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eBay’s tumble into an ignoble existence has been fast and furious. This past week we saw six former eBay executives charged with cyberstalking, all of whom had been fired following the company’s August 2019 investigation into allegations they ha… Continue reading eBay Employees Charged With Cyberstalking Critics
An internal investigation into the 2016 CIA breach condemned the agency’s security measures, saying it “focused more on building up cyber tools than keeping them secure.” Continue reading Theft of CIA’s ‘Vault 7’ Secrets Tied to ‘Woefully Lax” Security
Should law enforcement agencies be alerted every time a potential breach occurs? The DoJ thinks so. At a hearing on March 4 before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Department of Justice (DoJ) Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Asset P… Continue reading DoJ Calls for Mandatory Data Breach Reporting to Law Enforcement
Scammers who have been taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic by spreading COVID-19-themed spearphishing emails have caught the attention of the Department of Justice. In a memo sent to all U.S. attorneys Monday, Attorney General William Barr prioritized prosecuting cybercriminals seeking to exploit fears about the coronavirus. “The pandemic is dangerous enough without wrongdoers seeking to profit from public panic and this sort of conduct cannot be tolerated,” Barr said in the memo, which CyberScoop has obtained. For months, scammers have been impersonating health authorities such as the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in order to send malware in coronavirus-themed spearphishing emails to victims worried about infection or community spread of the virus. Some campaigns have targeted populations especially affected by the virus, including Italy and Iran, according to security researchers. Iran’s own ministry of health has been urging citizens to download an app […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday unsealed a 2014 indictment that appears to accuse a current cybersecurity executive in an alleged conspiracy to sell usernames and passwords belonging to American customers of the social media company Formspring in 2012. The man identified in the indictment, Nikita Kislitsin, allegedly received data stolen from Formspring, then tried to sell that information to others. A man with the same name is currently listed as head of network security at Group-IB, a cybersecurity vendor with offices in Moscow and Singapore. CyberScoop has reached out to Group-IB to determine if Kislitsin is still an employee. The company did not provide a response as of Thursday morning, Eastern U.S. time. U.S. prosecutors have not alleged any wrongdoing by Group-IB. The Department of Justice’s office in the Northern District of California did not respond to requests for comment seeking clarification. Kistlitsin did not return messages seeking comment. Ties to @Udalite U.S. prosecutors say Nikita Kislitsin […]
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Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei and a number of its subsidiaries were charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets and racketeering in a federal indictment made public Thursday. The charges, filed by prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York, build on a prior indictment, announced a year ago, alleging that the Shenzhen-based company had engaged in a pattern of criminal behavior that included the theft of trade secrets from U.S. firms including T-Mobile. The superseding indictment unsealed Thursday comes amid a years-long argument from U.S. officials that Huawei, as a Chinese company, presents a national security threat. Now, Huawei, the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunication equipment, also is accused of stealing source code and manuals from other vendors’ internet routers, robot-testing technology, and antenna technology, then using its subsidiaries to reinvest money made from this alleged racketeering activity. The charges also accuse the company of flouting U.S. sanctions by operating subsidiaries in North Korea and Iran. The government in Tehran […]
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Dark web marketplace moderator Bryan Connor Herrell pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiring to engage in a racketeer-influenced corrupt organization. While the infamous Silk Road made a lot more headlines, another dark web market place had ma… Continue reading AlphaBay Dark Web Market Moderator Faces up to 20 Years in Prison
The agency changed its policy to provide more timely and actionable information to state and local election officials in the case of a cybersecurity breach to election infrastructure. Continue reading FBI Plans to Inform States of Election Breaches
Legal battle pitting Feds against the tech giant over data privacy and device security in criminal cases seems inevitable. Continue reading Trump Slams Apple for Refusing to Unlock Suspected Shooter’s iPhones
Refusal to unlock the phones of a Florida shooter could set up another legal battle between Apple and the Feds over data privacy in the case of criminal investigations. Continue reading Apple Denies FBI Request to Unlock Shooter’s iPhone—Again