Megaupload duo will go to prison at last, but Kim Dotcom fights on…
One, sadly, has died, and two are heading to prison, but for Kim Dotcom, the saga goes on…
Law & order
S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?
Latest episode – listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years
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
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
Lots to learn, clearly explained in plain English… listen now! (Full transcript inside.)
S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom
Latest episode – listen now. Full transcript inside…
Phone scamming kingpin gets 13 years for running “iSpoof” service
Site marketing video promised total anonymity, but that was a lie. 170 arrested already. Potentially 1000s more to follow.
US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment
“Up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of this defendant.”
Whodunnit? Cybercrook gets 6 years for ransoming his own employer
Not just an active adversary, but a two-faced one, too.
Google wins court order to force ISPs to filter botnet traffic
CryptBot criminals are alleged to have plundered browser passwords, illicitly-snapped screenshots, cryptocurrency account data, and more.