When Card Shops Play Dirty, Consumers Win
Cybercrime forums have been abuzz this week over news that BriansClub — one of the underground’s largest shops for stolen credit and […]
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
“BriansClub,” one of the largest underground stores for buying stolen credit card data, has itself been hacked. The data stolen from BriansClub […]
Patch Tuesday Lowdown, October 2019 Edition
On Tuesday Microsoft issued software updates to fix almost five dozen security problems in Windows and software designed to run on top […]
Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany
A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany […]
German Cops Raid “Cyberbunker 2.0,” Arrest 7 in Child Porn, Dark Web Market Sting
German authorities said Friday they’d arrested seven people and were investigating six more in connection with the raid of a Dark Web […]
MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud
Earlier this month, employees at more than 1,000 companies saw one or two paycheck’s worth of funds deducted from their bank accounts […]
Interview With the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession
In April 2013, I received via U.S. mail more than a gram of pure heroin as part of a scheme to get […]
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
This week, ESET researchers released their findings on Winnti Group’s MSSQL backdoor and showed how they’d tracked down the operator of an […]
Your smart doorbell may be collecting more data than you think, study finds
The study tested 81 IoT devices to analyze their behavior and tracking habits, and in some cases brought rather surprising findings The […]
Facebook lays out plan to protect elections
How is the social network preparing to curtail the spread of misinformation as the election season heats up? The post Facebook lays […]