Security News

Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so
2019-04-15 12:42

UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week.

Google Helps Police Identify Devices Close to Crime Scenes Using Location Data
2019-04-15 12:03

It's no secret that Google tracks you everywhere, even when you keep Google's Location History feature disabled. As revealed by an Associated Press investigation in 2018, other Google apps like...

Capita bags £13.2m Police Scotland deal for crime-snooping tech
2019-04-04 15:25

Picking up slack from doomed Accenture IT contract i6 Outsourcing badass Capita has gulped down a tasty £13.2m morsel dished out by the Scottish Police Authority: namely, the deal for Police...

Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author
2019-04-02 14:50

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer responsible for authoring and selling “Orcus RAT,” a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and...

UK Police Federation Hit by Ransomware
2019-03-22 17:12

The UK Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) website was subject to a malware attack that it discovered on March 9, 2019. It appears that this was a ransomware attack; but the strain has not...

Brit Police Federation cops to ransomware attack on HQ systems
2019-03-21 15:22

Sort-of union for bobbies has triggered criminal investigation The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), a sort-of trade union for police workers, has been battling to contain a...

Swedish Police Arrest Russia Spy Suspect
2019-02-27 16:11

A technology worker suspected of spying for Russia has been arrested in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities said Wednesday. The person was believed to have been "recruited as an agent by a Russian...

Police bust their own radio shop manager for dodgy software updates
2019-02-27 11:46

Police allege that he updated radios with fraudulent software from a radio enthusiast who allegedly hacked encrypted radios for drug cartels.

Police Push Free Decryptor for GandCrab Ransomware
2019-02-19 14:18

But GandCrab Gang Appears to Already Be Testing New Decryptor-Proof VersionGood news for many victims of GandCrab: There's a new, free decryptor available from the No More Ransom portal that will...

China Police Get Power to Remotely 'Inspect' Company Networks in China
2019-02-11 14:39

In June 2017, China's new cybersecurity law gave its Ministry of State Security (basically, China's spy agency) new powers over foreign technology. Now, new provisions announced in November 2018...