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Tag Archives: FBI
Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
S2 Ep 41: Super-sized ransomware, FBI v Apple and AirPods hot or not – Naked Security Podcast
The latest Naked Security podcast is out now!
FBI finally unlock shooter’s iPhones, berate Apple for not helping
The FBI’s Apple problem.
Cash-flashing rapper charged with money laundering for BTC-e
The FBI nabbed “Plinofficial” when he arrived at Miami airport carrying $20K cash, allegedly made off of the defunct, fraud-fav exchange.
US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers
UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.
FBI takes down hacker platform Deer.io
It was a top crooks’ market, with over 24,000 shops doing brisk business selling credentials for Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, and more.
NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners
The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond.
Human traffickers use social media oversharing to gain victims’ trust
Posts about money or family trouble are being used to gain trust by those who force victims into sex work or slavery, the FBI warns.
Watch out for Office 365 and G Suite scams, FBI warns businesses
The FBI has warned users of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite hosted email about Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams.