The former acting director of cybersecurity for the US Department of Health and Human Services is one of 6 so far to be convicted in an ongoing FBI investigation that used drive-by malware to track the online activities of child abusers. 
Tag Archives: FBI
‘Sloppy’ North Korean Sony attackers let their IP addresses slip, says FBI
FBI director James Comey has stuck to the bureau’s conclusion that the North Korean government is behind the mammoth cyber attack on Sony Pictures, giving out a few more crumbs to explain his conviction.
FBI in tough competition for cybersecurity talent
The FBI is adding cyber special agent to the top of its most wanted list, as the US law enforcement agency grapples with a shortage of employees with cybersecurity training. 
FBI offers $1 million reward for anybody who can help catch online car scam fugitive
The alleged kingpin behind a multimillion-dollar online car selling scam, Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, just made it onto the FBI’s 10 Most-Wanted Cyber Fugitives list. 
Alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0 busted, charged in NYC
The FBI on Thursday arrested Blake Benthall, also known as “Defcon”, for allegedly being kingpin 2.0 of Silk Road 2.0, and the Feds said they won’t get tired of shutting down Silk Roads whenever they spring up.
FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go “too far” with default encryption
FBI Director James Comey says Apple and Google go too far with default encryption settings on mobile devices, including the iPhone 6 and Nexus 6 running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Does the FBI really have a legal right to exploit encryption backdoors to pursue suspects?
FBI’s warrantless ‘hack’ of Silk Road was legal, prosecutors claim
Even if FBI agents did hack their way into the Silk Road without a warrant – and they’re most certainly not confessing to that, mind you – the intrusion would have been an upstanding, law-abiding, Fourth Amendment-respecting act of criminal investigation, the government argued in a Monday court filing. 
Disgruntled employees are increasingly e-sabotaging businesses, FBI says
Employees with an axe to grind are increasingly sticking it to their current or former employers by carrying out “computer network exploitation and disruption”, the FBI says. 
Tor users could be FBI’s main target if legal power grab succeeds
The US Department of Justice is proposing a power grab that would make it easier for domestic law enforcement to break into computers of people trying to protect their anonymity via Tor or other anonymizing technologies. 
Chinese hackers breached US military contractors, says Senate report
Military contractors for the US Transportation Command were breached by hackers associated with the Chinese government at least 20 times in one year, according to a report released Wednesday by the US Senate Armed Services Committee.