Security News

Dark web Hansa Market shut down after being run for a month by law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2017-07-20 21:38

Just a few short weeks after dark web market Alpha Bay was shut down, Hansa Market is now also shuttered. After Alpha Bay’s shutdown, many users flocked to Hansa Market, which was touted as the...

US, European Law Enforcement Shutter Massive AlphaBay Market (Threatpost)
2017-07-20 16:32

U.S. authorities along with law enforcement Europe and Asia announced today the takedown of the dark web’s largest illicit market, AlphaBay.

Dark web market Alpha Bay was shut down by law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2017-07-14 22:59

Dark web black market Alpha Bay went offline on June 5, leaving users to wonder whether its operators did it and ran off with their money. Reassurances that the market will be back online shortly...

German law enforcement gets new hacking powers (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 15:34

On Thursday, the Bundestag has voted to accept a new amendment that will expand the German police’s hacking powers. The new amendment will allow them to use so-called “federal Trojans” to hack...

Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Palestinian Law Enforcement (Security Week)
2017-06-21 00:36

Palestinian law enforcement agencies and other targets within Palestine were targeted in a spear phishing campaign delivering malware to remotely control infected systems, Talos researchers...

AG Nominee Backs Law Enforcement’s Ability to ‘Overcome’ Encryption (Threatpost)
2017-01-24 17:07

President Trump’s attorney general pick Jeff Sessions says law enforcement should be able to “overcome” encryption in criminal investigations.

Law Enforcement Access to IoT Data (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-11 12:22

In the first of what will undoubtedly be a large number of battles between companies that make IoT devices and the police, Amazon is refusing to comply with a warrant demanding data on what its...

Law Enforcement Targets Users of DDoS-For-Hire Services (Threatpost)
2016-12-14 12:16

Law enforcement from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services.