A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with
A list of topics we covered in the week of August 24 to August 30 of 2026
WhatsApp has introduced three security upgrades. Here’s what to turn on to better protect your account.
Flock’s CEO wants a compromise between privacy and public safety, but the public has already compromised enough.
Authorities in Australia have arrested two men believed to be members of TeamPCP, a prolific cybercrime and data extortion group blamed for perpetrating the longest running spree of software supply ch
Researchers found that prompt injection attacks can hide malicious instructions in encrypted text to get them past AI guardrails.
A list of topics we covered in the week of August 17 to August 23 of 2026
The data theft extortion group likely compromised a critical vulnerability affecting PTC’s product lifecycle management software in June, a month before it sent threatening emails to victims. The post
Microsoft is retiring Manifest V2, the technology behind older Edge extensions. Some popular privacy tools will lose features or stop working.
A list of topics we covered in the week of August 3 to August 9 of 2026
The cyberattack hit gate systems at all three North Carolina ports, as officials continue investigating the breach and its effects on operations. The post Coast Guard says it is monitoring cyberattack
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165 organiz
Testers found that Anthropic's AI agent Mythos attempted to social engineer Github developers into accepting malicious code.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., hope to make the services permanent before they end next month. The post Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach vict
Russian cybercrime groups are running a campaign that abuses hospitality Wi-Fi to steal information from travelers worldwide.
A list of topics we covered in the week of July 27 to August 2 of 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 31, 2026 – Listen to the podcast "The exploit lands before the fix even ships," says John Vecchi, CMO at
We almost never get both sides of an intrusion. This time we did. Last month, Hugging Face disclosed a breach into part of its production infrastructure, saying an autonomous AI agent system ran the a
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user'
The FTC has sued telehealth provider Hims & Hers, alleging it shared customers' sensitive health information with advertisers.
