microsoft disrupts zeroaccess botnet

Microsoft’s crusade against botnets raged on yesterday as the Redmond, Wash., computer giant and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and Internet security companies disrupted the notorious ZeroAccess botnet. ZeroAccess, or Sirefef as Microsoft likes to call it, is a malware platform that...

The Silk Road Founder financially linked to Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Two most important moments in the history of Bitcoin are : Its creation by Satoshi Nakamoto, and the burst of The Silk Road's Founder Ross William Ulbricht. The silk Road's black market was a Bitcoin economy. According to a report published by two Israeli computer scientists, Ross William Ulbrich...

FBI warns that Anonymous Hackers has been hacking US Government for almost a year

The FBI is warning that members of the hacktivist group Anonymous hacking collective have secretly accessed US Government computers and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago. The Hacktivists have exploited a flaw in Adobe applications to compromise the target...

FBI warns that Anonymous Hackers has been hacking US Government for almost a year

The FBI is warning that members of the hacktivist group Anonymous hacking collective have secretly accessed US Government computers and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago. The Hacktivists have exploited a flaw in Adobe applications to compromise the target...

Bitcash.cz Bitcoin Exchange hacked; Money from 4000 Bitcoin wallets Stolen

Another Bitcoin Exchange hacked! Bitcash. CZ based out of the Czech Republic has been hacked and Money from 4000 Bitcoin wallets have been Stolen, value of over 2 million Czech Koruna i.e. Approx $100,000. Bitcash.cz is currently down with a maintenance message that on the evening of November 11,...

MIRcon 2013 – Day 1 Highlights

Happy Day 2 of MIRcon®! Yesterday, Mandiant's CEO Kevin Mandia kicked off MIRcon 2013 with a keynote on attacking the security gap, discussing the necessity of information-sharing and his experience witnessing the evolution of cybercrime. From there we moved on to thought-provoking discussions in...

FBI offering $100,000 reward for information on Most Wanted Cyber Criminals

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has added five new hackers to its Cyber most wanted list and is seeking information from the public regarding their whereabouts. The men are wanted in connection with hacking and fraud crimes both within the US as well as internationally. Rewards ranging fro...

US-CERT Warns of More CryptoLocker Ransomware Infections

CryptoLocker is a devious evolution of now-familiar ransomware schemes in which the malware encrypts files it finds on a number of network resources and demands a ransom for the decryption key. US-CERT issued an advisory today warning businesses and consumers of the risks presented by CryptoLocke...

FBI offering $100,000 reward for information on Most Wanted Cyber Criminals

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has added five new hackers to its Cyber most wanted list and is seeking information from the public regarding their whereabouts. The men are wanted in connection with hacking and fraud crimes both within the US as well as internationally. Rewards ranging fro...

FBI Seized 144,000 Bitcoins worth $28.5 Million From Silk Road Bust

The world's favorite crypto-currency has made rounds in the headlines this week. The FBI had managed to seize 144,000 Bitcoins worth some $28.5 million at current exchange rates from Silk Road's founder, that's the largest ever seizure of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is an open-source,...

FBI Seized 144,000 Bitcoins worth $28.5 Million From Silk Road Bust

The world’s favorite crypto-currency has made rounds in the headlines this week. The FBI had managed to seize 144,000 Bitcoins worth some $28.5 million at current exchange rates from Silk Road's founder, that's the largest ever seizure of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is an open-source,...

EFF: Congress Has Opportunity to Stop Mass Surveillance

Since the leaks of NSA surveillance methods began in June, there has been a flurry of activity in Congress, with members scurrying to line up on either side of the issue, either defending the agency’s methods or condemning them. That mad scramble also has included the introduction of a number of...

Lavabit Founder Refused to be FBI 'Listening Post'

Faced with the untenable decision of becoming what he called a “listening post” for the FBI, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison said he had an ethical obligation to his customers and the community to shut down the secure email service used by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Levison, who this week...

Silk Road : 8 more suspected users arrested in US, UK, Sweden

Authorities in Britain, Sweden, and the United States have arrested eight more people in the wake of the shutdown of the Silk Road, online illegal drug marketplace which helped dealers sell drugs under the cloak of anonymity. Millions of Dollars worth of Bitcoins Electronic currency had been seiz...

Seized $3.5 Million worth Bitcoins from Silk Road will be deposited in the U.S. Treasury

Ross Ulbricht, the recently arrested mastermind behind Silk Road, appeared in court yesterday where his lawyer begged for more time before the detention hearing. As the Protective Order states, The United States is further authorized to seize any and all Bitcoins contained in wallet files residin...

Seized $3.5 Million worth Bitcoins from Silk Road will be deposited in the U.S. Treasury

Ross Ulbricht, the recently arrested mastermind behind Silk Road, appeared in court yesterday where his lawyer begged for more time before the detention hearing. As the Protective Order states, The United States is further authorized to seize any and all Bitcoins contained in wallet files residin...

Bitcoin Talk forum hacked; Database for Sale by Hacker; Website currently down

Bitcoin Talk, the popular Bitcoin discussion forum, has been hacked and as it stands the site is currently unreachable. Bitcointalk has been down for nearly 6 hours. The forums have been allegedly hacked and Defaced by "The Hole Seekers" and selling 150,000 emails and hashed passwords stolen from...

Bitcoin Talk forum hacked; Database for Sale by Hacker; Website currently down

Bitcoin Talk, the popular Bitcoin discussion forum, has been hacked and as it stands the site is currently unreachable. Bitcointalk has been down for nearly 6 hours. The forums have been allegedly hacked and Defaced by “The Hole Seekers” and selling 150,000 emails and hashed passwords stolen from...

FBI demands SSL Keys from Secure-Email provider Lavabit in Espionage probe

During the summer, The Secure email provider 'Lavabit' and preferred service for PRISM leaker Edward Snowden decided to shut down after 10 years to avoid being complicit in crimes against the American people. The U.S. Government obtained a secret court order demanding private SSL key from Lavabit...

Underground Drugs Market website 'Silk Road' Founder Arrested by FBI

The FBI had seized a website called 'Silk Road', that was considered one of the most popular Underground places on the Internet for buying drugs and other illicit goods and services. They arrested the site's alleged founder, Ross William Ulbricht, known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," in San Francisco...