Security News

Feds Indict 281 People for Involvement in Massive E-Mail Fraud Scheme
2019-09-11 11:31

A coordinated effort between multiple agencies arrested suspects in Nigeria, the U.S. and eight other countries as well as seized nearly $3.7 million.

Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds
2019-09-10 10:50

It's a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app's users from Apple & Google.

Feds, Tech Giants Meet to Coordinate 2020 Election Security
2019-09-05 16:48

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter Discuss Information Sharing, CoordinationRepresentatives from the U.S. intelligence establishment met with security officials of major social media and...

Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming
2019-09-02 20:52

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet...

Capital One 'hacker' hit with fresh charges: She burgled 30 other AWS-hosted orgs, Feds claim
2019-08-29 20:02

Ex-Amazon techie accused of cyber-looting other storage buckets, mining crypto-coins on hacked servers The ex-Amazon engineer who allegedly stole 100 million Capital One credit applicants'...

Feds: Capital One Suspect May Have Hacked 30-Plus Companies
2019-08-15 03:20

Federal prosecutors say a woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One may have hacked more than 30 other organizations. read more

Chin up, CapitalOne: You may not have been the suspected hacker's only victim. Feds fear 30-plus organizations hit
2019-08-14 21:06

Prosecutors file papers to keep Paige Thompson behind bars while awaiting trial The ex-Amazon software engineer accused of stealing the personal information of 106 million people from Capital...

DEF CON and Feds Partner on Anonymous Bug Submission Program
2019-08-14 14:53

Bug submission program uses the SecureDrop platform to ensure anonymity.

Tor pedos torpedoed again, this time Feds torpedo four Tor pedos – and keep how they unmasked dark-web scumbags under wraps
2019-08-12 22:33

Child abuse swap-shop admins to spend decades behind bars The FBI is keeping quiet how exactly it brought down a Tor-hidden pedophile haven, having secured decades-long prison sentences for four...

Fed-up graphic design outfit dangles cash to anyone who can free infosec of hoodie pics
2019-08-01 08:04

Make stock images great again! Uninspired by the stock imagery used by the media to depict cybersecurity, a graphic design group is offering cash prizes to anyone who comes up with something more...