October 25, 2019

Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies

He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.

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May 30, 2019

What a teen grade hacker’s confession can teach us

"We had access to the grade book. Now we could change the grades."

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April 09, 2019

Fired sysadmin pleads guilty to doxxing five senators on Wikipedia

Cosko, 27, pleaded guilty to five counts including making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice,

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November 01, 2017

Student charged by FBI for hacking his grades more than 90 times

The 22-year-old student used a keylogger he called the "Hand of God."

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August 03, 2017

Fired employee caught by keylogger wins case

Spyware isn't the preserve of foreign militaries and script kiddies

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August 02, 2017

Android users: beware ‘Invisible Man’ malware disguised as Flash

Once installed it tries to steal banking and credit card details

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February 22, 2016

IRS reports 400% increase in phishing & malware in the past 12 months

Just a month into US tax-filing season, and the year's 1,389 incidents have already topped the 2014 yearly total.

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April 27, 2015

Student jailed for using keylogger to up his exam marks

A university student who plugged keyloggers into his school's computers to snatch staff passwords, access the exam application and jack up five test scores has been jailed.

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