Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. KrebsOnSecurity...

Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books

When you see point of sale software in the news, its usually because the terminal has been compromised and is now stealing payment details used in the device. Insecure stores, whether compromised as part of an inside job or a phishing attack, are a big problem for both buyers and the store itself...

Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Jail

Controversial mogul and antivirus pioneer John McAfee on Wednesday died by suicide in a jail cell in Barcelona, hours after reports that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the U.S. McAfee was 75. He is said to have died by hanging "as his nine months in prison brought him to...

Cayman Islands Bank Records Exposed in Open Azure Blob

A Cayman Island investment firm has removed years of backups, which up until recently were easily available online thanks to a misconfigured Microsoft Azure blob. The blob’s single URL led to vast stores of files including personal banking information, passport data and even online banking PINs —...

Ukrainian Man Arrested For Distributing NotPetya Ransomware And Helping Tax Evaders

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware Petya.A, also known as NotPetya — the same computer virus that massively hit numerous businesses, organisations and banks in Ukraine as well as different parts of Europe around 45 days ago...

‘DarkLeaks’ Black Market — Anonymously Selling Secrets for Bitcoins

An all new anonymous online underground black market website, DarkLeaks, has been introduced on the Internet where Whistleblowers, blackmailers, hackers and any individual can trade/sell sensitive and valuable data/secrets anonymously in exchange for Bitcoin payments. DarkLeaks is a decentralized...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID13169: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on January 21, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 37064 First Published: 2015 January 21 14:47 GMT Last Updated: 2015 January 22 14:44 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID13169...

Man Pleads Guilty in a Scam Charging Unwitting Customers for Premium Phone Calls

UPDATED: A New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty in Federal Court to charges of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and failure to file income taxes stemming from a scam forcing telephone modems to call premium service numbers without their owner’s consent. Thirty seven year-old Asu Pala of Hudson...