Tagged: FBI & News
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Internet Doomsday and DNSChanger: do not fall to the Doom News
25.04.2012 On 9 July the FBI are threatening to pull the plug on a server that is costing them too much but which protects more than 300,000 computers worldwide infected by an insidious... -
LulzSec hackers reborn with military dating website attack? News
28.03.2012 Hacker group LulzSec has apparently undergone a type of resurrection. A new flurry of hackers, calling themselves LulzSec reborn, are claiming to have exposed more than 170,000... -
Florida man to plead guilty to celebrity account hacking News
23.03.2012 Christopher Chaney, a 35-year-old from Jacksonville in Florida, is set to plead guilty to federal charges in the US that are accusing him of hacking into the email accounts of... -
Two Irish hackers caught up in FBI swoop on LulzSec News
06.03.2012 UPDATE: The FBI infiltrated hacker group LulzSec via its apparent leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka, ‘Sabu’ and some of the major arrests include two Irish hackers. They are... -
Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom succeeds in bail attempt News
22.02.2012 US authorities have failed in their quest to keep Kim Dotcom, the founder and CEO of the file-sharing site Megaupload, behind bars in New Zealand. The site is alleged to have... -
FBI releases background check on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs News
10.02.2012 The FBI has released documents based on a background investigation of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, which includes interviews with co-workers and people who knew him.Categories: Management, Government -
Megaupload founder denied bail in New Zealand News
25.01.2012 Kim Dotcom, otherwise known as Kim Schmitz, the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, that the FBI swooped in on last week, has been refused bail in New Zealand as he has...Categories: Web 2.0, Software, Search, Online Business, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, CIO -
FBI shuts down Megaupload, charges seven people News
20.01.2012 The FBI has charged seven people with running an “international organised criminal enterprise” through file-sharing site Megaupload and other related sites. Meanwhile, Anonymous... -
Heist almighty! Cyber gang stole US$14m in click jack scam News
10.11.2011 Cyber criminals in Estonia have been arrested for a massive cyber fraud that netted them US$14m. Six criminals have been caught while a seventh gang member is on the run. -
FBI makes LulzSec arrests News
23.09.2011 The FBI arrested a member of hacking group LulzSec for attacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, with LulzSec’s alleged ringleader claiming there are only two members left who have... -
Microsoft issues US$250,000 bounty for information on Rustock News
20.07.2011 Microsoft has issued a reward of US$250,000 for new information that will lead to identifying, arresting and jailing the people behind the Rustock botnet, which in its prime was...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre, CIO -
Full Tilt Poker’s licence suspended, hundreds of jobs in limbo News
30.06.2011 The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended the licence and operations of Full Tilt Poker, which has headquarters in Cherrywood, Dublin. -
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Cyber warfare: Unity in defence News
20.06.2011 At a time when cyber warfare is acknowledged as a real threat and nations like the US resolve to treat attacks on its computer networks as an act of war requiring a military... -
Hacker group LulzSec publishes a manifesto (of sorts) News
18.06.2011 Lulz Security (LulzSec), the hacker group behind attacks on servers belonging to the US Senate, the CIA, FBI, Sony, Fox and various porn websites, has published its manifesto to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Servers, Security, Risk Management, Internet, Games/Entertainment -
Cyber warfare: the battle has barely begun News
02.06.2011 With the US developing cyber weapons and resolving to treat attacks on its computer networks as an act of war requiring a military response, it is clear that information warfare...Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, IT Organisation, IT Management, Government, Data Centre, CIO -
FBI closes in on Zombie botnet gang News
14.04.2011 The FBI is closing in on the gang behind the Zombie botnet, the Coreflood malware attack that recruited 2.3m machines for the theft of passwords and credit card information. -
Too early to say if Rustock botnet cutoff is a success News
18.03.2011 There has been no discernable reduction in the amount of spam flooding inboxes since Microsoft and the FBI tackled the hosting firms behind the massive Rustock botnet on...Categories: Security, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre -
Microsoft and FBI sever the heads of largest spam network News
18.03.2011 Microsoft and the FBI raided various hosting facilities across the US in a move calculated to take down the main sources of junk mail that clogs up inboxes worldwide.