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FBI warns of joint threat by ransomware and banking Trojan

May 31, 2012

The combination of the Citadel banking Trojan and Reveton ransomware that Trusteer warned about at the beginning of May is apparently still targeting users. So much so, that …

FBI wants social networks and IM services to be wiretap-friendly

May 7, 2012

Worried that technology advances will leave its agents incapable of conducting surveillance of online communications of potential criminals, the FBI is quietly lobbying top …

Android pattern lock stumps FBI forensic experts

March 15, 2012

Who would have thought that pattern screen locks on Android phones actually provide such an effective barrier to unauthorized access that even the FBI is forced ask Google for …

Arrested Anonymous members charged, Anon retaliates

March 7, 2012

The online world was rocked yesterday by the news that a number of members of LulzSec and Anonymous were arrested following a betrayal by LulzSec leader “Sabu” and …

DNSChanger-infected machines won’t be disconnected, for now

March 7, 2012

It’s good news for the owners of the computers still infected by the DNSChanger malware, as a US Federal Judge agreed with the Attorney’s Office’s formal …

LulzSec leader Sabu helps police arrest Anonymous hackers

March 6, 2012

Sabu, the apparent leader of the LulzSec hacktivist group, has been unmasked by the FBI last June and has since been working with them to secure evidence against the …

British student jailed for hacking Facebook

February 20, 2012

26-year-old software development student Glenn Mangham has been sentenced to spend eight months in jail following his hack into several Facebook servers between April and May …

Hungarian sentenced for hacking, blackmailing Marriot

February 6, 2012

Attila Nemeth, a 26-year-old Hungarian national who tried to blackmail Marriot International into giving him a job by stealing the company’s internal documents and …

Anonymous leaks FBI conference call on hacking investigations

February 3, 2012

Anonymous resumed today its F**k FBI Friday campaign by publishing a 16-minute-long mp3 recoding of a confidential conference call between representatives of the FBI and the …

Concerned about online privacy? FBI says you might be a terrorist

February 3, 2012

Being concerned about your online privacy might be a sign that you’re up to no good, says the FBI and the US Department of Justice, via a collection of 25 fliers to be …

Detecting the DNS Changer malware

February 1, 2012

January marked half-time for the folks at the DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) who are now running the DNS servers originally used in the Rove botnet. Ever since a …

Romanian hacker TinKode allegedly arrested