Michael Welch, deputy assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division, revealed that three U.S. cities recently experienced significant network intrusion events by unnamed attackers by way of poorly … [Read more...]
Government seizes 150 websites selling counterfeit goods
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 By
Some 150 websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods including shoes, purses, sunglasses and sports jerseys have been seized, authorities said on Monday, coinciding with the Cyber Monday holiday … [Read more...]
Four hack suspects linked to alledged terrorist group
Monday, 28 November 2011 By
The FBI and Philippine law enforcement officials arrested four people in the Philippines this week who were allegedly paid by terrorists to hack into AT&T's system, but the company said its system … [Read more...]
FBI busts click fraudsters who pocketed at least US$ 14 million
Thursday, 10 November 2011 By
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and its international partners have charged six individuals with conducting a sophisticated click-fraud scheme that netted them millions of dollars, the federal … [Read more...]
Scarlet Johansson asks FBI to investigate leaked private photos
Friday, 16 September 2011 By
Scarlett Johansson has reportedly contacted the FBI after naked pictures of her surfaced Wednesday on a popular viral-media website. The 26-year-old actress' name was among 50 or so possible … [Read more...]
Encouraging islamic hacking and biting the FBI could carry life sentence
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 By
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges he encouraged attacks on U.S. targets through an Islamist militant website, the U.S. Attorney's office said. The man, 22-year-old Emerson … [Read more...]
FBI releases app for missing children
Tuesday, 9 August 2011 By
The FBI has released a child safety app that could help prevent every parent’s worst nightmare. The FBI Child ID app, the first smartphone app released by the agency, gives parents a place to … [Read more...]
Anonymous and LulzSec provoke FBI with defiant statement
Saturday, 23 July 2011 By
In a defiant statement addressed largely at FBI director Steve Chabinsky, members of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivist groups vowed to continue with their hacking campaigns and dared law … [Read more...]
U.S. law enforcement uses Facebook more and more as an intelligence source
Wednesday, 13 July 2011 By
U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge. A Reuters review of the Westlaw legal … [Read more...]
FBI search house in Ohio related to LulzSec investigation
Thursday, 30 June 2011 By
The international investigation into the notorious LulzSec hacking gang continues, with news that FBI agents have searched a house in Hamilton, Ohio. According to local media reports, federal … [Read more...]
FBI is beefing up resources after hackers focussing on higher profile targets
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 By
Each week brings word of another cyber attack on a major U.S. institution, sending law enforcement scrambling and raising new questions about whether it has the ability or resources to track down … [Read more...]
FBI vs Coreflood botnet : 1 – 0
Thursday, 28 April 2011 By
The FBI’s unprecedented effort to behead the Coreflood botnet—comprised of millions of hacked Windows machines—appears to be working, at least for now. The bureau has tracked a dramatic decline … [Read more...]
Hacker Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Unleashing a Virus and Attacking Media Outlets
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 By
A computer programmer was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that … [Read more...]
US authorities shut down cybercrime botnet scheme
Thursday, 14 April 2011 By
U.S. authorities claimed one of their biggest victories against cyber crime as they shut down a ring they said used malicious software to take control of more than 2 million PCs around the world, and … [Read more...]
Rustock botnet taken down in joint effort from Microsoft and US law enforcement
Friday, 18 March 2011 By
The botnet Rustock, which typically was representing 50-70% of all spam has been taken down. Rustock also has been known as the largest emitter of spam on the Internet. Yesterday, Microsoft … [Read more...]
