British Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Blackmailing U.S. Companies

A UK man who threatened to publicly release stolen confidential information unless the victims agreed to fulfill his digital extortion demands has finally pleaded guilty on Monday at U.S. federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, who is a key member of the infamous...

A week in security (December 16 – 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we signalled that Mac threat detections have been on the rise in 2019, discussed how a new Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act COPRA would empower American users, warned that the Spelevo exploit kit debuts a new social engineering trick, and let our own Statler and...

British Hacker Accused of Blackmailing healthcare Firms Extradited to U.S.

A British man suspected to be a member of 'The Dark Overlord,' an infamous international hacking group, has finally been extradited to the United States after being held for over two years in the United Kingdom. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, appeared in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, on...

British Hacker Accused of Blackmailing healthcare Firms Extradited to U.S.

A British man suspected to be a member of 'The Dark Overlord ,' an infamous international hacking group, has finally been extradited to the United States after being held for over two years in the United Kingdom. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, appeared in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, on...

Dark Overlord hackers publish first batch of “secret” 9/11 files

By Waqas The Dark Overlord hackers have fulfilled their promise and published the first batch of decryption keys for 650 documents in a 70 megabytes file related to the 9/11 attacks. Initially, the group had vowed to publish 10GB of data on Twitter account or on a Dark Web form called “KickAss.”...

Dark Overlord hackers vow to leak 9/11 related data stolen from law firm

By Waqas On Monday when the whole world was gearing up to celebrate New Year's Eve hackers from The Dark Overlord group made astonishing claims that they stole a trove of data from Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, a law firm responsible for handling insurance files related to 9/11 terrorist attacks. This w...

This Week in Security News: Hackers and Cyber Attackers

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Chili’s parent company – Brinker International – announced that consumer credit and debit card information had been compromised at some...

Suspected member of The Dark Overlord hacking group arrested

By Waqas Serbian authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man from Belgrade suspected This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Suspected member of The Dark Overlord hacking group arrested...

The Dark Overlord hacks plastic surgery clinic; demands ransom

By Uzair Amir Nude pictures never go unnoticed, and when these belong to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Dark Overlord hacks plastic surgery clinic; demands ransom...

‘Dark Overlord’ Hackers Leak Student Data After Sending Death Threats

By Waqas On October 2nd, an unknown group sent death threats to This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ‘Dark Overlord’ Hackers Leak Student Data After Sending Death Threats...

Hacker leaks 'Orange is the New Black' Season 5 after Netflix refused to Pay Ransom

After releasing 10 back-to-back episodes of the Season 5 premiere of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," a hacking group calling itself The Dark Overlord is threatening to leak a trove of other unreleased TV shows and movies. The Dark Overlord TDO posted links to the first 10 episodes of the...