Mathew J. Schwartz

Executive Editor, DataBreachToday & Europe, ISMG

Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014, where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications. He lives in Scotland.

'Rex Mundi' Hacker Extortion Group: Busted

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 18, 2018

Cyber extortion group Rex Mundi has been shut down following the arrest of seven suspects in France and a French national in Thailand, police say. Investigators began pursuing the group last year after it stole customer data from a British firm and demanded $770,000 to not publicly release it.

Visual Journal: Infosecurity Europe 2018

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 14, 2018

When June arrives in the United Kingdom, that means it's time for the annual Infosecurity Europe conference in London. Here are visual highlights from this year's event, which featured 240 sessions, 400 exhibitors and an estimated 19,500 attendees.

DDoS Attacker Receives 15-Year Sentence

Mathew J. Schwartz • May 21, 2018

John Gammell of New Mexico has been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against prior employers and business competitors, as well as for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.

Police Seize Webstresser.org, Bust 6 Suspected Admins

Mathew J. Schwartz • April 26, 2018

Police have taken down Webstresser, a leading stresser/booter service tied to 4 million on-demand DDoS attacks, which could be used for as little as $15 per month. Six of the site's administrators have been arrested, as have some of the site's top users, authorities say.

Memcached DDoS Attacks: 95,000 Servers Vulnerable to Abuse

Mathew J. Schwartz • March 8, 2018

More than 95,000 servers that run the open source Memcached utiltity appear to remain vulnerable to being abused to launch massive DDoS attacks, with one such attack reaching a record 1.7 terabits per second. Here's how organizations and IT administrators must respond.

Memcached Servers Deliver Amplified DDoS Attacks

Mathew J. Schwartz • March 5, 2018

Say hello to a new type of DDoS attack: UDP amplification via internet-facing servers running memcached, an open source distributed caching system that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks by a factor of 50,000.

Cybercrime as a Service: Tools + Knowledge = Profit

Mathew J. Schwartz • February 1, 2018

On cybercrime forums and darknet marketplaces, there's an abundant supply of cybercrime products and services and lots of demand, plus prices remain low, says Flashpoint's Liv Rowley. All that's needed to leverage the products and services to make a profit, she says, is a bit of knowledge.

DDoS Attacker Targeted Banks, Police, Former Employer

Mathew J. Schwartz • January 23, 2018

In separate cases, two hackers have either pleaded guilty or been sentenced to serve jail time in part for launching or facilitating DDoS attacks. One defendant, John Kelsey Gammell, was unmasked after taunting a former employer over the "ongoing IT issues" his DDoS attacks were causing.

Teen Hacker Avoids Jail Over On-Demand DDoS Attacks

Mathew J. Schwartz • December 20, 2017

A British teenager has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to thousands of DDoS disruptions against Amazon, Netflix, NatWest Bank and others. Separately, a U.S. man has pleaded guilty to launching DDoS attacks on behalf of Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp, among other offenses.

Cybercriminals Go Cryptocurrency Crazy: 9 Factors

Mathew J. Schwartz • December 8, 2017

Bitcoin: Is it the future of cash, a legitimate speculative instrument or a Ponzi scheme in easy-to-consume digital form? Despite the outstanding questions, investors and cybercriminals alike continue to amass cryptocurrencies. Both groups face perils.

Hackers Exploit Weak Remote Desktop Protocol Credentials

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 3, 2017

Many enterprises use remote desktop protocol to remotely administer their PCs and mobile devices. But security experts warn that weak RDP credentials are in wide circulation on darknet marketplaces and increasingly used by ransomware attackers.

Police: DDoS Provider Targeted Google, Pokemon, Skype

Mathew J. Schwartz • November 2, 2017

A 21-year-old man appeared in British court this week to face 11 charges, including using DDoS attacks to disrupt sites run by Google, Pokemon and Skype, as well as money laundering and selling malware and "crypting services."

FBI to DDoS Victims: Please Come Forward

Mathew J. Schwartz • October 19, 2017

The FBI is asking all U.S. victims of DDoS attacks to please come forward. The bureau's plea for more information from cyberattack victims parallels similar requests made this week by British authorities speaking at ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in London.

Report: Deloitte Suffered Breach Last Year

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 25, 2017

"Big four" accounting firm Deloitte suffered a breach last year that may have exposed 5 million internal emails as well as usernames and passwords, client information and health details, the Guardian reports.

Equifax Breach: Long-term Implications. What Does It Mean for Europe?

Presented by Christopher Greany , Mathew J. Schwartz , David Stubley , Terry Wilson • September 20, 2017

Will the Equifax breach upend the rules of the data breach notification game? Will it even be discussed in another year? Already, the breach is leading to tough questions about how personal data gets stored, sold and secured - or not - in the United States. Equifax also should consider itself lucky that it didn't lose...

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