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How ‘Deleted’ Yahoo Emails Led to a 20-Year Drug Trafficking Conviction

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Yahoo has provided statements from staff and other information explaining what happened, but the defense says it’s not enough. Continue reading How ‘Deleted’ Yahoo Emails Led to a 20-Year Drug Trafficking Conviction→

Posted in Drugs, email, Inbox, Internet Insecurity, Keys & Kilos, Law, surveillance, Yahoo

How the Feds Use Photoshop to Track Down Pedophiles

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

From Photoshop to more fine-grained tool, law enforcement agents use photo and video manipulation to identify pedophiles, even those who use the dark web. Continue reading How the Feds Use Photoshop to Track Down Pedophiles→

Posted in child pornography, crime, homeland security, internet crime, Photoshop, Playpen, policing

How Small Banks Fend Off Hackers

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Banks with security teams of just two people have to face up to the same kind of threats as their much larger counterparts. Continue reading How Small Banks Fend Off Hackers→

Posted in banks, cybersecurity, finance, malvertising, money, Security, Shut the Back Door, SWIFT

​One of the World’s Largest Botnets Has Vanished

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Researchers have reported huge drops in traffic for two of the most popular pieces of malware which rely on the Necurs network. Continue reading ​One of the World’s Largest Botnets Has Vanished→

Posted in Botnets, dridex, Hacking, locky, malware, necurs, Ransomware, Security

The Troubling Metadata Sharing Program That Was Just Revealed in the UK

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Through MILKWHITE, low level agencies such as the Metropolitan Police can access metadata collected by GCHQ. Continue reading The Troubling Metadata Sharing Program That Was Just Revealed in the UK→

Posted in GCHQ, mass surveillance, metadata, Metropolitan Police, milkwhite, National Crime Agency, Snowden, The Intercept, UK, Whatsapp

Another Day, Another Hack: 100 Million Accounts for VK, Russia’s Facebook

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

The data includes email addresses, plain text passwords, phone numbers, and names. Continue reading Another Day, Another Hack: 100 Million Accounts for VK, Russia’s Facebook→

Posted in Another Day Another Hack, Facebook, MySpace, passwords, Peace, Security, VK

The 90s Hacking Trick Making a Comeback

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Hackers are bringing back a cheap, dirty old trick: Macros. Continue reading The 90s Hacking Trick Making a Comeback→

Posted in Citizen Lab, hackers, Hacking, macros, malware, Microsoft Office, Rori Donaghy, Social Engineering, ukraine cyber attacks

Another Day, Another Hack: Furry Site Hacked, Content Deleted

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

“Fur Affinity” pushed a password reset after its source code was shared by hackers. Continue reading Another Day, Another Hack: Furry Site Hacked, Content Deleted→

Posted in Another Day Another Hack, Fur Affinity, furries, Hacking, Hacks, ImageMagick, Internet Insecurity, passwords

An Admin’s Foolish Errors Helped the FBI Unmask Child Porn Site ‘Playpen’

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

Unsealed documents show a misconfigured server and some poor opsec helped lead law enforcement to their target. Continue reading An Admin’s Foolish Errors Helped the FBI Unmask Child Porn Site ‘Playpen’→

Posted in child pornography, dark web, fbi, human error, Internet, mistakes, OPSEC, Playpen, tor

You Don’t See This Often: Simultaneous FBI, DHS, and DoD Cyber Espionage Alerts

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Joseph Cox for Motherboard

The alerts concern a prolonged hacking campaign against US government and contractor networks, likely originating from China. Continue reading You Don’t See This Often: Simultaneous FBI, DHS, and DoD Cyber Espionage Alerts→

Posted in china, cyber espionage, DHS, dod, fbi, Hacking, Internet Insecurity, Security

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