Security News

Maine police departments pay hackers to unlock computer system
2015-04-13 10:08

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/04/10/police-departments-pay-hackers-to-unlock-computer-system/ By Staff Reports Portland Press Herald April 10, 2015

Botnet takedown - International police operation targets polymorphic Beebone botnet (Reddit)
2015-04-10 10:55

US, European police take down highly elusive botnet known as Beebone (ArsTechnica)
2015-04-09 16:54

U.S., European police break up network of 12,000 computers taken over by criminals (Yahoo Security)
2015-04-09 15:54

Polymorphic Beebone botnet sinkholed in international police operation (Help Net Security)
2015-04-09 10:01

On April 8, a global operation targeted the Beebone (also known as AAEH) botnet, a polymorphic downloader bot which installs various forms of malware on victims’ computers. Initial figures show tha...

Police chief: Paying the Bitcoin ransom was the last resort (ArsTechnica)
2015-04-08 13:53

Tewskbury (MA) police pay ransom to hackers holding data hostage Cryptolocker (Reddit)
2015-04-07 13:20

Massachusetts police department pays $500 following ransomware infection (SC Magazine)
2015-04-06 22:38

Met Police in egg/face blunder as shop-a-crim site's SSL cert expires (The Register)
2015-04-02 11:35

Court Kills Part of Kerala Police Act (InfoRiskToday)
2015-03-30 14:38