All posts tagged "FBI"
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142Cyber CrimeUS government seizes classified advertising website Backpage
Backpage was once the second largest classified advertising site after Craigslist. The infamous classified advertising website Backpage along with its affiliate domains have...
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211GeekUS Cops Using Dead Suspects’ Fingerprints to Unlock iPhones
Believe it or not but in the US, police are now using fingerprints of dead suspects to unlock iPhones. Contrary to popular...
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170Cyber CrimeATM hacker behind $1 billion malware heists arrested in Spain
In a joint operation, Europol along with the law enforcement authorities from Belarus, Romania, Taiwan, Spanish Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested...
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74Data SecurityNine Iranians indicted by US for hacking to steal research data
“Password spraying” attack gave Mabna group access to 32TB of diverse research data. Today, the Department of Justice announced charges against nine Iranian...
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287NewsHacker Adrian Lamo who tipped off FBI about Chelsea Manning dies at 37
Adrian Lamo, a hacker who was once in the news for informing the FBI about Chelsea Manning, the WikiLeaks whistleblower, has passed away...
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192IncidentsLauri Love was accused of hacking into the FBI and Federal Reserve but British court rules he will not be extradited to US
He had been facing a life prison sentence in the United States if found guilty, a fate which he has said could...
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136Cyber CrimeBritish Hacker Lauri Love will not be extradited to the United States
Lauri Love, known For hacking US government computers will not be extradited. The British hacker Lauri Love was arrested in October 2013 for...
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177Cyber CrimeInternet Crime Complaint Center Impersonated for Malware & Phishing Scam
Another day, another phishing scam – This time, hackers are impersonating Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to conduct malware and phishing scam. The Federal Bureau...
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256Cyber CrimePhishing Scam: Hackers Steal $900,000 from County Office
Another day, another phishing scam – This time Harris County, Texas wired almost $900,000 after falling for a phishing email. In normal circumstances, cybercriminals...
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201Cyber Crime6 years jail time for ‘one of the largest’ dark web drug dealer
The 40-year-old David Ryan Burchard from Merced, a dark web vendor California has been sentenced to six years in prison for selling illegal...
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154Data SecuritySoftware used in FBI’s biometric database contains Russian code: Report
The allegations that Russia hacked the 2016 elections in the United States are known to many but now biometric data of millions...
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119Cyber CrimeU.S DHS and FBI Issue Alerts about North Korea-Backed Cyber Attacks
The U.S Department of Homeland Security, along with the FB, has come out with a statement that hackers who reportedly have ties...
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DHS, FBI describe North Korea’s use of FALLCHILL malware
The federal government on Tuesday issued an alert detailing the North Korean government’s use of malware known as FALLCHILL, warning that North...
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225Cyber CrimeCyberhitmen hired for sustained DDoS attacks against mans ex-employer
John Kelsey Gammell, a 46-year-old man from Minneapolis, MN has been charged with hiring cyber attackers to target his ex-employer with a year’s worth of...
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109ArticlesApple Claims that the Company has offered the FBI to help unlock the suspect’s iPhone
Turns out all they ought to do was ask Apple for help. In a comment the tech titan has issued to the...
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173NewsStudent Arrested For Using Keylogger and Changing Grades 90 Times
An ex-wrestler and student of the University of Iowa is accused of conducting a cheating scheme to obtain test copies in advance...
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87ArticlesStudent has been Hacking his grades from the past 21-Months at University of Iowa
The FBI apprehended the suspect Trevor Graves, age 22 at the close of October, in Denver, his hometown. According to an FBI...
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159NewsNo Prison for Student who Developed Spam Botnet to Pay College Fee
Sean Tiernan, 29 from Santa Clara, California was given 24 months probation on October 30th for his involvement in developing a massive spam botnet...
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269Cyber CrimePureVPN 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...
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180News‘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...
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90Cyber CrimeNew Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait
Email scams have become so common nowadays that every other day there’s a new one. The only difference is the way scammers...
