I built an artificial intelligence that not only calls scammers to waste their time, but can steal their account information to help get them shut down (and it's working) Video 16:22 8 votes
Facebook helped arrest a 17-year-old for having an abortion facebook social media privacy Link 13 votes
Mexican scam loan apps will edit your face onto X-rated photos and send them to your family Article 1290 words, published Jul 21 2022 8 votes
She was a notorious hacker in the '80s - then she disappeared: Searching for Susy Thunder Article 6980 words, published Jan 26 2022 19 votes
Winning the war on ransomware - The DOJ’s task force is changing the landscape around hackers, but will it be enough? security.cyber Article 1378 words 4 votes
Crime prediction software promised to be free of biases. New data shows it perpetuates them. Article 4775 words, published Dec 2 2021 15 votes
Former Ubiquiti employee charged for data theft and attemtping to extort his employer security Article 590 words 8 votes
After releasing full database of LGBTQ dating website, Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients security.cyber Article 791 words 9 votes
Fraudsters cloned company director’s voice in $35 million bank heist, police find security Article 821 words 8 votes
Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police security privacy Article 4002 words 14 votes
Los Angeles Police Department told to collect the social media information of every civilian they interview, including individuals who are not arrested or accused of a crime social media privacy Article 1500 words 14 votes
Former eBay security manager sentenced to eighteen months in prison for his role in cyber-stalking campaign against eBay critics Article 504 words 13 votes
18-year-old member of online harassment group sentenced to five years in prison after "swatting" the owner of a desirable Twitter handle, resulting in a fatal heart attack social media Article 1275 words 31 votes
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China – attack had utilised a security hole in Microsoft's Exchange software microsoft security.cyber Article 341 words 10 votes
US Department of Justice recovers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware extortionists security.cyber Article 883 words 17 votes
US FBI secretly ran the An0m encrypted messaging platform, yields hundreds of arrests in global sting Article 249 words 7 votes
Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law Article 1725 words 12 votes
Heat List - Chicago PD automated policing program got this man shot twice Article 5235 words 10 votes
DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized security.cyber Article 577 words 17 votes
Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records privacy security.cyber Article 447 words 10 votes
A closer look at the DarkSide ransomware gang, which was responsible for the recent attack on Colonial Pipeline security.cyber Article 1381 words 15 votes
Australian Criminal Intelligence Agency looking to expand it's intelligence gathering powers by claiming that criminals use encrypted platforms 'almost exclusively' privacy Link 19 votes
Midnight Sun K-Pop ‘pirates’ being reported to INTERPOL, streaming platform warns Article 891 words 6 votes
New York Attorney General issues report detailing millions of fake comments, revealing secret campaign to influence FCC’s 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules Article 1035 words 28 votes
Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong Article 665 words 20 votes
Drug cartel now assassinates its enemies with bomb-toting drones Article 872 words, published Aug 28 2020 17 votes
A twenty-year-old man was fatally shot while filming a YouTube "prank" robbery social media Article 193 words 16 votes
ADT employee covertly accessed about 200 security cameras he installed to spy on people having sex privacy security.home Article 472 words 9 votes
Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill - The CASE Act and a felony streaming proposal are included Article 448 words 36 votes
Why the extortion of Vastaamo matters far beyond Finland – and how cyber pros are responding privacy security.cyber Article 968 words 4 votes
FBI, DHS, HHS warn of imminent, credible ransomware threat against US hospitals Article 678 words 13 votes
Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation security.cyber Article 39 words 6 votes
Telegrass and the next generation of digital black markets - Telegram-based services are facilitating much of the drug sales in Ukraine, Israel, and other countries Article 2676 words 13 votes
US indictments and raids of piracy group members in "The Scene" throw top-tier piracy world into chaos Article 1146 words 28 votes
Seventeen-year-old in Tampa, Florida arrested and accused of "masterminding" the compromises of prominent Twitter accounts on July 15, charged with thirty felonies security social media Article 1094 words 34 votes
CyberBunker: The "bulletproof web hosting" company based in a German Cold War bunker that became a dark-web empire Article 11 053 words 10 votes
Hundreds arrested after European law enforcement agencies monitored over 100 million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by criminals privacy Article 2927 words 20 votes
US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals privacy Article 17 votes
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as British Columbia judge rules extradition bid should proceed Article 984 words 7 votes
Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen microsoft security Article 375 words 11 votes
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect. privacy google Article 1146 words 18 votes
I got a Ring doorbell camera. It scared the hell out of me. amazon privacy security.home Article 1905 words, published Feb 13 2020 11 votes
What to know before you buy or install an Amazon Ring camera amazon privacy security.home Article 1348 words 8 votes
Report detailing online activity of US Coast Guard officer accused of domestic terrorism shows extensive searches on white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and thousands of visits to /r/MGTOW Article 986 words 18 votes
Ponzi schemes, private yachts, and a missing $250 million in crypto: The strange tale of Quadriga and its founder's mysterious death Article 8102 words 8 votes