Security News

FBI Seizes 15 DDoS-For-Hire Websites, 3 Operators Charged
2018-12-21 09:03

The FBI just saved the Christmas. The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier today that the FBI has seized domains of 15 "DDoS-for-hire" websites and charged three individuals running some of...

US bitcoin bomb threat ransom scam looks like a hoax say FBI, cops
2018-12-14 00:50

Extortion scheme gets national attention but not much in the way of funds Police departments around the US say they've been apprised of emailed bomb threats seeking payment in cryptocurrency or...

FBI Takes Down a Massive Advertising Fraud Ring
2018-11-29 12:17

The FBI announced that it dismantled a large Internet advertising fraud network, and arrested eight people: A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Aleksandr...

FBI Sinkholes $38M Global Ad Fraud Operation
2018-11-28 17:44

The multi-year campaign used malware and botnets to falsify billions of webpages and "site users."

FBI Shuts Down Multimillion Dollar – 3ve – Ad Fraud Operation
2018-11-28 10:48

Google, the FBI, ad-fraud fighting company WhiteOps and a collection of cyber security companies worked together to shut down one of the largest and most sophisticated digital ad-fraud schemes...

How the FBI weighs cybersecurity risks against other criminal threats
2018-10-29 19:24

Leo Taddeo, chief information security officer at Cyxtera Technologies, discusses the continuous challenge of balancing incoming cyber threats with CNET's Dan Patterson.

RDP Increasingly Abused in Attacks: FBI
2018-10-01 13:18

Cyberattacks leveraging the remote desktop protocol (RDP) have been on the rise for the past couple of years, fueled by the emergence of dark markets selling RDP access, the Federal Bureau of...

FBI Alerts Warns of Cyber-Thieves Targeting Payroll Accounts
2018-09-20 11:57

Cybercriminals are targeting the online payroll accounts of employees in a variety of industries to divert funds, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns. read more

FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around
2018-09-20 10:50

The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered.

Mirai Masterminds Helping FBI Snuff Out Cybercrime
2018-09-19 17:11

The three hackers behind the infamous Mirai botnet have been helping law enforcement take down cybercriminals across the globe.