05 Mar U.S. sanctions Predator spyware operators for spying on AmericansThe U.S. has imposed sanctions on two individuals and five entities linked to the development and distribution of the Predator commercial spyware used to target Americans, including government officials and journalists. […]
01 Mar Germany takes down cybercrime market with over 180,000 usersThe Düsseldorf Police in Germany have seized Crimemarket, a massive German-speaking illicit trading platform with over 180,000 users, arresting six people, including one of its operators. […]
01 Mar U.S. charges Iranian for hacks on defense orgs, offers $10M for infoThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has unveiled an indictment against Alireza Shafie Nasab, a 39-year-old Iranian national, for his role in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. government and defense entities. […]
23 Feb FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive ‘free’ online filing adsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. […]
07 Feb Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to GoogleThe Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country’s schools. […]
02 Feb BTC-e server admin indicted for laundering ransom payments, stolen cryptoAliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national, has been indicted in the U.S. for his involvement in an international cybercrime money laundering operation. […]
02 Feb Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrimeAn international law enforcement operation code-named ‘Synergia’ has taken down over 1,300 command and control servers used in ransomware, phishing, and malware campaigns. […]
31 Jan Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy siteThe police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet. […]
20 Jan Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosureA German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data. […]
19 Jan FTC bans one more data broker from selling your location infoThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to target data brokers, this time in a settlement with InMarket Media, which bans the company from selling Americans’ precise location data. […]