Security/

3w ago

FinCEN crypto scam alert tells banks how to flag overseas fraud networks

FinCEN says $12.7 billion in reported suspicious activity was tied to suspected digital-asset investment scams, and deta...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

3w ago

Oleksii Lytvynenko gets four-year U.S. sentence over Conti role

A Ukrainian national received four years for wire-fraud conspiracy after admitting he held stolen Conti data and coded m...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

3w ago

Malware traffic analysis: how to examine a PCAP

Malware traffic analysis examines captured packets for suspicious communications and records the artifacts worth investi...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

3w ago

RSA encryption explained: keys, math and a worked example

RSA uses a public key to encrypt a short secret for a recipient and a private key to decrypt it. Its security is related...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

3w ago

FBI investigates Nexus listings of 153 million driver’s license scans

The FBI is examining a dark-web service that advertised millions of ID scans, while the claimed breach source and record...

By Dana Voss

3w ago

Berlin reviews stolen login credentials published after government data leak

Berlin is assessing newly published credentials from an August breach, but officials do not know what they access or whe...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

4w ago

Amir Yaryab: US offers up to $10 million for information

The State Department is seeking information on an Iranian cyber official it alleges directed or oversaw groups targeting...

By Dana Voss

4w ago

US-UK scam center agreement sets joint fraud investigations

U.S. and UK agencies will run parallel scam-center cases, share information and plan a London disruption event in Octobe...

By Dana Voss

4w ago

UK account hack losses reach £6.3m as reporting system changes

Victim-reported losses from hacked accounts rose 417%, though police say the new Report Fraud system makes comparisons d...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Eagle S cable case returns to Finnish court after appeals ruling

Finland’s appeals court restored the Eagle S prosecution, ruling alleged conduct after official contact was not a protec...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Germany foreign intelligence cyberattacks tied to China and Russia in survey

A Bitkom survey found 37% of affected German firms attributed an incident to foreign intelligence, though the claims are...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Australia charges alleged TeamPCP hackers over open-source supply-chain attacks

Two Western Australian men face 14 charges after police alleged malicious open-source code compromised more than 1,000 o...

By Dana Voss