Security News

Russian carding industry pioneer sentenced to 27 years in prison (Help Net Security)
2017-04-24 13:07

32-year-old Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, aka Track2, has been handed the longest US hacking sentence to date: 27 years in prison. He was convicted in August 2016, of 38 counts (intentional damage...

US Court Sentences Russian Lawmaker's Son to 27 Years in Jail for Hacking (The Hackers News)
2017-04-22 03:25

The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a US federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of stealing millions of US credit card numbers and causing some...

Russian Hacker Selling Cheap Ransomware-as-a-Service On Dark Web (The Hackers News)
2017-04-18 11:18

Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and individuals worldwide and extorting...

U.S. Takes Down Kelihos Botnet After Its Russian Operator Arrested in Spain (The Hackers News)
2017-04-11 00:51

A Russian computer hacker arrested over the weekend in Barcelona was apparently detained for his role in a massive computer botnet, and not for last year's US presidential election hack as...