All posts tagged "Cyber Crime"
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141NewsPhishing Attack Causes Bitcoin Payment Processor BitPay to Lose $1.8M
BitPay the Atlanta-based Bitcoin payment processor had been hit by a massive phishing attack costing the company $1.8 million. Verified by the...
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28Cyber CrimeHackers Using Amazon As A Bait For Phishing Attacks
A new phishing campaign has been doing the rounds on the Internet in which hackers are using Amazon UK’s fake email message...
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41Cyber CrimeRussian hacker Responsible for Massive Data Breach Finally Pleads Guilty
The infamous Russian hacker, Vladimir Drinkman, has admitted his contribution in what has been regarded by the Justice Department as “the largest...
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69Data SecurityGCHQ Encouraging Users To Use Simple Passwords
The common perception is that a strong password is always a good password, but GCHQ thinks otherwise; urging people to use “simple passwords” to keep...
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21Cyber CrimeHackers Can Infect ATM With Malware To Hold Your Card
Security researchers over at FireEye have discovered a serious security flaw within the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) that could be exploited by...
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49GeekNew Android Malware Changes PIN Code and Demand Ransom
Android users need to be highly careful while using your smartphone as ESET researchers have identified simplocker, a new screen-locking malware that...
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128NewsDriverless Cars Can Be Hacked by Compromising 3D Imaging System
The laser navigation system and sensors of driverless cars can be easily exploited by hackers as they can trick them into getting...
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204Cyber CrimeFormer US Federal Agent Pleads Guilty To $820,000 Bitcoin Laundering
Earlier today, a former United States secret service agent pleaded guilty for the theft of over $820,000 worth of digital currency, Bitcoin,...
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163Cyber CrimeHamza Bendelladj, Co-Creator of SpyEye Trojan NOT Sentenced To Death
Update: Creators of SpyEye Trojan Aleksandr Panin, Hamza Bendelladj Sentenced Even though several social media platforms are claiming that Hamza Bendelladj has been...
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133GeekOnline Child Predator Charged with ‘Revenge Porn’ Against Underage Girls
The city of Los Angeles arrested a young man on almost 150 charges – 109 felonies and 42 misdemeanors – related to...
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52NewsU.S. Embassy Official Charged with Sextortion, Cyber Stalking Scheme
On Tuesday, a former United States embassy employee and a resident of Atlanta, Michael C. Ford has been accused of sextortion attempts...
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132GeekDarkode hacker accused of spreading Facebook malware pleads guilty
On Monday, the facilitator of online hacks through Darkode pleaded guilty for compromising the security of at least 77,000 computers. The 39-year...
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26GeekWoman fined for posting Facebook pic of police car parked at disabled spot
Spain offers a unique gagging law that is now being used in strange ways where people can be fined for posting images...
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24Cyber CrimeHackers Steal $47 Million From American Tech Firm Ubiquiti
An unusual admission has been made by a tech firm to its investors — Posing as its employee, a hacker stole $46.7...
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83Cyber CrimeSextortionist jailed for life, FBI searching for 350 online victims
31-year old Lucas Chansler is set to serve 105 years, perhaps the remaining days of his life, in prison after admitting to...
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125HackedCongrats Hacking Team: After Governments, Now Terrorists Have Your Tools
This Sunday, in a massive data breach at the Hacking Team, about 400GB of internal documents, spyware source codes, and tools were...
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20Hacked20-year-old Trojan King Revealed, Maker of over 100 Banking Trojans
A 20-year-old Brazilian kid has been revealed as the maker of more than 100 banking trojans by the security firm Trend Micro....
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76Cyber CrimeOnline Predators Hunting Users with Video Chat Extortion Scams
In October last year, we reported how a 10-year-old filipino virtual girl “sweetie” takes pedophile to prison in Australia for good. Now a...
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26Cyber CrimeCanadian Hacker Jailed in U.S. for Hacking Military and Xbox
A hacker from Mississauga, Canada got imprisoned for leading a worldwide computer hacking group that managed to penetrate the U.S military network...
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34Data SecurityAre hackers experiencing karma in the Underground Economy?
The underground economy is a large group of websites that make it possible for hackers and fraudsters to trade illegal services and stolen...
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231Cyber CrimeSilk Road Creator, Mastermind Ross Ulbricht sentenced to Life in Prison
Ross Ulbricht, 31, the accused brain and mastermind behind dark web marketplace Silk Road has been sentenced to life in prison on...
