Police arrests Ukrainian scareware developer after 10-year hunt
The Spanish National Police has apprehended a Ukrainian national wanted internationally for his involvement in a scareware operation spanning from…
Genesis Market infrastructure and inventory sold on hacker forum
The administrators of the Genesis Market for stolen credentials announced on a hacker forum that they sold the store and…
BreachForums owner Pompompurin pleads guilty to hacking charges
20-year-old Conor Brian Fitzpatrick aka Pompompurin, the owner of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum, has pleaded guilty to charges of…
SEO Expert Hired and Fired By Ashley Madison Turned on Company, Promising Revenge
[This is Part II of a story published here last week on reporting that went into a new Hulu documentary…
Migrants say San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies make it so easy to sell drugs, it’s fueling a real estate boom in Honduras
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle found that sanctuary city policies aided drug dealers from Honduras so much that…
Top Suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison Hack Committed Suicide in 2014
When the marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com learned in July 2015 that hackers were threatening to publish data stolen from 37…
Ransomware Affiliates, Triple Extortion, and the Dark Web Ecosystem
In recent years a complex cybercrime ecosystem has emerged across Tor and illicit channels on Telegram. In this article, Flare…
FTC proposes rule to ban fake reviews and similar shady practices plaguing consumers
The Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed rule Friday meant to crack down on fake reviews notorious for deceiving consumers…
FBI seizes BreachForums after arresting its owner Pompompurin in March
U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum three months after…
New Condi malware builds DDoS botnet out of TP-Link AX21 routers
A new DDoS-as-a-Service botnet called "Condi" emerged in May 2023, exploiting a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers…