Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Sentencing bookends the biggest cybercrime conviction in UK history

Redmond says cheap virtual desktops powered a global wave of phishing and fraud Microsoft has taken its cybercrime fight to the UK in its first major civil action outside the US, moving to shut down RedVDS, a virtual desktop service used to power phishing and fraud at global scale.…

Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive info Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt – it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees.…

UK cops trace street-level crime to sanctions-busting networks tied to Moscow's war economy On Christmas Day 2024, a Russian-linked laundering network bought itself a very special present: a controlling stake in a Kyrgyzstan bank, later used to wash cybercrime profits and funnel money into Moscow's war machine, according to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).…

‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider ‘Bulletproof’ hosts partly dodged the last attack of this sort Cybercrime fighters in the US, UK, and Australia have imposed sanctions on several Russia-linked entities they claim provide hosting services to ransomware gangs Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play.…

Cybercrime crew has ravaged multiple private organizations using Oracle EBS zero-day for months The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is investigating claims of a cyberattack by extortion crew Clop.…

France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally Researchers are seeing a "dramatic" increase in cybercrime involving physical violence across Europe, with at least 18 cases reported since the start of the year.…

Bad opsec Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played a role in bilking more than 100 organizations out of at least $115 million in ransom payments. The cops nabbed him after following a number of clues, including paying for gift cards from a wallet on the same server that also held wallets receiving extortion payments.…

Spinner says crim's claims 'very significantly overstated' UK broadband and TV provider TalkTalk says it's currently investigating claims made on cybercrime forums alleging data from the company was up for grabs.…

Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more Infosec in brief Interpol and its financial supporters in the South Korean government are back with another round of anti-cybercrime arrests via the fifth iteration of Operation HAECHI, this time nabbing more than 5,500 people suspected of scamming and seizing hundreds of millions in digital and fiat currencies. …

Many decide to make no changes after detecting a breach UK businesses' response to security breaches has "astounded" experts following the release of the government's official cybercrime stats for 2024.…

Expert weighs in after Brianna Ghey murder amid worrying rates of child cybercrime The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children's access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting the difficulty in achieving this.…

Partner Content According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 26 percent of medium businesses, 37 percent of large businesses and 25 percent of high-income charities have experienced cyber crime in the last 12 months.…

Top admin, HR managers, devs go on transatlantic deny-list The US and UK governments named and sanctioned 11 Russians said to be connected to the notorious Trickbot cybercrime crew this week.…