Security Norks blast 250+ fake job offers to developers over 6 weeks to try and snarf creds and crypto When an unsolicited job offer sounds too good to be true …
Legal Google engineer accused of turning Year in Search secrets into Polymarket payday Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits
Security French cops free mother and son after 20-hour crypto kidnap ordeal Latest in a string of cases that have earned France an unfortunate title
Cyber-crime Crypto? Huh. Good gawd y'all, what is it good for? $45M in this case Cops bust latest scam, return $12m to bilked victims
PaaS + IaaS Digital euro goes full sovereignty mode, US cloud giants not on guest list Central bank turns to homegrown providers to underpin virtual cash push
Security Son of government contractor arrested after alleged $46M crypto heist from US Marshals FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffs
Cyber-crime South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds
Legal China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination
Offbeat 'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day Advertising search and web meters recorded site crashing traffic for ai.com
Offbeat Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances
Legal Indian police commissioner wants ID cards for AI agents PLUS: China broadens cryptocurrency crackdown; Australian facial recognition privacy revisited; Singapore debuts electric VTOL; and more!
Security Telcos aren't saying how they fought back against China's Salt Typhoon attacks PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more
Public Sector South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam Main stock exchange targets shares, government agency looks for crypto crooks
Systems Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projects
Public Sector India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds
Cyber-crime Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release Netflix documentary part 2 in the works?
Cyber-crime Indian cops cuff ex-Coinbase rep over selling customer info to crims There's more where that came from, CEO says
Cyber-crime Crypto crooks co-opt stolen AWS creds to mine coins 'Within 10 minutes of gaining initial access, crypto miners were operational'
Cyber-crime Kim's crypto thieving reached a record $2B in 2025 ByBit attack doing some seriously heavy lifting
Cyber-crime FBI dismantles alleged $70M crypto laundering operation Justice Department claims unlicensed exchange funneled ransomware profits
Legal Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'
Security Apache warns of 10.0-rated flaw in Tika metadata ingestion tool PLUS: New kind of DDOS from the Americas; Predator still hunting spyware targets; NIST issues IoT advice; And more!
Cyber-crime Europol nukes Cryptomixer laundering hub, seizing €25M in Bitcoin Operation Olympia pulls Swiss servers offline and scoops up 12TB of data in latest crime infrastructure crackdown
Cyber-crime Korean web giant Naver acquired crypto exchange Upbit, which reported a $30m heist a day later Talk about buyer’s remorse
Security Weaponized file name flaw makes updating glob an urgent job PLUS: CISA issues drone warning; China-linked DNS-hijacking malware; Prison for BTC Samourai; And more
Offbeat Dutch turbine engineer tried to turn wind into crypto, ends up generating community service Techie wired cryptominers into Nordex's network while company reeled from cyberattack
Legal Bitcoin bandit's £5B bubble bursts as cops wrap seven-year chase Metropolitan Police lands lengthy sentence following 'complex' investigation
Cyber-crime Attackers dig up $11M in Garden Finance crypto exploit Bitcoin bridge biz offers 10 percent reward to attackers if they play nice
Cyber-crime Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’ Five Eyes intel alliance has created a team to target these scum who prey on kids
Cybersecurity Month Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users
Cybersecurity Month Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it
Cyber-crime More packages poisoned in npm attack, but would-be crypto thieves left pocket change Miscreants cost victims time rather than money
Cyber-crime Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring
Security Someone's poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it
Security P2P payment service Zelle sued for enabling payment fraud hell PLUS: Kryptos solution up for auction; Canadian parliament springs a leak; Fake crypto lawyers; And more
Security BtcTurk suspends operations amid alleged $49M hot wallet heist Turkish exchange is the latest victim of a recent spate of major crypto thefts
Cyber-crime Crypto-crasher Do Kwon admits guilt over failed not-so-stablecoin that erased $41 billion Tells court 'What I did was wrong and I want to apologize for my conduct'
Cyber-crime BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang - but the crooks remain at large
Security Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console PLUS: Crypto mixer founders plead guilty; Another French telco hacked; Meta fights WhatsApp scams; And more!
