The Russian national was convicted of hacking into accounts at LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring.

By Zara Khan

The perpetrator was blatantly involved in victimizing thousands...

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man convicted for identity theft & fraud against US Military, veterans

The most attractive targets for data theft are businesses perceived as most likely to pay to prevent exposure of their information.

A data-stealing module in a recent sandboxed sample triggers browser-based fraud alerts for Trickbot victims -- and shows something of the inner working of the malware's operators.

Traditional financial crime and cyberattacks are converging, requiring new skills and approaches to the problem, officials said.

The good news is that this was a bureaucratic necessity rather than an actual cybersecurity attack.

By Sudais Asif

DataViper, a breach monitoring site is owned by...

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacker steals databases from breach monitoring site; sells them online

To truly understand cybersecurity trends, we must look beyond the headlines and ask more of the data. What you learn might surprise you.

Alleged perp set up automated bitcoin sales channel to cash in on cybercrime

A new BEC threat group is heralding more sophisticated email scams that target organizations without DMARC and squeeze as much money out of victims as possible.