Kenneth Schuchman, the creator of the massive Satori botnet of enslaved devices, will be spending 13 months behind bars.
Tag Archives: Security threats
REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more
The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities’ legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.
Twitter apologizes for leaking businesses’ financial data
Twitter emailed business clients to tell them that their financial data may have been seen by the uninvited.
‘BlueLeaks’ exposes sensitive files from hundreds of police departments
The journalist collective DDoSecrets published nearly 270GB of data on Juneteenth: the date commemorating the end of US enslavement.
Hacker indicted for stealing 65K employees’ PII in medical center hack
The Detroit man allegedly bragged about wanting to “play with Peoplesoft” – the HR management software he called “basically HR in a box.”
More ad fraud apps found hiding on Google Play Store
Fraudulent Android app developers have been discovered trying to manipulate Google’s Play Store security by removing suspicious code before adding it back in to see what trips detection systems.
‘Anonymous’ takes down Atlanta Police Dept. site after police shooting
Hackers affiliating themselves with the hacktivist label have joined the Black Lives Matter backlash after a fatal police shooting on Friday.
Nuclear missile contractor hacked in Maze ransomware attack
Attackers hacked and encrypted the computers of a contractor whose clients include the US military, government agencies and major military contractors.
Amtrak breached, some customers’ logins and PII potentially exposed
The US rail service hasn’t disclosed the number of passengers affected in a 16 April breach.
Hacker posts database stolen from Dark Net free hosting provider DH
Some 7,600 dark-web sites were obliterated in an attack on the most popular provider of .onion free hosting services, Daniel’s Hosting.