Kim Crawley

Keeping software up to date is a mainstay of good cybersecurity hygiene. But in rare cases when patches backfire — either by introducing new, more severe software flaws or failing to fix the old ones — it can set off a scramble to set things right.

Russian authorities noisily arrested 14 alleged members of the REvil ransomware gang in January after a U.S. government request. So why is the group’s malware and infrastructure suddenly blinking back on?

Recent data breaches at NVIDIA, Samsung and Ubisoft have brought a new cybercrime group to light: Lapsus$. Here’s what we know about the malicious hacking crew that’s been targeting Big Tech.

The sudden demise of darknet site Monopoly Market may have coincided with an exit scam. Experts say such con jobs could grow more common as law enforcement takedowns pressure dark web operators.