manager at least since December 2021 with rogue modules designed to steal data entered in forms by users on websites that include them
Appears to have leaked from a cloud thanks to sloppy coding A threat actor has taken to a forum for news and discussion of data breaches with an offer to sell what they assert is a database containing records of over a billion Chinese civilians – allegedly stolen from the Shanghai Police.…
An anonymous threat actor is selling several databases they claim to contain terabytes of stolen information on roughly 1 billion Chinese citizens for 10 bitcoins (approximately $195,000). [...]
Vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform HackerOne on Friday disclosed that a former employee at the firm improperly accessed security reports submitted to it for personal gain