Austrian Man Arrested for Reselling Amphetamines from the Darkweb
The Upper Austria State Police Directorate announced the arrest of a man suspected of importing and reselling drugs he purchased on the darkweb.According to the announcement, the 20-year-old man...
Treasury sanctions Russian research institute for Triton attack
By:
Teri Robinson
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned a Russian government research institution linked...
Flare-On 7 Challenge Solutions
We are thrilled to announce the conclusion of the seventh annual Flare-On challenge. This year proved to be the most difficult challenge we’ve produced, with the lowest rate of...
Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans
Former police chief Yuri Zaitsev was recently sentenced to eight years in prison for acting as a bounty hunter for a dark web marketplace. In December 2018, Zaitsev was working...
US financial watchdog fines early Bitcoin mixer $60M for money laundering
The founder and operator of some of the first "mixing" services in crypto will have to cough up $60 million to United States regulators, even as he faces continued...
Utah Fentanyl Vendor Sentenced to Life in Prison
Aaron Michael Shamo, 30, 0f of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, led a nation-wide darkweb drug trafficking operation that distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills to customers throughout the United...
Suspected Darkweb Vendors Arrested on RICO Charges
They did the RICO, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.An extensive investigation led by law enforcement in Florida resulted in the arrest of two suspected darkweb vendors. The...
US Treasury Sanctions Russian Institution Linked to Triton Malware
Triton, also known as TRISIS and HatMan, was developed to target and manipulate industrial control systems, the US Treasury reports.The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets...
Election Security: Beyond Mail-In Voting
There are many areas of the election process that criminal hackers can target to influence election results.
As a highly publicized event, every four years the U.S presidential election comes...
IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an explosion in the number of connected devices, have led to a swelling in IoT infections observed on wireless networks.
Connected cameras, refrigerators and...
