June 30, 2025
US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams
Resulting in two indictments, one arrest, and 137 laptops seized The US Department of Justice has announced a major disruption of multiple North Korean fake IT worker scams.…
British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network
Don't leave the door open to disgruntled workers A judge has sentenced a disgruntled IT worker to more than seven months in prison after he wreaked havoc on his employer's network following his suspension, according to West Yorkshire Police.…
Scattered Spider crime spree takes flight as focus turns to aviation sector
Time ticking for defenders as social engineering pros weave wider web Just a few weeks after warning about Scattered Spider's tactics shifting toward the insurance industry, the same experts now say the aviation industry is now on the ransomware crew's radar.…
Sinaloa drug cartel hired a cybersnoop to identify and kill FBI informants
Device compromises and deep-seated access to critical infrastructure exposed surveillance vulnerabilities in agency's work A major Mexican drug cartel insider grassed on his fellow drug-peddlers back in 2018, telling the FBI that a cartel "hacker" was tracking a federal official and using their deep-rooted access to the country's…
Your browser has ad tech’s fingerprints all over it, but there’s a clean-up squad in town
Like being hard to spot? They’d much rather you didn’t Opinion There are few tech deceptions more successful than Chrome's Incognito Mode.…