Stolen creds site WeLeakInfo busted by multinational cop op for data reselling One Irishman and one Dutchman both nicked Security17 Jan 2020 | 6
Apple calls BS on FBI, AG: We're totally not dragging our feet in murder probe iPhone decryption. PS: No backdoors Analysis This isn't the way to make the Cook(ie) crumble Security14 Jan 2020 | 92
Someone needs to go back to school: Texas district fleeced for $2.3m after staff fall for devious phishing email FBI probes massive fraud Security13 Jan 2020 | 23
If at first you don't succeed, pry, pry again: Feds once again demand Apple unlock encrypted iPhones in yet another terrorism case Comment FBI, open up! Security08 Jan 2020 | 63
Colorado cryptocoin execs spark up blunt '$722m ponzi scheme' criminal charges after investments go up in smoke Dude, pass the indictment Science11 Dec 2019 | 13
Russian FaceApp selfie-slurper poses 'potential counterintelligence threat', FBI warns Feds tell senator that age-filter toy a possible security risk Security03 Dec 2019 | 18
In your face! US Senate mulls bipartisan federal law on police facial recognition use Bill would require cops to get a court order for any surveillance Legal14 Nov 2019 | 12
The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we're going to court to prove it, says ACLU Civil-rights warriors sue FBI, DEA, DoJ over fears of secretive mass-spying network AI + ML31 Oct 2019 | 37
FBI extends voting security push, LA court hacker goes down, and more D-Link failures Plus, Kaspersky opens doors on its intelligence portal Security28 Oct 2019 | 28
Uncle Sam demands summary judgment on Snowden memoir: We're not saying it's true, but no one should read it We really needed to take a look before you published Security25 Oct 2019 | 47
Remember the FBI's promise it wasn’t abusing the NSA’s data on US peeps? Well, guess what… Turns out the Feds make the CIA and NSA actually look good Legal08 Oct 2019 | 77
FBI softens stance on ransomware: it's (sort of) okay to pay off crims to get your data back Feds OK that some companies are opening the checkbook Security03 Oct 2019 | 32
FBI called in to investigate 2018 Mountain State mobile voting system hacking 'West Virginia, mobile ballots, country votes, nearly pwned' Security02 Oct 2019 | 24
Ohio state's top legal eagle just made it harder for the FBI, ICE, cops to snoop around its DMV DB for people's faces Reminder: They're not allowed to do that without permission Science15 Aug 2019 | 12
Tor pedos torpedoed again, this time Feds torpedo four Tor pedos – and keep how they unmasked dark-web scumbags under wraps Child abuse swap-shop admins to spend decades behind bars Security12 Aug 2019 | 68
FBI, NSA to hackers: Let us be blunt. Weed need your help. We'll hire you even if you've smoked a little pot in the past Black Hat Now that's what we call a joint task force: Uncle Sam chills out, relaxes recruitment rules on drugs Security08 Aug 2019 | 69
F-B-Yikes! FBI bod allegedly hid spy camera under desk to snap coworker's upskirt pics Of all the places to allegedly try this, the J Edgar Hoover HQ ain't one. In fact, no, no building is good. None of them Security05 Aug 2019 | 30
Phisherman's blues: Bogus Dell support rep extradited from Kenya, admits he conned US colleges out of $900,000 Scumbag faces up to 20 years in the clink for email fraud Security02 Aug 2019 | 13
Capital One gets Capital Done: Hacker swipes personal info on 106 million US, Canadian credit card applicants More than 1 million social numbers nicked among other details – FBI collars, charges software engineer Security30 Jul 2019 | 52
He's coming home, he's coming... Hutchins' coming home: British Wannacry killer held in US on malware dev rap set free by judge Joy as infosec researcher spared jail time in America Security26 Jul 2019 | 73
Backdoors won't weaken your encryption, wails FBI boss. And he's right. They won't – they'll fscking torpedo it Give it a Wray, give it a Wray, give it a Wray now: Big Chris steps in to defend blowing a hole in personal crypto Security25 Jul 2019 | 226
FBI and immigration officials trawling US driving licence databases for suspects Maybe time to put 4th amendment-bothering facial recog on ICE? Legal08 Jul 2019 | 23
And in this week's weird news, Feds seize dark-web news site, accuse admins of getting rich off drug cyber-souk Updated Pair cuffed in Israel Security08 May 2019 | 9
Wannacry-slayer Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty to two counts of banking malware creation 'I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes' Security19 Apr 2019 | 72
Idiot admits destroying scores of college PCs using USB Killer gizmo, filming himself doing it MBA grad faces hefty fine, jail time after zapping computer, display, equipment mobos Bootnotes18 Apr 2019 | 147
Hackers bragged that pretty vanilla breach included FBI watchlist? Well, colour us shocked It didn't, by the way – it's a bunch of ad industry folk Security16 Apr 2019 | 18
FBI catches heat, HS kids catch a hacking rap, and Albany catches a ransomware infection Roundup Plus, JavaScript card sniffer's go under the microscope Security06 Apr 2019 | 11
Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%' Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 Security19 Mar 2019 | 10
Yelp-for-MAGAs app maker is warned there are holes in its code. Does it A. Just fix the problem, or B. Threaten to call the FBI, too? Or C. It's all a libtard plot? Security12 Mar 2019 | 62
