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Man arrested for possession of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material

On May 15th, 2018, a man from Allen city Texas was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material and other explicit content but little did authorities know the man kept a trove of 58 terabytes of child sexual abuse material related data – Yes, 58 terabytes. The 39-year-old Richard Belden kept the data in different electronic devices which […]

Suspected member of The Dark Overlord hacking group arrested

Serbian authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man from Belgrade suspected of being one of the members of The Dark Overlord or DarkOverlord hacking group. The identity of the arrested suspect has not been revealed yet but according to the limited details shared by Serbian authorities he is a resident of Belgrade whose initials are “S.S.”  The arrest came as […]

Cybercriminals Selling Social Security Numbers of Infants on Dark Web

Dark Web has become a creepy place since it is home to illegal activities including selling drugs, weapons, stolen databases and hosting highly condemnable activities like hosting child pornography platforms. Now, according to the latest research from Terbium Labs, a dark Web intelligence firm, cybercriminals are now targeting new-born babies to fulfill their malicious objectives. […]

Man Arrested for Threatening Firm with Cyber Attacks for Not Hiring Him

There is a reason there has been an increase in cyber attacks since anyone can access hacking tools – Same goes for Todd Michael Gori from North-Carolina. Who doesn’t want to get hired at a firm of his or her choice? Apparently, some individuals take it too seriously and use various measures in order to impress their […]

Send Your Nude Pics to Facebook to Prevent Revenge Porn

Revenge porn is quite easy to spread on social media, and there seems to be no definite way to stop this trend. However, according to the team behind Facebook, there is one way to stop revenge porn, which is to make your nude pictures public yourself. In this regard, the social network has already developed […]

Hackers can hack your kid’s smartwatch and track their location

With smartwatches designed especially for kids being available now, parents are enjoying full peace of mind as they know that they are connected to their kids via dedicated, secure apps at all times. These wearable devices that cost no more than £100 are being deemed as a blessing. However, reports suggest that some of these […]

PureVPN Aided FBI to Track CyberStalker by Providing His Logs

On Friday a New Town, Massachusetts based man called Ryan Lin was arrested for cyberstalking after his VPN logs were provided by PureVPN. Lin was accused of cyberstalking his ex-roommate 24-year old Jennifer Smith. Initially, the case was handled by the Waltham Police department, but it was then transferred to the FBI [PDF]. According to the […]

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

On October 2nd, an unknown group sent death threats to an Iowa based Johnston Community School District forcing it to close some of its schools. The messages sent to parents via text included physically harming their kids and even killing them. According to an official statement from Johnston Community School District “Around 8 p.m. on the evening of October 2, individual students […]

Neo Nazi site DailyStormer moves to dark web that’s as good as dead

On August 14th it was reported that Internet domain registrar and web hosting giant GoDaddy banned the racist and neo-nazi website Daily Stormer from its platform after receiving tons of complaints aimed at the site’s content supporting white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr who killed Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old resident of Charlottesville, Virginia during the Unite the Right rally. The […]

GoDaddy bans neo-nazi DailyStormer website

GoDaddy Inc. Internet domain registrar and web hosting giant have decided to cut ties with the neo-nazi website “DailyStormer” earlier today. The decision came after a series of complaints by Internet users citing an article published on the site insulting Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old resident of Charlottesville, Virginia who was killed by James Alex Fields Jr, […]

Facebook’s new feature to prevent misuse of profile pics

The social media giant Facebook is introducing a new feature for users in India which will help them protect their online privacy by preventing others from misusing their profile picture. The feature is called Profile Picture Guard and is being rolled out after security and privacy concerns faced by the users in India while using Facebook. […]

Parents lose custody of kids after YouTube pranks

“DaddyOFive,” is a verified YouTube channel with 763,595 subscribers who apparently have been using their kids to make online prank videos. In one of the videos, a 9-year-old boy starts crying when his father says another family will adopt him; Couple claims that videos were ‘staged.’ Mike and Heather Martin are from Maryland, United States […]