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Category Archives: Cybercrime

Japanese cryptocoin exchange robbed of $100,000,000

August 20 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Security

Another week, another cryptocurrency catastrophe. This time, it's "only" $100 million's worth...

T-Mobile Data Breach

August 19 2021 By Bruce Schneier in crime, Cybercrime, Phishing, Security

As first reported by Motherboard on Sunday, someone on the dark web claims to have obtained the data of 100 million from T-Mobile’s servers...
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Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin

July 26 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Bitcoin, crime, Cybercrime, Ransomware, Security

Ransomware isn’t new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the “Brain” computer virus. Now, it’s become the criminal business model of the internet for two reasons. The...

REvil is Off-Line

July 16 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Ransomware, Russia, Security

This is an interesting development:

Just days after President Biden demanded that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shut down ransomware groups attacking American targets, the most aggressive of...
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Want to earn $10 million? Snitch on a cybercrook!

July 16 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Malware, Security

Will going after the big guns help to discourage and disrupt the rest of the cybercrime ecosystem? Have your say...

Where do all those cybercrime payments go?

July 9 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Malware, Ransomware, Security

Yes, the headline is a rhetorical question. But sometimes we get literal answers, and they're well worth remembering.

Insurance and Ransomware

July 1 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Ransomware, reports, Security

As ransomware becomes more common, I’m seeing more discussions about the ethics of paying the ransom. Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the...