- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 7th, 2016
Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Others Unite to Oppose the FBI's New Spying Powers
FBI wants to expand the powers of National Security Letters
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 3rd, 2016
FBI Warns of a Few New Tricks in Tech Support Scams
Scammers pose as government agents, ISP employees, more
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
FBI Warns of Bitcoin-Based Extortion Attempts Following Recent Mega Breaches
Crooks ask from $500 to $2,500 to keep quiet
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 29th, 2016
FBI Raids Home of Researcher Who Alerted Company of Publicly Exposed Data
FBI brings guns to the house of a security researcher with three kids, all because of a publicly available FTP server
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 25th, 2016
FBI: Ransomware Complaints Doubled in 2015
BEC scams caused the most damages: $246 million
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 24th, 2016
FBI Warns Against Wireless Keystroke Loggers Disguised as USB Chargers
Alert is for companies that use wireless Microsoft keyboards
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22nd, 2016
African Hacker Phished His Way into $2 Million Worth of Airline Tickets
Suspect caught after three years at large
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 12th, 2016
Mozilla Motions FBI to Disclose Potential Firefox, Tor Browser Zero-Day
Mozilla wants to fix issue before disclosed to other parties
- iPhone
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 9th, 2016
FBI Asked to Hack Another iPhone, This Time in Louisiana
The iPhone could store key info for criminal investigation
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
FBI Seeks to Keep Its Biometrics Database Above the Law
Agency doesn't want to report anymore about how it uses the database, and whose details are stored inside it
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
Tor Developer Accuses the FBI of Harassment
Tor developer Isis Agora Lovecruft explains her unpleasant dealings with the FBI for the past six months
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 5th, 2016
Ransomware Infections Grew 14 Percent in Early 2016, April the Worst Month
Here's the latest sitrep from the ransomware frontline
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 28th, 2016
Former Tor Developer Helped the FBI by Creating Malware to Go After Tor Users
Edman helped bring down Silk Road and other Dark Web scum
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 27th, 2016
Estonian Behind DNSChanger Malware Gets 7 Years in Prison
Only one crook from Operation Ghost Click is still at large
- iPhone
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 23rd, 2016
FBI Hacks New York iPhone
This is the second iPhone hacked in just two months
- iPhone
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 22nd, 2016
FBI Paid $1.3 Million to Hack an iPhone That Contained No Terrorist Data
FBI director reveals how much the bureau paid for the hack
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 20th, 2016
FBI Warns Farmers About the Dangers of Hackable IoT Farm Equipment
Farms should be wary of data breaches and hacktivists