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Cyberstalking Suspect Arrested After VPN Providers Shared Logs With the FBI
VPN providers often advertise their products as a method of surfing the web anonymously, claiming they never store logs of user activity, but a recent criminal case shows that at least some, do store user activity logs.
- October 07, 2017
- 08:55 AM
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US Wins Tug-of-War With Russia Over Extradition of 4 of 5 Highly Valued Suspects
The US has won four legal battles with Russian authorities for the extradition of five highly valued suspects, all Russian nationals, for their involvement with various cyber-crime related activities.
- October 04, 2017
- 05:50 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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IT Contractor Tried to Extort Company by Redirecting Website to Porn Site
An Arizona court sentenced a local man to four years of federal probation after what the judge described as a "one-time lapse in judgment" when the man redirected a company's website to a gay porn portal after a failed extortion attempt.
- September 20, 2017
- 04:22 PM
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US Arrests Chinese Man Involved With Sakula Malware Used in OPM and Anthem Hacks
The FBI has arrested a Chinese national on accusations of distributing and infecting US companies with the Sakula malware, the same malware used in the OPM and Anthem hacks.
- August 26, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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FSB Agents Arrested for Giving CIA Information About Russian Hackers
A Russian television station — TV Rain — claims to have obtained insider information about the arrests of Sergey Mikhailov, a Russian intelligence agent that lead the FSB's Center for Information Security, and Dmitry Dokuchayev, also an FSB agent and Mikhailov's deputy.
- August 24, 2017
- 10:10 AM
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Couple Accused of Using Lowes Website Flaw to Steal Expensive Goods
A couple from the Brick Township in New Jersey stands accused of using a flaw in the Lowes online portal to receive goods for free at their home.
- August 19, 2017
- 05:08 AM
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Four Suspects Arrested in India for Leaking Game of Thrones Episode
Indian authorities have announced they arrested four suspects on suspicion of leaking episode 4 of Game of Thrones season 7, titled "Spoils of War."
- August 14, 2017
- 02:27 PM
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Ukraine Police Arrest Man for Spreading NotPetya Ransomware in Tax Evasion Scheme
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man from Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, on accusations of distributing a version of the NotPetya ransomware.
- August 11, 2017
- 03:45 AM
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Owners of vDos, Largest DDoS-For-Hire Service, Officially Charged in Israel
Israeli authorities have officially charged two 19-year-old teenagers for running vDos, a DDoS-for-hire service, the largest such platform at the time it went down in the autumn of last year.
- August 10, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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FBI Used Booby-Trapped Video to Catch Suspected Sextortionist Hiding Behind Tor
On Monday, US authorities announced the arrest of a suspect who used Tor to disguise his online identity and coerce underage female victims into sending sexually explicit images and videos in a tactic commonly referred to as "sextortion."
- August 09, 2017
- 10:06 AM
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MalwareTech Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Kronos Trojan, To Be Released on Bail
Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher known as MalwareTech, has pleaded not guilty to today in a Las Vegas court to charges of creating and updating the Kronos banking trojan, according to his lawyer Adrian Marie Lobo.
- August 04, 2017
- 07:56 PM
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DDoS Extortionist Who Posed as Anonymous Hacker Arrested in the US
On Friday, US authorities arrested a man on charges of launching DDoS attacks and making death and bomb threats against several targets including Leagle.com, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Metro News Canada, the official website of the Canadian government, and others.
- July 31, 2017
- 02:10 AM
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BTC-e Owner Arrested for Laundering Stolen Bitcoin, Ransomware Payments
Greek police arrested a Russian national, Alexander Vinnik, 38, for his role as owner of the BTC-e Bitcoin trading platform. In the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally indicted Vinnik on 21 charges related to money laundering and the operation of an unlicensed money exchange.
- July 27, 2017
- 05:52 AM
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Author of Nanocore RAT Pleads Guilty in Court
The author of the very popular Nanocore RAT has pleaded guilty this week, admitting to developing malware that was used by other crooks to infect countless of computers across the globe, stealing data and secretly watching unsuspecting victims.
- July 26, 2017
- 12:13 PM
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Chinese Police Arrest Makers of Fireball Adware
Beijing police have arrested the makers of the Fireball adware family, presumed to have infected millions of devices around the globe.
- July 26, 2017
- 05:51 AM
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Judge: Pacemaker Data Isn't More Private Than Other Things, Can Be Used in Arson Trial
An Ohio judge ruled at the beginning of July that data collected from a person's pacemaker logs is admissible in court, in the first decision of its kind.
- July 25, 2017
- 08:45 AM
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Sysadmin Gets 18 Months in Prison for Shutting Down Former Employer's Network
Joe Vito Venzor, 41, from El Paso, was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for hacking and destroying the IT network of his former employee on the day he was let go.
- July 21, 2017
- 05:30 AM
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Series of Monumental OpSec Mistakes Led to AlphaBay's Demise
It was a series of monumental OpSec (operational security) mistakes that led to AlphaBay's demise, according to a series of documents released today by the US Department of Justice.
- July 20, 2017
- 04:40 PM
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AlphaBay Dark Web Market Taken Down After Law Enforcement Raids
AlphaBay, an online marketplace that sold illegal products on the Dark Web, has been taken offline following raids in three countries, according to several reports.
- July 14, 2017
- 04:16 AM
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Australian Man Arrested for Helping Group of Tech Support & Ransomware Operators
Australian police have arrested a man from the city of Mackay on allegations of laundering money for the operators of a tech support and ransomware scheme.
- July 11, 2017
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