Australian Police Arrest Man for Hacking Nearly 100 Online Accounts

The Australian police have arrested a 33-year-old man accused of hacking into nearly 100 online accounts. The Australian Federal Police's high-tech crime unit has been monitoring the suspect since last September. This surveillance began when a local telecom company alerted the authorities to...

Hacking Tool Used By Anonymous Could Reveal Users Identity

A new study finds that a tool used to carry out distributed denial of service DDoS attacks on behalf of whistle blower Web site Wikileaks may, itself, leak the identity of those running the software. Researchers from the University of Twente, Netherlands, looked at the Low Orbit Ion Cannon LOIC, ...

Second Dutch Teen Arrested Over Pro-WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks

Police in the Netherlands have arrested a second teenager in connection with the pro-WikiLeaks distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks seen earlier this week. The arrest of the 19-year-old man follows Friday's attacks on websites belonging to the Dutch Police and the national prosecutor's...

Dutch Arrest 16 Year Old for Wikileaks Attack

Dutch authorities issued a statement Thursday saying that a 16 year old boy has been taken into custody for involvement in attacks against the Web sites of Mastercard and Visa. The boy, who was not named, was due to be arraigned by a judge in Rotterdam on Friday. The arrest is the first known...

Dutch Police Arrest 16-Year-Old for Pro-WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks

Dutch authorities announced the arrest of a 16-year-old hacker involved in the pro-WikiLeaks attacks on the websites of MasterCard and PayPal. The Dutch National Prosecutors Office reported that the teen, whose name was not disclosed, was arrested by a high-tech crime team last night. The arrest...

Man Arrested Selling Classified Documents to FBI

The Washington Post is reporting that Petty Officer Bryan Minkyu Martin was arrested sometime last week on suspicion of stealing classified documents from military networks and attempting to sell them to a foreign agent. Martin is a Navy specialist at the Joint Special Operations Command. He has...

Pakistan Cyber Army Super Moderator Adil got arrested by FIA, Next may be Indishell !

PCA Pakistan Cyber Army Super Moderator Adil got arrested for hacking into president of pakistan website. Also govt of Pakistan to contact interpol to arrest indian hackers Especially ICA/Indishell who attacked pakistani govt websites. The Federal Investigation Agency's FIA Lahore Cyber Crime Win...

6 Arrested in UK Online Bank Fraud Scheme

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing credit cards, personal information and banking details as part of a suspected online banking fraud. Read the full article. Help Net Security...

Three Mariposa Botnet Suspects Arrested

Slovenian police will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the arrest of three men in connection the massive Mariposa botnet that was disabled late last year. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Hentai Malware Criminals Arrested in Japan

Japanese police have arrested two men over suspected involvement in a Hentai-themed malware scam campaign. Read the full article. The Register...

Mariposa Botnet Suspects Desired Security Jobs

Two of the accused Mariposa botnet operators in Spain requested jobs at Panda Security in March some 2 months after their arrest, according to a Panda Security official. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

UK Police Arrest 2 in Zbot Plot

Authorities in the U.K. have arrested two people in connection with using a notorious Trojan in a scheme to steal online banking information. The man and the woman, both 20, were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service in Manchester, according to police. The duo is accused of using the Zeus...