Security News

BEC Scam Losses Top $12 Billion: FBI
2018-07-16 05:28

The losses and potential losses reported as a result of business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scams exceed $12 billion globally, according to an alert published last...

FBI for the Apple guy: bloke stealing Cupertino car kit collared
2018-07-12 00:02

Engineer facing trade secrets theft rap for allegedly trying to defect with tech A former Apple engineer has been hit with federal trade secrets theft charges after trying to lift Cupertino's car...

Departing Apple Engineer Stole Autonomous Car Tech: FBI
2018-07-11 01:18

An ex-Apple engineer on Monday was charged with stealing secrets from a hush-hush self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese startup. Xiaolang Zhang was in custody...

DHS, FBI Share Details of North Korea's 'Typeframe' Malware
2018-06-18 13:00

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published another report on the US-CERT website detailing a piece of malware allegedly used by the...

Former FBI boss Comey used private email for official business – DoJ
2018-06-15 14:43

'I did not have an unclassified FBI connection at home that worked' Former FBI director James Comey was using Gmail for FBI business while overseeing the controversial probe into Hillary Clinton's...

Apple is shutting down an iPhone cracking exploit used by the FBI
2018-06-14 19:51

An update to iOS will shut down data access to the Lightning port after one hour.

FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
2018-06-13 13:46

After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.

FBI’s BEC Crackdown Leads To 74 Arrests Globally
2018-06-12 14:12

The operation also resulted in the seizure of nearly $2.4 million and the recovery of about $14 million in fraudulent wire transfers, said the FBI.

Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry-killer, hit with four new charges by the FBI
2018-06-07 12:48

Marcus Hutchins, the British malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, is now facing four new charges related to malware he allegedly created and promoted it online to steal...

DHS, FBI warn about malware tied to North Korean threat actor
2018-05-30 16:00

US-CERT has released a new technical alert on malware used by Hidden Cobra, a threat actor whose activities they believe to be directed by the North Korean government. The Department of Homeland...