Security News

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...

Gang Behind Fireball Malware that Infected 250 Million PCs Busted by Police (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 02:08

Chinese authorities have recently initiated a crackdown on the operators of a massive adware campaign that infected around 250 Million computers, including Windows and Mac OS, across the world...