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The Notorious Lockbit Ransomware Gang Has Been Disrupted by Law Enforcement

By Matt Burgess
LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world’s most prolific ransomware groups.

Congress Sure Made a Lot of Noise About Kids’ Privacy in 2023—and Not Much Else

By Matt Laslo
Members of the US Congress touted improvements to children’s privacy protections as an urgent priority. So why didn’t they do anything about it?

Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down

By Paul Ducklin
The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back...

NYPD Body Cam Data Shows the Scale of Violence Against Protesters

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth.

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command, Variety Jones, Gets 20 Years in Prison

By Andy Greenberg
Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first dark-web drug market.

UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more

By Naked Security writer
Not just that infamous Twitter hack, but SIM-swapping, stalking and swatting too...

Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years

By Paul Ducklin
Gozi threesome from way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s now all charged, convicted and sentenced. The DOJ got there in the end...

History revisited: US DOJ unseals Mt. Gox cybercrime charges

By Naked Security writer
Though the mills of the Law grind slowly/Yet they grind exceeding small/Though with patience they stand waiting/With exactness grind they all...

S3 Ep137: 16th century crypto skullduggery

By Paul Ducklin
Lots to learn, clearly explained in plain English... listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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Ransomware tales: The MitM attack that really had a Man in the Middle

By Paul Ducklin
Another traitorous sysadmin story, this one busted by system logs that gave his game away...

Phone scamming kingpin gets 13 years for running “iSpoof” service

By Naked Security writer
Site marketing video promised total anonymity, but that was a lie. 170 arrested already. Potentially 1000s more to follow.

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US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment

By Naked Security writer
"Up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of this defendant."

Google wins court order to force ISPs to filter botnet traffic

By Naked Security writer
CryptBot criminals are alleged to have plundered browser passwords, illicitly-snapped screenshots, cryptocurrency account data, and more.

Ex-CEO of breached pyschotherapy clinic gets prison sentence for bad data security

By Paul Ducklin
Did the sentence fit the crime? Read the backstory, and then have your say in our comments! (You may post anonymously.)

DoppelPaymer ransomware supsects arrested in Germany and Ukraine

By Naked Security writer
Devices seized, suspects interrogated and arrested, allegedly connected to devastating cyberattack on University Hospital in Düsseldorf.

Dutch police arrest three cyberextortion suspects who allegedly earned millions

By Naked Security writer
Ever paid hush money to crooks who broke into your network? Wondered how much you can trust them?

S3 Ep118: Guess your password? No need if it’s stolen already! [Audio + Text]

By Paul Ducklin
As always: entertaining, informative and educational... and not bogged down with jargon! Listen (or read) now...

S3 Ep108: You hid THREE BILLION dollars in a popcorn tin?

By Paul Ducklin
Patches, busts, leaks and why even low-likelihood exploits can be high-severity risks - listen now!

Silk Road drugs market hacker pleads guilty, faces 20 years inside

By Paul Ducklin
Jurisprudence isn't like arithmetic... two negatives never make a positive!

NetWalker ransomware affiliate sentenced to 20 years by Florida court

By Naked Security writer
Judge tells the accused that if he hadn't pleaded guilty, "I would have given you life."

BEC fraudster and romance scammer sent to prison for 25 years

By Paul Ducklin
Two years of scamming + $10 million leeched = 25 years in prison. Just in time for #Cybermonth.

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Last member of Gozi malware troika arrives in US for criminal trial

By Paul Ducklin
His co-conspirators went into and got out of prison years ago, while he remained free. Now the tables have turned...

Interpol busts 2000 suspects in phone scamming takedown

By Paul Ducklin
Friends don't let friends get scammed. Not everyone knows how typical scams unfold, so here are some real-world examples...

SSNDOB Market domains seized, identity theft “brokerage” shut down

By Paul Ducklin
The online identity "brokerage" SSNDOB Market didn't want people to be in any doubt what it was selling.

He sold cracked passwords for a living – now he’s serving 4 years in prison

By Paul Ducklin
Crooks don't need a password for every user on your network to break in and wreak havoc. One could be enough...

US cryptocurrency coder gets 5 years for North Korea sanctions busting

By Naked Security writer
Cryptocurrency expert didn't take "No" for an answer when the US authorities said he couldn't pursue cryptocoin opps in North Korea.

Serious Security: Darkweb drugs market Hydra taken offline by German police

By Paul Ducklin
Why are Tor sites hard to locate and therefore difficult to take down? We explain in plain English...

LAPSUS$ hacks continue despite two hacker suspects in court

By Paul Ducklin
Do you know where in your company to report security anomalies? If you receive such reports, do you have an efficient way to process them?

UK police arrest 7 hacking suspects – have they bust the LAPSUS$ gang?

By Naked Security writer
Seven alleged hackers have been arrested in the UK. But who are they, and which hacking crew are they from?

Alleged Kaseya ransomware attacker arrives in Texas for trial

By Naked Security writer
The US Independence Day weekend of 2021 wasn't much of a holiday for cybersecurity staff. That was when the Kaseya attack unfolded...

Self-styled “Crocodile of Wall Street” arrested with husband over Bitcoin megaheist

By Naked Security writer
The cops say they've recovered 80% of a $72 million cryptocoin heist... but the recovered funds alone are now worth over $4 billion!

Alleged carder gang mastermind and three acolytes under arrest in Russia

By Naked Security writer
The motto of the gang was "In Fraud We Trust", and they went by a dizzying range of online nicknames.

Kaseya ransomware suspect nabbed in Poland, $6m seized from absent colleague

By Naked Security writer
Suspects nabbed, millions seized, in ransomware busts across the globe.

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