Europol Arrests Gang Behind Zeus And SpyEye Banking Malware

The Law enforcement agencies from six different European countries have taken down a major Ukrainian-based cyber criminals gang suspected of developing, distributing and deploying Zeus and SpyEye banking malware. According to the report on the official website of Europol, authorities have arreste...

Sheep Marketplace Owner Arrested While Trying to Buy Luxury Home

Thomas Jiřikovský, an alleged Owner of one of the most popular Darknet website ‘Sheep Marketplace,’ has been arrested after laundering around $40 Million, making it one of the biggest exit scams in Darknet history. After the arrest of Silk Road owner 'Ross Ulbricht' in 2013 -- Sheep Marketplace...

Teen Arrested in UK for Xbox, PlayStation Attacks

Police in the UK, working in cooperation with the FBI, arrested an 18-year-old man Friday in connection with recent DDoS attacks on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live services. The authorities arrested the unnamed man in Southport, and he is being held on suspicion of computer crime and...

'The Pirate Bay' Goes Down After Swedish Police Raid Server Room

The Pirate Bay — an infamous Torrent website predominantly used to share copyrighted material such as films, TV shows and music files, free of charge — went dark from the internet on Tuesday after Swedish Police raided the site's server room in Stockholm and seized several servers and other...

'The Pirate Bay' Co-Founder Found Guilty in Denmark's Largest Hacking Case

The co-founder of The Pirate Bay torrent site Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Anakata and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant have been found guilty by a Danish court of hacking into systems operated by American IT giant CSC and illegally downloading files. It was the biggest hacking case ever conducted ...

APPLE-SA-2014-10-20-1 iOS 8.1

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 APPLE-SA-2014-10-20-1 iOS 8.1 iOS 8.1 is now available and addresses the following: Bluetooth Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch 5th generation and later, iPad 2 and later Impact: A malicious Bluetooth input device may bypass pairing...

CVE-2014-4448

House Arrest in Apple iOS before 8.1 relies on the hardware UID for its encryption key, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from a Documents directory by obtaining this UID...

CVE-2014-4448

House Arrest in Apple iOS before 8.1 relies on the hardware UID for its encryption key, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from a Documents directory by obtaining this UID...

17-year-old Arrested for Massive DDoS Attack on Norway’s Financial Sector

The Norwegian police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old for a massive distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack earlier this week that disabled the websites of major financial institutions and other businesses in the country. Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack is designed to sabotage,...

Alleged BlackShades Malware Co-Author pleads not Guilty

A Swedish man accused of being involved in the creation of the malicious software used to infect over half a million systems in more than dozens of countries, has pleaded not guilty in New York on Thursday to computer hacking charges brought against him. Alex Yucel, 24, who is the co-author of th...

LulzSec Hacker Sabu Sentenced to Time Served

The LulzSec hacker-turned-informant known as Sabu avoided any more jail time and was sentenced to time served on Tuesday for his part in leading several of the group’s attacks on high-profile targets. Hector Monsegur walked out of court in New York a free man, thanks to his cooperation with the F...

18-Year-Old Student Arrested for Hacking School Computers to Change Grades

An 18-year old Miami University student is facing charges for allegedly breaching the school's computer system to change grades for himself and four other students. Jose Bautista appeared before a judge Friday after he was arrested Thursday by the Miami School Board Police after the principal of...

'Paunch', Blackhole exploit kit creator and Gang arrested in Russia

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Blackhole and Cool Exploit Kits Nearly Extinct

When authorities in Russia arrested Paunch, the alleged creator of the Blackhole exploit kit, last month, security researchers and watchers of the malware underground predicted that taking him off the board would put a dent in the use of Blackhole and force its customers onto other platforms. Six...

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...

The Pirate Bay Cofounder 'Gottfrid Svartholm Warg' will be extradited to Denmark

Sweden today has announced the extradition of 30-year-old The Pirate Bay Cofounder 'Gottfrid Svartholm Warg' to Denmark where he is wanted for questioning on alleged hacking charges. He was living in Cambodia last year but was later arrested and deported to Sweden. Currently he is serving a...

New Injection Campaign Peddling Rogue Software Downloads

A mass injection campaign has surfaced over the last two weeks that’s already compromised at least 40,000 web pages worldwide and is tricking victims into downloading rogue, unwanted software to their computer. The campaign, dubbed GWload by researchers at Websense, relies on a Cost Per Action sc...

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,...

Blackhole Exploit Kit author Paunch arrested

An out-of-the-blue tweet from a Dutch researcher kicked off an unprecedented 24-hour rumor mill yesterday concerning the arrest of Paunch, a hacker allegedly behind the notorious Blackhole Exploit Kit. The arrest, finally confirmed today by the head of the European Cybercrime Centre EC3, is likel...

Paunch, the author of Blackhole Exploit kit arrested in Russia

According to a Security Analyst 'Maarten Boone' working at Fox-IT company, the Developer of notorious Blackhole Exploit Kit developer 'Paunch' and his partners were arrested in Russia recently. Blackhole Exploit Kit which is responsible for the majority of web attacks today, is a crimeware that...