Two charged with hacking company filings out of SEC’s EDGAR system

They’re charged with phishing and inflicting malware to get into the EDGAR filing system, stealing thousands of filings, and selling access.

Hackers break into newswire services, trade on what they find

Some financially-motivated hackers go straight for the money, but others take a more circuitous route, going after information that they can use for profit. That’s what criminals convicted this week did until they were caught in 2015, earning millions in ill-gotten gains.

Zeus and SpyEye crime syndicate taken down by Europol

A European operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust has dismantled an online crime syndicate thought to have caused €2m of damage with the Zeus and SpyEye banking trojans.