Theft in cybersecurity covers stolen data, credentials, devices, and funds, often creating risks of unauthorized access, fraud, and privacy loss.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Background for this topic.
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.
All right stop, collaborate and listen, 'soft is back with some theft protection Microsoft has some advice on how to defend against "ice phishing" and other novel attacks that aim to empty cryptocurrency wallets, for those not already abstaining.…
BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits was serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. Element Vape has a presence across the U.S. and Canada and sells products in both retail outlets and on their online store. [...]
BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. Element Vape has a presence across the U.S. and Canada and sells products in both retail outlets and on their online store. [...]
BleepingComputer has confirmed Element Vape, a prominent online seller of e-cigarettes and vaping kits is serving a credit card skimmer on its live site, likely after getting hacked. Element Vape has a presence across the U.S. and Canada and sells products in both retail outlets and on their online store. [...]
Revised laws will regulate workers' travel to mainland in bid to protect economy Taiwan's Parliament, the Executive Yuan, yesterday revealed draft amendments to national security laws aimed at deterring and punishing Chinese economic espionage efforts directed at stealing tech industry secrets.…
State-sponsored actors backed by the Russian government regularly targeted the networks of several U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) to acquire proprietary documents and other confidential information pertaining to the country's defense and intelligence programs and capabilities
Prison for former CFO of Boston Grand Prix convicted of money laundering, wire fraud and identity theft
Russian-backed hackers have been targeting and compromising U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) since at least January 2020 to gain access to and steal sensitive info that gives insight into U.S. defense and intelligence programs and capabilities. [...]
Russian-backed hackers have been targeting and compromising U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) since at least January 2020 to gain access to and steal sensitive info that gives insight into U.S. defense and intelligence programs and capabilities. [...]
A network intrusion at the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in January led to the theft of personal information on more than 500,000 people receiving assistance from the group. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the email address used by a cybercriminal actor who offered to sell the stolen ICRC data also was used to register multiple domain names the FBI says are tied to a sprawling media influence operation originating from Iran.
Insider used some of the funds across online gambling sites
Microsoft is enabling an 'Attack Surface Reduction' security feature rule by default to block hackers' attempts to steal Windows credentials from the LSASS process. [...]
Microsoft is enabling an 'Attack Surface Reduction' security feature rule by default to block hackers' attempts to steal Windows credentials from the LSASS process. [...]
The NFL's San Francisco 49ers team is recovering from a cyberattack by the BlackByte ransomware gang who claims to have stolen data from the American football organization. [...]