Security News

Group using DDoS attacks to extort business gets hit by European law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2016-01-12 11:07

On 15 and 16 December, law enforcement agencies from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces with Europol in the framework of an operation against the cybercrimin...

Microsoft, Law Enforcement Collaborate in Dorkbot Takedown (Threatpost)
2015-12-08 16:56

A coalition of law enforcement agencies worked together to disrupt Dorkbot, a botnet that’s managed to infect more than one million machines in 190 countries over the last year.

Hacking Team pitches encryption-cracking tools to US law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2015-11-02 13:52

Hacking Team, the Italian company that provides offensive intrusion and surveillance software to governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, is back in the saddle, knocking on the doors of...

Week in review: WhatsApp data collection, roadblocks to implementing CISA, and how US law enforcement uses Stingrays (Help Net Security)
2015-11-02 07:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: European Parliament members want member states to protect Edward Snowden Too little has been done to safeguard citiz...