Gaming Company Settles on Bitcoin Mining Allegations

The ESEA League, an online competitive gaming community, has decided to settle with the state of New Jersey after the acting attorney general there alleged that the gaming community operator infected user-machines with malware designed to mine Bitcoins. The league is owned and managed by E-Sports...

Heartland Data Breach Suit Back from the Dead

For all intents and purposes, the Heartland Payment Systems data breach saga ended more than two years ago when the embattled payment processor finalized settlements paying out millions of dollars to various banks, credit card issuers and consumers. That is until a handful of banks reportedly...

FBI Arrests two Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers

FBI Arrests Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers Search warrants were also being executed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Montana. The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous on Thursday morning in San Francisco and Phoenix, According to Fox news. The...

ip-geolocation-geoplugin NSE Script

Tries to identify the physical location of an IP address using the Geoplugin geolocation web service . There is no limit on lookups using this service. See also: ip-geolocation-ipinfodb.nse ip-geolocation-map-bing.nse ip-geolocation-map-google.nse ip-geolocation-map-kml.nse...

New Jersey Student Record Database Hacked

A New Jersey school district was vandalized by members of the online mischief making group 4chan after an administrative password to a student record management system used at 160 school systems across New Jersey. The hack occurred after the administrative account used by the Plainfield, New...

53 Charged in New Jersey ID Theft Case

Fifty-three individuals were charged today in connection with widespread, sophisticated identity theft and fraud, including 43 individuals charged with participating in one large-scale criminal enterprise, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward...

Ark. Utility, N.J. Town Hit By Online Thieves

An Arkansas public water utility and a New Jersey town are the latest victims of an organized cyber crime gang that is stealing tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized organizations via online bank theft. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...