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The latest leak by the Babuk ransomware gang contains 26GB worth of records. Last month, Hackread.com reported that the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had become a victim of a ransomware attack. The government agency revealed that the Babuk Locker gang stole nearly 250 GB of unencrypted files from the department’s networks. On the […]
The dark web site called “BoysTown” had over 400,000 active users. German law enforcement authorities have confirmed to have taken down and seized one of the world’s biggest child abuse hosting platforms called Boystown on the dark web after a months-long investigation. This platform was active since June 2019 and boasted over 400,000 members. Multi-National […]
Local reporters will be in a weak position for their work due to this measure of the Colorado police Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that at least ten of the police agencies in Colorado, U.S. have decided to implement encryption in all their radio communications, as […]
This extortion scheme has received massive attention from the media, although it has not achieved so many funds Police departments across the United States mention that they have received multiple reports on emails that include bomb threats against different organizations. According to experts in digital forensics from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the operators […]
Kiss goodbye to crucial evidence. Body cameras used by the law enforcement nowadays have already remained controversial but no one has, so far, attempted to assess the credibility of the device itself. But, at Defcon 2018, police body cameras became an object of discussion when a researcher Josh Mitchell identified these cameras to be vulnerable […]
Location tracking firm “LocationSmart” has been caught putting the physical security of US citizens at risk and its data collection tactics have opened a new pandora box. A United States-based location-as-a-service (LaaS) firm “LocationSmart” known for providing real-time location data of cellphones users in the country has been caught leaking that information due to a vulnerability in […]
A WhatsApp photo of drug dealer’s hand carrying ecstasy tablets allowed police to track down and bust a drug ring. A photo sent by 28-year-old drug dealer Elliott Morris through WhatsApp was used by authorities to identify his fingerprint. The case happened in Bridgend, South Wales in which the fingerprint helped the local police to compare the record of […]
Dutch Police are quite active these days, a couple of weeks ago they took over Hansa, one of the most popular dark web marketplaces and just yesterday they released a list of vendors and buyers who have been arrested, identified or active in other markets. Now, Dutch police are back in the news with yet […]
A Redditor going by the handle of /Seattle_Horn (Nick Morrelli) from Seattle, United States posted that whenever he dials the emergency telephone number 911 his Android based OnePlus 5 (OP5) smartphone reboots itself for no apparent reason. In his Reddit post, Morrelli wrote that “I had to dial 911 on my OP5 yesterday (saw a building on fire […]
Brett McBain, 51 and David Buckley, 54 were arrested for creating a dark web chat room called £1TheOtherPlace which was used to share images of children being abused and included several links to such indecent images. £1TheOtherPlace The perpetrators described the chatroom as a channel for the respectful appreciation of youthful beauty. Almost every day, […]
An electronic device called “Textalyzer” has recently made headlines showing how it can help law enforcement authorities to tackle the issue of distracted driving. But the privacy advocates are calling it a privacy invasion. Textalyzer is an electronic tablet size device which will allow the cops in the United States to see if drivers have been […]
One of the officers of UK’s Metropolitan Police Service was caught in possession of a malicious software used for infecting computers and smartphones after gaining physical access to them. It’s unclear as of yet whether this software was bought for official or personal use, but it does raise a question that why would an MPS’s […]
A man identified as Steve Stephens broadcasted a live video on his Facebook this Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio. In the video, which has already been removed from the website, he seemingly seeks out a random elderly man with whom he strikes up a conversation before shockingly pulling out a gun and shooting his victim point blank […]
If this had happened in the United States, the FBI would have spent millions of dollars from taxpayers money and employed an overseas company to unlock the suspect’s iPhone but back in the United Kingdom things are calm and traditional. Also Read: Turns out iPhone 5c can be hacked with a $100 hardware To prove this, […]
A 33-year-old male in London has been charged with six terrorism counts under the Terrorism Act 2006 by the Metropolitan Police. The man, named Samata Ullah, appeared in a court in London the previous week. Ullah has been charged under the controversial Section 5 power in which the development of an “encrypted version” of personal blog […]
A group of activists or let’s call them anarchists (that’s what they call themselves) hacked a traffic sign and left AN anti-police message against police brutality in the United States! Hacking a traffic sign is become a new trend for people to register their protest or just write stuff that doesn’t make any sense, but a few […]
While people are protesting against shooting and killing of Alton Sterling someone hacked road right in Cobb County, Georgia and left some harsh messages against cops! Who needs to hack websites when you can hack electronic road signs? Lately, hacktivists have been acquiring new ways of delivering their messages to masses rather than choosing to deface a no […]
Slovenian Student Gets Sentenced for Reporting Configuration flaws in Tetra Protocol Is it possible that somebody could be sent to jail for identifying security flaws in a protocol that is being used by the local Police department? This particular news report strengthens the notion that it certainly can happen. Reports have it that a 26-year […]
Anonymous NWH targets Denver police department domain with DDoS attack to register protest against the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Dion Avila An Anonymous-linked team of attackers called New World Hacking (NWH) has conducted a series of powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Denver city, county and police website earlier today forcing the site to go offline — The […]
A man wearing an Anonymous mask was arrested in Arizona while attending a Maricopa County hearing over the suspected election fraud. Onlookers filmed and roared at the officers as they attempted to detain the peaceful bystander wearing the mask. The man later revealed as Jonathan McRae was peacefully attending the hearing when two officers hustled […]
The NWH group conducted a series of powerful DDoS attacks on Salt Lake City Police, Airport and Banking website against the shooting of a Somali teenager Abidi Mohamed The attackers from New World Hackers group (NWH) claimed that they conducted a series of powerful “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks on the official website of Salt Lake […]