June 02, 2020

Crime agency turns to Google ads to deter teen DDoS hackers

The UK's National Crime Agency has hit on a simple way to stop teens from being sucked into cybercrime – using Google Ads.

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January 27, 2020

Instagram CEO’s homes were targetted by SWATters

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri's houses were surrounded by SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there.

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October 17, 2019

Hackers hack card details from BriansClub carding site

They stole 26 million credit cards from the massive black market site, and now financial institutions are ensuring the cards can't be abused.

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September 05, 2019

Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty

He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.

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April 03, 2019

2m credit cards ripped off from restaurant chain, sold on the dark web

PoS malware affected some Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken Guy!, Mixology and Tequila Taqueria locations.

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December 10, 2018

Massive botnet chews through 20,000 WordPress sites

Attackers have infected 20,000 WordPress sites by brute-forcing administrator usernames and passwords.

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November 23, 2018

Hacker says USPS ignored serious security flaw for over a year

A security researcher claims the US Postal Service ignored a security flaw affecting 60 million users, until it was contacted by a journalist.

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September 07, 2018

Teen hacker admits to SWATting schools, airline flight

The teenager made bomb threats to schools, and to a flight between the UK and San Francisco while it was in mid-air.

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September 06, 2018

Mobile spyware maker mSpy leaks millions of records – AGAIN

The irony: Parents put it on kids' phones to protect them, but this breach exposed sensitive data including Whatsapp and Facebook messages.

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