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.
Web hosting services provider GoDaddy on Friday disclosed a multi-year security breach that enabled unknown threat actors to install malware and siphon source code related to some of its services
Millions of Americans receiving food assistance benefits just earned a new right that they can't yet enforce: The right to be reimbursed if funds on their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are stolen by card skimming devices secretly installed at cash machines and grocery store checkout lanes.
Web hosting giant GoDaddy says unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment. [...]
Norwegian police (Økokrim) have seized 60 million kroner ($5,800,000) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group last year from Axie Infinity's Ronin Bridge. [...]
Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities Norwegian authorities announced on Thursday that they had recovered $5.9 million of cryptocurrency stolen in the Axie Infinity hack – an incident widely held to have been perpetrated by the Lazarus Group, which has links to North Korea.…
SiegedSec threat group leaked data that Atlassian says was taken from app used to coordinate in-office resources.
Atlassian has confirmed that a breach at a third-party vendor caused a recent leak of company data and that their network and customer information is secure. [...]
The nation-state threat group has been attacking a wider range of victims and regions than previously thought.
Russian national Vladislav Klyushin was found guilty of participating in a global scheme that involved hacking into U.S. computer networks to steal confidential earnings reports, which helped the criminals net $90,000,000 in illegal profits. [...]
Automakers Hyundai and KIA are rolling out an emergency software update on several of their car models impacted by an easy hack that makes it possible to steal them. [...]
The attacks mainly targeted victims in the US but also in the UK, Turkey, and the Philippines
Vladislav Klyushin and co-conspirators used SEC filings stolen from the networks of Tesla, Roku, and other publicly traded companies to earn nearly $100 million in illegal trades.
Giving storage platforms enhanced built-in security features will be a significant step toward counteracting the impacts of cybercrime in 2023, Dell experts predict Sponsored Feature Cybercriminals tend not to discriminate when it comes to the type of data they steal. Structured or unstructured, both formats contain valuable information that will bring them a profit. From a cybersecurity practitioner's perspective, however, structural state presents specific challenges when it comes to storing and moving sensitive data assets around.…
Gone in 60 seconds using a USB-A plug and brute force instead of a key Korean car-makers Hyundai and Kia will issue software updates to some of their models after a method of stealing them circulated on TikTok, leading to many thefts and even some deaths.…
Undisclosed earnings reports swiped, exploited A Russian national with ties to the Kremlin exploited stolen upcoming financial filings belonging to hundreds of companies to help him and his associates net more than $90 million.…
The APT37 threat group (aka 'RedEyes' or 'ScarCruft') has been spotted using a new evasive malware named 'M2RAT' along with steganography to attack specific individuals for intelligence collection. [...]
That's not what I like Crooks have breached Pepsi Bottling Ventures' network and, after deploying info-stealing malware, made off with sensitive personal and financial information according to a notification sent to consumers.…
The network is alleged to have operated 100 bank accounts and stolen millions from American people and companies.
Over 450 malicious PyPI python packages were found installing malicious Chromium browser extensions to hijack cryptocurrency transactions made through browser-based crypto wallets and websites. [...]
North Korean hackers have found a way around U.S.-imposed sanctions to launder the cryptocurrency proceeds from their heists, according to evidence discovered by blockchain analysts. [...]