Iranian-backed hackers ransacked Citrix, swiped 6TB+ of emails, docs, secrets, claims cyber-biz Updated Remote-desktop giant 'among more than 200 govt agencies, oil, gas, tech corps' hit by gang Security08 Mar 2019 | 69
FBI boss: Never mind Russia and social media, China ransacks US biz for blueprints, secrets at 'surprisingly' huge scale RSA 'Espionage and criminal investigations ... almost all of which lead back to Beijing' Security05 Mar 2019 | 18
ACLU: Here's how FBI tried to force Facebook to wiretap its chat app. Judge: Oh no you don't Federal court shoots down attempt to reveal Feds' decryption demands Security13 Feb 2019 | 28
I'm a crime-fighter, says FamilyTreeDNA boss after being caught giving folks' DNA data to FBI Comment I would never betray the trust of customers, says man perhaps doing exactly that Science01 Feb 2019 | 115
WhamWham, bambam, no thank you, SamSam: Iranians accused by the Feds of orchestrating ransomware outbreak Duo raked in $6m in extortion payments after scrambling victims' files, it is claimed Security28 Nov 2018 | 15
Your specialist subject? The bleedin' obvious... Feds warn of RDP woe We'd assume sysadmins knew this, if SamSam wasn't still rampaging through networks Security28 Sep 2018 | 33
No, the Mirai botnet masters aren't going to jail. Why? 'Cos they help Feds nab cyber-crims Probation, comm service for poachers turned gamekeepers Security20 Sep 2018 | 11
US Treasury goes after IT shops for funneling cash to North Korea Meanwhile, Norks deny Sony hacker ever existed Legal14 Sep 2018 | 9
New MeX-Files: The curious case of an evacuated US solar lab, the FBI – and bananas conspiracy theories Of course, it's huge sun flares, Chinese spying, or ALIENS Science14 Sep 2018 | 67
Voting machine maker vows to step up security, Fortnite bribes players to do 2FA – and more Roundup Plus: Feds break up another 'dark-net drugs op' Security27 Aug 2018 | 18
The wheel turns slowly, but it turns: Feds emit IoT security tip sheet Alexa! Are you part of a botnet? Edge + IoT03 Aug 2018 | 13
The End for Fin7: Feds cuff suspected super-crooks after $$$m stolen from 15m+ credit cards Three alleged ringleaders nabbed in EU, indicted in US Security01 Aug 2018 | 14
FBI boss: We went to the Moon, so why can't we have crypto backdoors? – and more this week Roundup The good, the bad, and the ugly from infosec Security28 Jul 2018 | 120
Yar, thar she blows: Corp-cash-stealing email whaling attacks now a $12.5bn industry Business accounts worth their weight in gold to scammers Security17 Jul 2018 | 11
Apple emits iPhone cop-block update – plus iOS, macOS, Safari patches Grab those updates, including iOS 11.4.1 which may close off USB to prying Feds Software09 Jul 2018 | 18
Four US govt agencies poke probe in Facebook following more 'oops, we spilled your data' shocks Giving dozens of devs access to profiles suddenly looks dumb Security03 Jul 2018 | 30
IEEE joins the ranks of non-backdoored strong cryptography defenders 'Exceptional access' is a really bad idea, says standards-setter, but one-off malware is cool Security28 Jun 2018 | 17
Former FBI boss Comey used private email for official business – DoJ 'I did not have an unclassified FBI connection at home that worked' Security15 Jun 2018 | 53
Scammers ahoy! International police operation harpoons 74 email whaling suspects Major win against business email compromise losses Security11 Jun 2018 | 10
FBI fingers North Korea for two malware strains 'Joanap' and 'Brambul' harvest info about your systems and send it home Security30 May 2018 | 12
FBI to World+Dog: Please, try turning it off and turning it back on Feds trying to catalogue VPNFilter infections Security28 May 2018 | 31
FBI agents take aim at VPNFilter botnet, point finger at Russia, yell 'national security threat' Feds warn admins malware is rather tough to destroy Security24 May 2018 | 14
FBI's flawed phone tally blamed on programming error. 7,800 unbreakable mobes? Er, um... We meant 1,000. Maybe 2,000 Legal23 May 2018 | 45
Drone 'swarm' buzzed off FBI surveillance bods, says tech bloke UAV arms race with drug lords is upon us Personal Tech04 May 2018 | 50
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, oi oi oi! Tech zillionaire Ray's backdoor crypto for the Feds is Clipper chip v2 Analysis Lotus Notes man has a plan... and a patent Security27 Apr 2018 | 60
US, UK cyber cops warn Russians are rooting around in your routers After all, it's where all your data is flowing through Security16 Apr 2018 | 77
Congressional group asks FBI boss Wray to explain Apple lawsuit How dark can crims really go? Legal16 Apr 2018 | 22
'Housemate from hell' catches 24 new charges after alleged nightmare cyberstalking spree Masshole 'targeted women, families, friends with abuse' Personal Tech10 Apr 2018 | 32
Did the FBI engineer its iPhone encryption court showdown with Apple to force a precedent? Yes and no, say DoJ auditors Analysis Official report blows lid on behind-the-scenes Security27 Mar 2018 | 46
FBI raids home of spy sat techie over leak of secret comms source code on Facebook Ex-NRO bod also allegedly swiped $340k of espionage kit plus classified files Security20 Mar 2018 | 72
FBI chief asks tech industry to build crypto-busting not-a-backdoor 'You guys can build anything if you put your mind to it' is the gist of the argument Legal08 Mar 2018 | 125
Fresh docs detail 10-year link between Geek Squad informers and Feds Best Buy red-faced after earlier denials Channel07 Mar 2018 | 67
Tor pedo's torpedo torpedoed: FBI spyware crossed the line but was in good faith, say judges Analysis Playpen pervert fails to convince appeals court Security24 Feb 2018 | 42