Security News

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...

Police demands Waze stop pinpointing their checkpoints
2019-02-08 10:44

Waze users are helping intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and could thus be "engaging in criminal conduct," say police.

Stress Test: Police Visit Webstresser Stresser/Booter Users
2019-02-07 16:48

Seized Customer Data Appears to Be Powering Ongoing Dutch and UK ProbesHundreds of suspected customers of Webstresser, a DDoS stresser/booter site that was disrupted last year, are being visited...