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DOJ announces guilty plea for 2016 cyberattack that broke the internet Sponsored Links TarikVision via Getty Images More than four years after the Dyn cyberattack in 2016, we have a better idea of who was behind one of the most disruptive DDoS attacks in internet history. This week, the Justice Department announced a guilty plea…
What Does a Guilty Brain Look Like? Lindsay Gray When Herbert Weinstein stood trial for the murder of his wife in 1992, his attorneys were struck by the measured calm with which he recounted her death and the events leading up to it. He made no attempt to deny that he was culpable, and yet…
Don’t Feel Guilty About Your Online Security Habits Cormac Herley Have you seen reports about massive increases in cybercrime during coronavirus: ransomware up 90 percent, data breaches up 223 percent? Noticed many major accounts getting hacked on Twitter? If so, you might be feeling a sense of déjà vu. If you were on the Internet…
Malware writer pleads guilty to helping $568 million cybercrime ring Sponsored Links Tero Vesalainen via Getty Images Another key member of the massive Infraud cybercrime ring is likely heading to prison. Software writer Valerian Chiochiu has pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for helping Infraud Organization develop and use FastPOS malware that helped the group steal…
US court finds Russian national guilty of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox Sponsored Links boonchai wedmakawand via Getty Images A San Francisco jury has found Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty of one of the biggest data breaches in US history. Nikulin has been convicted of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox back in 2012, which resulted in the theft…