Cyber-crime Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons Devs told to exercise 'extreme caution' with emails disguised as account update prompts
AI + ML Rampant emoji use suggests crypto-stealing NPM package was written by AI Kodane code was either machine-generated or done by a teenager
On-Prem CoreWeave's $9B Core Scientific acquisition is a bid for more power All the GPUs in the world aren't worth much if you don't have a place to put them
Security It's 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more
Cyber-crime Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more
Security Illicit crypto-miners pouncing on lazy DevOps configs that leave clouds vulnerable To stop the JINX-0132 gang behind these attacks, pay attention to HashiCorp, Docker, and Gitea security settings
Security Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans Philippines company allegedly run by Chinese national has form running scams
Security DOGE worker's old creds found exposed in infostealer malware dumps PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more
Spotlight on RSAC RSA cofounder: The world would've been better without cryptocurrencies Cryptographers' panel a bit gloomy this year
Software Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh No signal? No problem. But also no solid commitment to Britcoin yet
Security Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance? It's been a very busy week for Digicash Donald's administration
Security FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware
Personal Tech Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order With no allowance to sell and little room to buy, and markets on the slide, it's UB40 time: Red, red, whine
Cyber-crime FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets
Cyber-crime Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet Up to $140M in bounty rewards for return of Ethereum allegedly pilfered by hermit nation
Security Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year
Cyber-crime Indian authorities seize loot from collapsed BitConnect crypto scam Devices containing crypto wallets tracked online, then in the real world
Security Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more!
Bootnotes Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil
Legal US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'
Software DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection With all the AI hype swirling around, you'd think someone would've cracked this one already
Security CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more
Personal Tech Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap before he even enters office Crypto critics unhappy as BTC hits all-time high and Melania launches her own currency
Cyber-crime Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts
Offbeat Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump
Security Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more
Cyber-crime Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access
Personal Tech Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Security Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more
Public Sector Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it
Cyber-crime Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools
Cyber-crime Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink
Cyber-crime LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin
Bootnotes 'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Security FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Offbeat Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect 'If I was Satoshi I would have destroyed my ability to prove I'm Satoshi'
Cybersecurity Month Asian crime gangs are growing – fast – thanks to AI and other tech UN report finds Telegram, cryptocurrency are tools of a growing 'criminal service economy'
Legal FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab Feds tell thrilling tale of crypto crooks, Facebook scams, fast cars, guns, betrayal … and leg extensions?
Cyber-crime Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more
Cyber-crime Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened
Cyber-crime US indicts two over socially engineered $230M+ crypto heist Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks
Cyber-crime Prison just got rougher as band of heinously violent cybercrims sentenced to lengthy stints Orchestrators of abductions, torture, crypto thefts, and more get their comeuppance
Cyber-crime Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort
Legal Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening
Cyber-crime Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise Attacker locked out all staff for four days
Cyber-crime Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet Chap named 'Roman Boss' accused of being just that at a cryptocash laundering outfit
Public Sector India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months Plus: Food poisoning hits ByteDance Singapore; Indonesia bans DuckDuckGo; and more
Security North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear
Security Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK Aussie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial
Security Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms Company keeps quiet amid high-profile compromises
Security A decade after collapsing, crypto exchange Mt Gox repays some investors Plus: Samsung strike; India likely upping chip subsidies; Asian nations link payment schemes
Cyber-crime US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them
Cyber-crime Crypto scammers circle back, pose as lawyers, steal an extra $10M in truly devious plan Business is more lucrative than you might think
Cyber-crime China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos and crypto-crime in Asia
Cyber-crime 1. This crypto-coin is called Jimbo. 2. $8m was stolen from its devs in flash loan attack
