Feds disrupt proxy-for-hire botnet, indict four alleged net miscreants Summary The FBI has taken action against four foreign nationals involved in a proxy-for-hire botnet that exploited outdated routers. The botnet,…
Police Dismantles Botnet Selling Hacked Routers As Residential Proxies Law enforcement authorities have successfully dismantled a notorious botnet that had been infecting thousands of routers for over 20 years. This…
Florida Fails To Pass Bill Requiring Encryption Backdoors For Social Media Accounts A proposed law in Florida aimed at compelling social media companies to create encryption backdoors has failed to…
Three Russians, one Kazakhstani charged in takedown of Anyproxy and 5socks botnets Summary Law enforcement agencies have successfully dismantled two significant botnets, Anyproxy and 5socks, with their alleged administrators now…
German operation shuts down crypto mixer eXch, seizes millions in assets German police have taken a significant step in tackling cryptocurrency crime by shutting down the eXch platform, which was…
Hackers hijack Japanese financial accounts to conduct nearly $2 billion in trades Japan’s financial sector is facing a massive breach with hackers hijacking accounts to conduct unauthorised trades totalling nearly…
US Surveillance Watchdog Says Expanded Use of Facial Recognition at Airports Should Be Voluntary Summary The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released findings from a six-year investigation…
Education Giant Pearson Hit By Cyberattack Exposing Customer Data Education giant Pearson has fallen victim to a cyberattack, leading to the theft of customer data and corporate information. The attack…
openSUSE deep sixes Deepin desktop over security stink SUSE has made a significant move by removing the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) from its community-driven Linux distribution, openSUSE, citing serious security…
Celsius CEO Mashinsky Sentenced To 12 Years in Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Fraud Case Former Celsius Network CEO Alexander Mashinsky has been handed a 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to serious…
