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Macedonian national Djevair Ametovski was sentenced this week to 90 months in prison by United States authorities for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. read more

UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week.

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching turned up more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support...

The 74 cybercrime groups were offering illicit services - from email spamming tools to stolen credentials - right on Facebook's platform.

Inspect General Cites Numerous Errors in How FBI Makes NotificationsThe FBI is largely failing to notify cybercrime victims of their rights in a timely manner following a "cyber intrusion," a new...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How WebAuthn aims to solve the password problem Rather than tasking users with tracking dozens of separate passwords...

The lawyers for a Russian suspected of bitcoin fraud and wanted by three countries said Thursday that the man's health is deteriorating due to a hunger strike, and criticized the Greek courts for...

Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating at least $3.25B in global revenue annually, according to an extensive six-month academic study undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in...

Businesses as well as ordinary punters hit by viral nasties Antisocial media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube aren't merely inciting hatred, enabling discrimination, driving...

Today's financial cyber-rings have corporate insider and management roles -- cybercrime is not just just for hackers and coders anymore.