Security News

Romanian Police Arrest 5 People for Spreading CTB Locker and Cerber Ransomware
2017-12-20 18:18

Romanian police have arrested five individuals suspected of infecting tens of thousands of computers across Europe and the United States in recent years by spreading two infamous ransomware...

Australia Police Accidentally Broadcast Arrest Plans on Social Media
2017-12-19 12:08

Australian police accidentally broadcast on social media details of an operation to arrest a suspected North Korean agent -- three days before he was taken into custody, media reported Wednesday. read more

Police vs Privacy: US Supreme Court Looks at Cell Phone Tracking
2017-11-30 20:27

Where do we go? Who do we talk to? What do we read about? Our mobile phones are troves of personal, private information, and the US Supreme Court weighed Wednesday how easily police should be able...

Warrant Protections against Police Searches of Our Data
2017-11-29 13:33

The cell phones we carry with us constantly are the most perfect surveillance device ever invented, and our laws haven't caught up to that reality. That might change soon. This week, the Supreme...

Fraudster Repellant: How eBay's Gumtree Polices Classifieds
2017-11-14 19:03

Gumtree's Fergus Campbell Says Free Site Still Battles 'Wild West' PerceptionsHow can you battle scammers and fraudsters as well as foster trust and protect the brand? For Gumtree - Britain's...

Police: DDoS Provider Targeted Google, Pokemon, Skype
2017-11-02 13:03

British Man Charged With DDoS Disruptions, Selling Malware and 'Crypters'A 21-year-old man appeared in British court this week to face 11 charges, including using DDoS attacks to disrupt sites run...

Police Probe Hack of London Plastic Surgery Clinic
2017-10-30 12:13

British police said Tuesday they were investigating the theft of data from a London plastic surgery clinic, with reports that sensitive images of celebrities have been stolen. London Bridge...

Ukraine Police Warns of New NotPetya-Style Large Scale CyberAttack
2017-10-14 00:24

Remember NotPetya? The Ransomware that shut down thousands of businesses, organisations and banks in Ukraine as well as different parts of Europe in June this year. Now, Ukrainian government...

US Financial Regulator Launches Unit to Police Cyber-threats
2017-09-26 11:44

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it is setting up a special unit dedicated to identifying cyber-related misconduct. read more

Another iPhone Change to Frustrate the Police
2017-09-15 11:28

I recently wrote about the new ability to disable the Touch ID login on iPhones. This is important because of a weirdness in current US law that protects people's passcodes from forced disclosure...