Dutch police arrest man on hacking charges after sending him confidential files by mistake
He allegedly tried to blackmail the cops, too
Police drones will respond to emergencies before officers in Detroit area
Dead or alive, you're coming with me
Kingpin of dark web-based drug marketplace "Incognito Market" sentenced to 30 years
A multi-million dollar operation that sold loads of narcotics
Former Google engineer convicted of trade secret theft and China-linked economic espionage
Linwei "Leon" Ding faces decades behind bars
Patched WinRAR vulnerability remains a favorite tool for hackers and spies
When a dangerous n-day security vulnerability becomes a commodity
Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising
Chinese-language networks are laundering $44 million a day through on-chain ecosystems
Microsoft's BitLocker encryption comes with a catch: the keys may be on Microsoft's servers
The software giant surrendered encryption keys to the FBI last year
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime-as-a-service platform tied to $40M in fraud
Cybercrime went SaaS: the subscription service facilitated phishing, fraud, and other criminal activities
A Pennsylvania court says police can sift through Google searches to find suspects
Courts are treating Google searches like bank records now
Man arrested for allegedly wiping his Google Pixel before a CBP search
Wiping a device can lead to obstruction charges
Federal authorities take down criminal network smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China
Four people have been charged with various federal crimes
The rise and fall of Tank the hacker who built the Zeus cybercrime empire
Connecting the dots: Notorious cybercrime leader Vyacheslav Penchukov – better known online as Tank – is now serving a nine-year sentence in a federal prison in Colorado, following his orchestration of some of the most destructive banking malware and ransomware campaigns over the past two decades. A report by BBC correspondent Joe Tidy provides an unprecedented look into Penchukov's criminal career, from his days leading the infamous Jabber Zeus syndicate to his later involvement in major ransomware groups targeting international businesses and hospitals.
Louvre heist exposes museum's history of security failings: used 'LOUVRE' as a password, still ran Windows 2000
Merde!
Facepalm: One would imagine that the Louvre, home of a collection of works worth an estimated $30-50 billion, has one of the best security systems in the world. But following a recent heist at the museum, it's been revealed that its video surveillance system had used the hard-to-guess password 'LOUVRE,' while its automation network used computers running Windows 2000.
Have I Been Pwned adds 183 million more emails from major new breach
If your email address is in the database, do not fret just yet
Teen sues ClothOff developer over fake nude images made with clothes removal tool
A classmate allegedly made the image when she was 14
Self-driving Waymo pulled over for illegal U-turn, officer has no one to ticket
For now, police can only report such cases, not punish the companies directly
Russian hacking groups long seen as rivals now appear to be teaming up in Ukraine
Evidence shows hacking groups Turla and Gamaredon have been collaborating
Secret Service investigating Steam account linked to suspected Charlie Kirk shooter
Half of Tyler Robinson's 5,000 hours of playtime were spent on Sea of Thieves
Valve, Discord, Reddit, and Twitch CEOs called to testify before Congress on online radicalization
A response to the Charlie Kirk assassination
Ransomware gangs including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$ claim to retire, but experts warn of possible rebrand
More than a dozen hacking groups are named in the exit announcement
Switch modder who represented himself in piracy case ordered to pay Nintendo $2 million
An ill-fated stand against a company seasoned in piracy litigation
Scammer posing as stranded astronaut convinces woman to send him $6,750 to buy oxygen
Oxygen isn't cheap in outer space
Teen hacker from notorious Scattered Spider ring sentenced to 10 years in federal prison
He also agreed to pay $13 million in restitution as part of his plea deal
In a nutshell: A Palm Coast, Florida, man linked to a notorious hacking crew will spend the next decade in federal prison after admitting to a multimillion-dollar cybercrime spree that relied on SIM-swapping attacks to steal cryptocurrency. The sentencing closes a two-year investigation that exposed one of the largest fraud schemes tied to a group known as Scattered Spider.
