By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US and European authorities on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on a prolific hacking tool that has been used by hundreds of hackers in damaging ransomware attacks, bank thefts and other digital crimes. The US Justice Department said it had seized the computer systems hackers used to access the […]

(CNN) — US and European authorities on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on a prolific hacking tool that has been used by hundreds of hackers in damaging ransomware attacks, bank thefts and other digital crimes. The US Justice Department said it had seized the computer systems hackers used to access the tool, known as Lumma, […]

The Queensland house seized by police as a suspected proceed of crime. Photo: AFP More than $4.2m in Bitcoin, a beachside mansion, and a luxury car and are among the assets forfeited from a Queensland man after police identified the goods as suspected proceeds of crime. Authorities started investigating 32-year-old Shane Duffy in 2018 after […]

An analysis by Dragos has found that ransomware incidents targeting industrial organisations rose notably in the first quarter of 2025, with 708 global incidents reported compared to approximately 600 in the previous quarter. The manufacturing sector bore the brunt, accounting for 68% of all incidents with 480 cases, followed by transportation and logistics, and industrial […]

Law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity firms coordinated a global takedown of the infrastructure of the Lumma malware — a powerful information-stealing tool used by cybercriminals to target dozens of industries.  Steven Masada, assistant general counsel at Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, said in a blog post Wednesday that the malware, sometimes referred to as LummaC2, “steals […]

An analysis by Dragos has found that ransomware incidents targeting industrial organisations rose notably in the first quarter of 2025, with 708 global incidents reported compared to approximately 600 in the previous quarter. The manufacturing sector bore the brunt, accounting for 68% of all incidents with 480 cases, followed by transportation and logistics, and industrial […]

The Justice Department, along with Microsoft and international partners, has disrupted the infrastructure of a popular cybercrime tool known as “Lumma Stealer,” according to Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). In a May 21 blog post, the DCU explained that Lumma Stealer – or Lumma – is the preferred info-stealing malware used by hundreds of cyber […]

Reuters Poland intervenes as Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship spotted near power cable WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s military intervened after a ship from the Russian “shadow fleet” was seen performing suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, Poland’s prime minister said on Wednesday. NATO has stepped up security in the Baltic following a string […]