FBI Charges 6, Seizes 48 Domains Linked to DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced the seizure of 48 domains that offered services to conduct distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on behalf of other threat actors, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for malicious activity. It also charged six suspects – Jeremi...

Europol Shuts Down Over 30,500 Piracy Websites in Global Operation

In a coordinated global law enforcement operation, Europol has taken down more than 30,500 websites for distributing counterfeit and pirated items over the Internet and arrested three suspects. Among other things, the seized domains reportedly offered various counterfeit goods and pirated product...

Coinvault, the court case

Today, after almost 3 years of waiting, it was finally the day of the trial. In the Netherlands, where the whole case took place, the hearings are open to the public. Meaning anyone who is interested can visit. And it was quite busy. Because besides the suspects, their lawyers, the judges and the...

600 Powerful Bitcoin-Mining Computers Worth $2 Million Stolen In Iceland

Around 600 powerful devices specifically designed for mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stolen from Icelandic data centers in what has been dubbed the "Big Bitcoin Heist." To make a profit, so far criminals have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges, spread mining malware, and...

Dutch Police Arrest Alleged CoinVault Ransomware Authors

Ransomware has emerged as major threat to consumers and businesses in recent years, and law enforcement agencies and security researchers have taken note. Authorities last year disrupted the Cryptolocker ransomware operation and now Dutch police have arrested two young men they believe are involv...

Malware And Hacking Forum Seized, Dozens Arrested

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 70 people suspected of carrying out cyber criminal activities associated with one of the most active underground web forums known as Darkode. Darkode, also used by notorious Lizard Squad, was an online bazaar for cyber criminals...

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...

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...

Philippine police arrest 357 foreigners for cyber fraud

Police on Thursday rounded up 357 foreigners accused of duping Taiwanese and Chinese citizens in an online scam in what an official described as the largest single-day operation against organized crime in the country. Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr., CIDG director, said CIDG and Paocc agents led by...

Millions of Mobile Phone Users' Data Leaked in South Korea Scam

Two men have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly leaking the information of almost nine million of the nation’s mobile phone users, including details of the users’ monthly plans, according to a report issued by the Korea National Police Agency’s KNPA Cyber Terror Response Center CTRC over...

Court grants bail to Anonymous and LulzSec suspects

Court grants bail to Anonymous and LulzSec suspects Four alleged UK hackers suspected of being linked to attacks by hacking groups Anonymous and Lulz Security LulzSec have been released on bail after a hearing at Westminster magistrates court on the condition that they did not use specific online...

Court grants bail to Anonymous and LulzSec suspects

Court grants bail to Anonymous and LulzSec suspects Four alleged UK hackers suspected of being linked to attacks by hacking groups Anonymous and Lulz Security LulzSec have been released on bail after a hearing at Westminster magistrates court on the condition that they did not use specific online...

Head of Russian Payment Processor ChronoPay Arrested

Pavel Vrublevsky, the head of a prominent Russian payment-processing company, ChronoPay, was arrested in Russia on suspicion of hiring someone to launch a denial-of-service attack against one of his company’s main competitors. The arrest is the latest in a series of high-profile actions against...

Turkey police arrests 32 Anonymous hackers for DDOS attack

Turkey police arrests 32 Anonymous hackers for DDOS attack Turkey have detained 32 more suspects that the authorities believe are linked to Anonymous. The Turkish state-run news agency reports that the suspect were taken into custody by police after raids in dozens of cities it's not clear how th...

FBI Wants to Mandate Surveillance Backdoors

Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Read the full article...

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...