Chinese Hackers Cloned Equation Group Exploit Years Before Shadow Brokers Leak
A Chinese threat actor known as APT31 likely acquired and cloned one of the Equation Group’s exploits three years before the targeted vulnerability was...
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Chinese Hackers Had Access to a U.S. Hacking Tool Years Before It Was Leaked Online
On August 13, 2016, a hacking unit calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” announced that it had stolen malware tools and exploits used by the...
Windows and Linux servers targeted by new WatchDog botnet for almost two years
Due to the recent rise in cryptocurrency trading prices, most online systems these days are often under the assault of crypto-mining botnets seeking to...
US court sentenced Ukrainian to seven years in prison for electronic fraud – E Hacking News
A court in the United States has sentenced Ukrainian citizen Alexander Musienko to more than seven years in prison for participating in an online...
Computer Malware Fraudster Gets 2 Years in Prison
A man who played a key role in a computer malware scam has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors say. Manish...
Deep Analysis of More than 60,000 Breach Reports Over Three Years
Hackers Are Winning Battles, While Victims are Gaming the Notification Laws Threat intelligence platform provider HackNotice has analyzed more than 60,000 breach reports over...
Iconic BugTraq security mailing list shuts down after 27 years
Image: ZDNet BugTraq, one of the cybersecurity industry’s first mailing lists dedicated to publicly disclosing security flaws, announced today it was shutting down at...
Court in the United States has sentenced Russian Andrey Tyurin to 12 years in prison for cybercrime – E Hacking News
The Federal Court of the Southern District of New York sentenced Russian Andrey Tyurin to 12 years in prison for committing a number of...
Russian Hacker Gets 12 Years in Massive Data Theft Scheme
A prolific Russian hacker who stole data from over a dozen U.S. companies and information about over 100 million U.S. consumers was sentenced Thursday...
BTC-e founder sentenced to five years in prison for laundering ransomware funds
A French judge has sentenced today the founder of the now-defunct BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange to five years in prison and a fine of €100,000...