Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the charges are likely just the opening salvo in a much larger, ongoing federal investigation into the company's commercial email practices.

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Meet Retadup malware botnet that was infected by another malware - Avast and French authorities have now dismantled the nasty Retadup botnet.

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A malvertising campaign has evolved to give hackers control of entire sites.

New web targets for the discerning hacker

How information sharing and analysis centers provide contextual threat information by creating communities that helps security professionals and their organizations grow in maturity and capability.

Security flap forces mass password reset

Implementing game mechanics and competition into the mix can incentivize employees to improve their cybersecurity posture.

Phishing, password reuse, and misconfigured buckets

If an app has more than 100 million installs, Google will pay for bugs, even if the app makers already have their own bounty programs.

The former software engineer allegedly created scanners to look for misconfigured servers rented from a cloud computing company.