FBI Arrests Customer of Xtreme Stresser DDoS-for-Hire Service

The FBI arrested this past week Sean Krishanmakoto Sharma, 26, from La Canada, California, for launching…

It’s Been a Bad Week for Linux as Several Security Flaws Surface

Two security researchers published details this week about several security flaws that allow attackers to execute…

The Week in Ransomware – December 16th 2016 – Samas, No More Ransom, Screen Lockers, and More

Lots of small little ransomware updates with no big news from any major Ransomware distributions. The…

Bleacher Reports Suffers Data Breach as "Unauthorized Party" Accesses User Data

Sports news portal Bleacher Report announced today a security breach that affected readers that signed up…

GozNym Malware Author Faces up to 100 Years in Jail

US authorities have indicted a man named Krasimir Nikolov, age 44, of Varna, Bulgaria, for his…

Bayrob Malware Gang Had Elite Tactics, but They Still Got Caught Anyway

Romanian authorities have arrested and extradited to the US three nationals suspected of creating and distributing…

Hacker Selling Access to US Election Assistance Commission Accounts

A Russian-speaking hacker has breached the servers of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and is…

Obama defends White House handling of Russian hacking

 In his final press conference of the year, President Barack Obama addressed intelligence community assessments that…