Security News

Alleged robber busted after Facebook-friending victim to apologize
2018-10-22 11:30

He told her to put down the pizza delivery and all her money on top of it. 26 days later, he found her on Facebook and reached out.

Suspected NASA Hacker Busted After Boasting About Exploits
2018-10-10 18:03

Suspect Allegedly Led Team of Self-Styled 'Master Italian Hackers'Memo to hackers: Boasting about your exploits on social media channels is a good way to get caught. Indeed, Italian police say...

Prison smuggler busted by his own drone camera
2018-10-05 12:10

It turns out that drones advertised off the back of beautiful aerial shots also take great videos of murky drug dens.

Microsoft: We busted Russian Fancy Bear disinfo websites
2018-08-21 14:56

Right-leaning American think tanks reportedly targeted Microsoft has claimed it thwarted a Russian-backed phishing attack by seizing control of fake copies of right-leaning American think tanks'...

Alleged Vault 7 leaker was busted because of basic security blunders
2018-06-20 12:05

The FBI says that Schulte's poor opsec was his undoing.

'Rex Mundi' Hacker Extortion Group: Busted
2018-06-18 12:03

Seven Gang Members Arrested In France, Eighth Busted in Thailand, Police SayCyber extortion group Rex Mundi has been shut down, following the arrest of seven suspects in France and a French...

Busted by a Facebook ‘friend’ who’s an undercover cop? It’s legal!
2018-06-08 14:40

Friending somebody means assuming the risk that they're an undercover cop or informant.

Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted
2018-04-26 14:52

The site's down and at least four of its admins have been arrested

Employee from hell busted by VPN logs
2018-04-19 12:48

Before retiring from PenAir airline, Suzette Kugler set herself up with fake, high-privilege VPN user accounts that didn't keep her secrets.

LeakedSource Operator Busted by Canadian Police
2018-01-16 10:48

Canadian Charged With Selling Access to Stolen Logins, Earning $247,000Canadian police have charged a 27-year-old man with running LeakedSource, which sold access to 3.1 billion stolen login...