Security News

U.S., European Police Say 'Dark Web' Markets Shut Down (Security Week)
2017-07-20 15:50

Washington - US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the anonymous online trade of drugs, hacking software and guns. read more

AlphaBay Shut Down After Police Raid; Alleged Founder Commits Suicide in Jail (The Hackers News)
2017-07-14 02:26

AlphaBay Market — one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods — that mysteriously went dark earlier this month without any explanation from its admins has...

Police Arrest 14 in Child Sexual Exploitation Forum Sting (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-07 18:48

German Police Disrupt Darknet 'Elysium' Online Child Sexual Abuse PlatformIn a global effort to shutter the darknet platform Elysium, which facilitated child sexual abuse and counted 87,000...

Dubai Deploying Autonomous Robotic Police Cars (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-05 17:48

It's hard to tell how much of this story is real and how much is aspirational, but it really is only a matter of time: About the size of a child's electric toy car, the driverless vehicles will...

Police Seize Backdoored Firm's Servers to Stop Attacks (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-05 13:02

NotPetya Attackers Drain Bitcoin Wallet Filled With Unanswered Ransom PaymentsPolice in Ukraine have seized servers operated by the Intellect Service, which develops the M.E. Doc accounting...

[Video] Ukrainian Police Seize Servers of Software Firm Linked to NotPetya Cyberattack (The Hackers News)
2017-07-05 12:29

Ukrainian National Police has released a video showing officers raiding company of M.E.Doc accounting software makers, whose systems have been linked to outbreak of Petya (NotPetya) ransomware...

Police in Ukraine Blame Russia for NotPetya (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 13:03

Vendor of Hacked Accounting Software Could Face Criminal ChargesFirms in Ukraine and beyond are still struggling to bring all systems back online following last week's devastating "NotPetya"...

UK's Metropolitan Police Still Using 10,000 Windows XP Computers (Security Week)
2017-06-28 14:56

Legacy Windows XP systems used by public authorities in the UK remains a concern. The WannaCry outbreak last month followed by the current 'NotPetya' outbreak -- both using a vulnerability patched...

Anti-Detection Tool Users Targeted in International Police Operation (Security Week)
2017-06-14 13:50

Six individuals have been arrested and dozens have been interviewed as part of an international law enforcement operation targeting the users of two tools designed to help malware evade detection...

French Police Seize 6 Tor Relay Servers in WannaCry Investigation (The Hackers News)
2017-06-11 08:51

WannaCry, the biggest ransomware attack in the history, gained prominence very rapidly in the media globally after the ransomware infected more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries within...