Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18 million. Cryptowall is one of the most nefarious ransomware in the wild, in twelve months the FBI has estimated that the overall losses were more than $18 million. Ransomware implements a classic extortion scheme typically demanding that victims pay ransom […]
A cyber attack against the ground computer systems of the Polish flagship carrier LOT grounded more than 1,400 passengers at Warsaw’s Okecie airport. The Polish national airline, LOT, announced on Sunday that it has cancelled 10 flights due to a cyber attack against the airline’s ground computer systems at Warsaw’s Okecie airport. “Today afternoon LOT […]
NIST is seeking more advanced tattoo forensic analysis, matching the tattoos into a computer system could help law enforcement to catch more offenders. One in five American adults has at least one tattoo and this number is much higher among the criminal population. Law enforcement has used tattoos as a means of criminals and victim […]
Belgian law enforcement exploited end-to-end encryption gaps in WhatsApp to intercept messages exchanged between members of a Chechen jihadist group. According to a report published by Bloomberg, two men were arrested and warrants were issued for other three suspects that were allegedly preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium. The interesting part of the news is that law […]
The US Air Force bombed an ISIS HeadQuarter after tracking location through the analysis of the imaged posted on social media platforms. ISIS members make professional use of social media for propaganda and to recruit new sympathizers, but intelligence agencies are trying to exploit every little mistake to track down the terrorist cells. Air Force […]
The computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that he obtained the control of at least one commercial flight causing it to “climb”. A new search warrant filed in a federal court in New York state published Friday by the Canadian website APTN revealed that the aviation computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that […]
FBI and security researchers have uncovered fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with the tragic Nepal earthquake. Cyber criminals have no scruples, they are always ready to exploit any tragedy to maximize their profits exploiting the interest of people in disastrous events. The last tragedy in order of time is the earthquake that hit […]
Italian police with the support of the Europol and the FBI arrested 10 members of a criminal gang that targeted many individuals and firms across the Europe. Italian law enforcement Guardia di Finanza with the support of the Europol and the FBI arrested ten members of a criminal organization operating in Italy and involved in Internet scams. […]
Law enforcement dismantled the Simda botnet in an international joint effort that involved also most important private security firms. Another joint operation conducted by law enforcement worldwide and private firms has dismantled the Simda botnet, investigators seized 14 Command and control servers, ten of which located in the Netherlands. Other C&C servers were located found […]
The FBI is warning that individuals sympathetic to the ISIS are running mass-hacking websites exploiting known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The FBI is warning administrators of WordPress websites about the possibility of cyber attacks carried out by sympathizers of the ISIS terrorist group. Unfortunately, it is quite simple to compromise websites based on the popular content management system (CMS) that […]