Facebook Helps FBI to shuts down Butterfly botnet theft $850 millions

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday that they've arrested 10 suspects from from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States involved in a global botnet operation that infected more than 11 million systems. The ring is said to...

Facebook Security, FBI Take Down Butterfly Botnet, Arrest 10

Facebook’s security team is being lauded by the FBI for its role the arrest of 10 individuals accused of spreading banking malware on the social networking site and collecting more than $850 million from fraudulent transactions. The arrests were carried out yesterday in the U.S., U.K., the Balkan...

Facebook Helps FBI to shuts down Butterfly botnet theft $850 millions

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday that they’ve arrested 10 suspects from from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States involved in a global botnet operation that infected more than 11 million systems. The ring is said to...

Team Ghostshell Allegedly Dumps 1.6 M Aerospace, Nanotechnology Records

Hacktivist collective Team Ghostshell is claiming this morning to have spilled 1.6 million accounts from a handful of companies in the aerospace, nanotechnology, banking, law, education and government realm, a hack the group deems Project White Fox. The group claims White Fox is its “final stand”...

Hackers Hit Former U.S. Military Chief

According to reports, the hackers targeted personal computers retired Admiral Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The FBI is hunting for foreign hackers. Mullen is currently teaching WWS 318: U.S. Military and National and International Diplomacy and will teach an unnam...

Hackers Hit Former U.S. Military Chief

According to reports, the hackers targeted personal computers retired Admiral Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The FBI is hunting for foreign hackers. Mullen is currently teaching WWS 318: U.S. Military and National and International Diplomacy and will teach an unnam...

Sensitive information of 1 Million people breached at Nationwide Insurance

Nationwide Insurance was breached last week and Sensitive information of about 1 Million people is at risk. The FBI is investigating a breach, including policy and non-policy holders. Nationwide mailed notices to all affected individuals last Friday. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens issued th...

FBI Warns of New Twist to Reveton, Citadel Malware Scams

The cybercrime group behind the Citadel malware and Reveton ransomware has upped the stakes with a new extortion technique, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center said today. Reveton scams have now co-opted the Internet Crime Complaint Center with a new fake warning to users whose computers ha...

Lulzsec hacker Jeffrey could face Life Imprisonment

Lulzsec Hacker , Jeffrey Hammond faces a potential prison sentence of more than 30 years if found guilty of all charges filed against him. U.S. District Court chief judge Loretta Preska, who presided over a bail hearing for Hammond want last week. Hammond was also charged with using some of the...

Anonymous Hackers may have hacked Former CIA Director

CIA Director was uncovered when a woman described as close to him received harassing emails and complained to authorities. The FBI traced the emails and found that they had been sent by Paula Broadwell, who wrote a highly favorable book on the former Army general's life and work. While initially...

Ransomware Scams Netting Criminals Up To $33,000 a Day

Ransomware pays. A lot. These extortion scams, in which infected computers are essentially locked down by malware and electronic payment is demanded for a supposed cure, can net the criminal behind the scam as much as $33,000 per day. Symantec studied 16 variants of independently developed...

Kim Dotcom's New Domain Me.ga Seized before its launch

Kim Dotcom is still fighting a legal battle in New Zealand against the United States over alleged copyright infringement and piracy. Kim Dotcom's upcoming Mega website Me.ga has had its domain name seized by the African nation of Gabon, with a government minister saying his country will not be us...

Report Details Coca-Cola Cyber Attack That Never was Disclosed

In an exclusive report, Bloomberg News outlines a month-long, systematic attack on Cola-Cola’s computer systems that may have influenced the failed $2.4 billion acquisition of a Chinese juice company. The FBI knew about it. Coca-Cola knew about it. But shareholders were kept in the dark. The Coke...

FBI ordered to disclose "Going Dark" surveillance program

A federal judge ordered the FBI to disclose more information about its "Going Dark" surveillance program, an initiative to extend its ability to wiretap virtually all forms of electronic communications. Why shocking ? because a federal judge just ruled that police can place surveillance cameras o...

1 Million dollar hacked in 60 Seconds from Citibank

FBI have arrested 14 people over the theft of $1 million from Citibank using cash advance kiosks at casinos located in Southern California and Nevada. Authorities say the suspects would open accounts at Citibank, then go to casinos in California and Nevada and withdraw the money from cash-advance...

FBI and computer scientists team up to catch hackers

FBI's Cyber Division has a new and sharper focus on cyber-intrusion ,"You are one click from compromising your network" FBI said. Giving priority to the labeling of suspects follows claims by the Pentagon that the military now has the capability to single out and retaliate against hackers. FBI ov...

FBI Moves to Identify More Hackers

The FBI says it is now making a push to not just stop cybercrime but to identify the attackers behind the phishing, credit card fraud and other campaigns that cost consumers and enterprises billions of dollars each year. The bureau is the lead agency charged with addressing cybercrime in the U.S...

Point-of-Sale Terminals Compromised at 63 Barnes & Noble Locations

UPDATE – America’s largest book retailer, Barnes & Noble, announced this morning it has detected evidence of tampering in 63 PIN-pad devices used in as many stores by criminals trying to steal payment card information. Barnes & Noble claims to have disconnected all the affected devices from servi...

Hackers stole Credit Card details from 63 'Barnes & Noble' stores

Over 60 Barnes & Noble stores have been used by hackers to gain the credit card data, including the PINs, of customers. The New York company is warning customers to check for unauthorized transactions and to change their personal identification numbers or PINs. It hasn't said how many accounts ma...

FBI Warning : New Malware attacking Android smartphones

Users should be aware that Cyber criminals are finding new ways to install malicious software on devices. The latest threat to Android phone users, according to the FBI, is a "work-at-home opportunity that promises a profitable payday just for sending out email." The IC3 has been made aware of...