Cybercrime & Digital Safety

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (421+ words) That simplicity is exactly why it worked at scale. By the time authorities pieced the campaign together, it had reached over 30,000 devices, according to the joint advisory from agencies in the US, Japan, Australia and Germany. Software developers and IT…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (360+ words) For affected customers, the practical value of these lawsuits is usually a future claims process offering free credit monitoring or a modest cash payment years down the line, not immediate compensation. The more urgent protective step is monitoring accounts and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (907+ words) This is a news analysis of what the September 2 case actually shows, how it fits into 18 months of escalating agentic AI attacks and other cybersecurity threats in 2026, what it’s already costing companies according to IBM’s 2026 breach data, and how vendors…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (445+ words) A wave of fake Cloudflare verification pages is hitting meme coin traders, and at least one victim says the damage came to roughly $600,000. The scheme, flagged in market reports on September 16, shows how a meme coin phishing scam can bypass…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (443+ words) Cryptotimes reported the confirmed victim count at 680 customers, with records skewing toward Switzerland and France. That figure is smaller than the 147 GB the attacker claims to hold from the broader Italian law enforcement compromise, which suggests the Revolut data is…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (37+ words) Security breach exposes millions of driver’s licences in Canada, U.S. Global News Go Back Close Local Add Global News to Home Screen Close Security breach exposes millions of driver’s licences in Canada, U.S. Report a Video Issue...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (653+ words) The attacker didn’t need to breach Revolut’s infrastructure. They needed a mailbox on, or convincingly spoofing, a government domain, and enough procedural knowledge to format a request the way a real one would look. Once that request lands in a…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1265+ words) Police freezing the fraudster's account is not the same as the money coming back to you — and nobody tells victims the difference. Releasing frozen money needs a court order, and the cheapest place in the country to ask for one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) Sun, 30 Aug 2026 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Claims Court heard that the man received cash and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (418+ words) Revolut is far from alone in facing a data exposure event tied to social engineering rather than a technical exploit. The table below places this incident alongside a handful of other notable 2025-2026 breaches that involved trust-based manipulation of a company’s…...