Federal prosecutors charged two men with crimes that carry up to 20 years in prison.

Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines from the U.S. federal government if the crooks who profit from the attack are already under economic sanctions, the Treasury Department warned today.

Yevgeniy Nikulin received an 88-month sentence for breaking into LinkedIn, Dropbox, and the now-defunct social platform Formspring.

Researchers say that the campaign sidesteps end user detection and security solutions.

PunkBuster solution ended up punk’d by two reverse engineers who took an interest in the cheat-busting system

PunkBuster solution ended up punk’d by two reverse engineers who took an interest in the cheat-busting system

By Deeba Ahmed

The account holders were chattering about disrupting the first US Presidential Debate on Tuesday. Its only been a month when Microsoft warned about possible attempts of state-sponsored cybercriminals, particularly Iranian hackers, to disrupt the upcoming US presidential elections. Now Twitter was forced to delete over 100 accounts for the same reason. On Wednesday, Twitter announced […]

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Microsoft’s data security technology exploited by BitLeaker tool

Microsoft’s data security technology exploited by BitLeaker tool

By Deeba Ahmed

Yevgeniy Nikulin aka Linkedin hacker, a Russian national was found guilty of hacking into LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring.

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