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  • VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor

    Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…

  • VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor

    Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…

  • Alleged author of creepy FruitFly macOS malware arrested

    It is almost a year since the mysterious FruitFly malware for macOS was discovered . Malware targeting macOS is still uncommon enough to be newsworthy, but FruitFly seemed particularly interesting: its spying capabilities, combined with the fact that it had managed to stay under the radar for many years, led many to postulate that it…

  • Alleged author of creepy FruitFly macOS malware arrested

    It is almost a year since the mysterious FruitFly malware for macOS was discovered . Malware targeting macOS is still uncommon enough to be newsworthy, but FruitFly seemed particularly interesting: its spying capabilities, combined with the fact that it had managed to stay under the radar for many years, led many to postulate that it…

  • Dutchman arrested in Spain for DDoS attacks on Spamhaus

    Suspect drove around in ‘mobile bunker’ to co-ordinate attacks. Police in Spain have arrested a 35-year-old Dutchman, believed to be responsible for the DDoS attacks on Spamhaus last month. Although the Dutch public prosecutor has only identified the suspect as ‘SK’, it is almost certain that he is Sven Olaf Kamphuis, spokesman for hosting provider…

  • UK government sites warned to brace against attack

    GovCertUK issues warning in aftermath of arrests of Anonymous gang members. UK government websites have been warned that they may find themselves subject to attack following the arrest of five Britons as part of an investigation into the Anonymous hacking group earlier this week. The hacking group that calls itself ‘Anonymous’ has been under investigation…

  • Warrant issued for arrest of cyclist turned hacker

    Cyclist accused of planting trojan at dope testing lab. A French judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of US cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a computer hacking case. Landis initially won the famous Tour de France cycle race in 2006, but was later stripped of his title when tests indicated that he…

  • Out-of-band patch release from Adobe

    Unscheduled update released by Adobe. Adobe has released an unscheduled patch for its Reader and Acrobat programs to address some critical flaws. The software company’s fixes usually follow a quarterly release schedule, and last month saw a bumper crop, so none were expected to be published this month, but the vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat…

  • Cybercriminals charged in New Zealand, Korea

    Law closes in on alleged botnet master and rogue anti-spyware maker. Police in New Zealand have charged an 18-year-old in connection with a botnet he is suspected of building and controlling, while in South Korea the head of a company pushing a rogue anti-malware product has also been indicted on fraud charges. In the New…

  • Botnet-herding team arrested in Quebec

    Gang held for managing million-machine zombie net. Canadian police have announced the arrests of up to 17 people in Quebec, in connection with a major botnet operation thought to have controlled as many as 1 million compromised systems all around the world. The Quebec and national police were behind a series of raids across the…