Security News

Alleged Ripoff Report Hacker Extradited to United States
2020-07-20 15:16

A Cypriot national was extradited to the United States last week to face charges related to various computer intrusions, including the hacking into Ripoff Report. The man, Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 21, a resident of Nicosia, Cyprus, was arrested in Cyprus in February 2018 and is the first Cypriot national to be extradited from the country to the United States.

United States wants HTTPS for all government sites, all the time
2020-06-23 14:33

The US government just announced its plans for HTTPS on all dot-gov sites. As well as saying all dot-gov sites should be available over HTTPS, the government wants to get to the point that all of its web servers are publicly committed to use HTTPS by default.

Head of Money Mule Operation Extradited to the United States
2019-04-01 21:09

A Ukrainian man accused of being the head of a money laundering and fraud operation was extradited to the United States after being arrested in South Korea, the U.S. Department of Justice...

Alleged Russian Hacker Pleads Not Guilty After Extradition to United States
2019-01-21 09:48

A Russian hacker indicted by a United States court for his involvement in online ad fraud schemes that defrauded multiple American companies out of tens of millions of dollars pleaded not guilty...

The United States and China - A Different Kind of Cyberwar
2019-01-07 12:59

China is Conducting a Low and Slow Cyberwar, Attempting to Stay Under the Radar and Maneuver the Global Economy read more

Amazon Web Services launches second GovCloud Region in the United States
2018-11-13 12:56

Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region, its second GovCloud infrastructure region in the United States. With the launch of the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region, AWS now...

Quantum Xchange selects Zayo Group for dark fiber to deploy Quantum network in the United States
2018-10-25 00:00

Quantum Xchange partners with Zayo Group to deploy the first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network in the United States. As Quantum Xchange’s first strategic infrastructure partner, Zayo is...

Spanish Court Agrees to Extradite Russian Spam King to the United States
2017-10-05 01:38

Spain's National Court ruled on Tuesday to extradite a 36-year-old Russian computer programmer, accused by American authorities of malicious hacking offences, to the United States, according to a...

FBI Arrests Another Hacker Who Visited United States to Attend a Conference (The Hackers News)
2017-08-25 00:14

The FBI has arrested a Chinese citizen for allegedly distributing malware used in the 2015 massive OPM breach that resulted in the theft of personal details of more than 25 Million U.S. federal...

Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) Gets $30,000 Bail, But Can't Leave United States (The Hackers News)
2017-08-05 02:46

Marcus Hutchins, the malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges of creating and distributing the infamous Kronos banking malware and is...