February 04, 2019

FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet

The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.

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November 30, 2018

Busted! DOJ exposes huge ad-fraud operation, eight charged

The US Department of Justice has charged eight men with running a vast ad-fraud scheme.

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November 28, 2018

Iranian hackers charged in the US for SamSam ransomware attacks

Two Iranians have been named in a US ransomware indictment - but given that they aren't in the US, what happens next?

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October 29, 2018

Call of Duty players caught up in cryptocurrency theft racket

The FBI recently busted a group of criminals who seem to be using Call of Duty to coordinate cryptocurrency thefts.

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October 02, 2018

Suspect forced to unlock iPhone with his face

The order so far hasn't raised Fifth Amendment objections either, your face being something you are, rather than something you know.

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September 20, 2018

Man who shared Deadpool movie on Facebook faces 6 months in jail

US government recommended six months behind bars. That’s one month for every million people that viewed a part of the pirated movie, apparently.

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September 20, 2018

FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around

The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered.

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September 10, 2018

North Korean programmer charged for Sony, WannaCry attacks and more

Park Jin Hyok is allegedly with Lazarus Group, a hacking team connected to attacks on a wide array of industries and public utilities.

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September 06, 2018

Ungagged Google warns users about FBI accessing their accounts

Some of those who received the letters conjecture that it may be because they purchased the LuminosityLink RAT.

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