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By Becky Yerak To battle hackers, you have to think like one. The FBI said Monday it’s seeking technology experts — including those with experience in “ethical hacking” — to become “cyber special agents.” “Cyber permeates every aspect of what we do, whether it’s counterterrorism, criminal investigations or traditional cyberattacks, as we’ve seen in the […]

By Tyler Lee ouch idYou would think that your fingerprints are pretty secure. After all unless someone went through all the effort to lift your prints from objects that you have touched, there’s no where else that someone else could get their hands on them, save for forcing you to give it to them. Well

by Mark Stockley Millions of children and adults who expected to enjoy 25 December playing games on their Microsoft or Sony consoles were deprived of the chance by a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS). The attack, clearly timed to create the maximum amount of publicity and disruption, was directed at the PlayStation and Xbox

By Russell Brandom Thanks to Edward Snowden, we’re getting a new look at which programs can successfully keep out the NSA. A report in Der Spiegel has shed new light on the NSA’s encryption-breaking programs, and put a spotlight on the handful of programs that are still giving them trouble. The findings, based on leaked documents,

Justin Worland Hackers said Friday that they leaked data associated with 13,000 accounts Hackers said Friday that they leaked data associated with 13,000 accounts on Amazon, XBox Live and other sites. The hackers, who claim an affiliation with the group Anonymous, reportedly uploaded a now-removed document with credit card numbers, passwords and other data to the site GhostBin.

Bitcoin trader Charlie Shrem has been sentenced to two years in jail for indirectly helping people swap cash for bitcoins on the Silk Road marketplace. The Silk Road shut down in 2013 following raids by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies which said it was trading in illegal drugs. Shrem was caught in the

School of Crooks in South America Brazil is the only market that offers training services for cybercriminal wannabes, making it possible to start a new career in cybercrime for just $500. Training modules, hands-on exercises, interactive guides, instructional videos, as well as post-training support are available, according to a new report of the Brazilian cybercrime

ATM malware, remote employee monitoring – you name it, they did it – russian hackers Millions of dollars, credit cards and intellectual property have been stolen by a newly discovered group of cyber criminals. The Anunak hackers group has been involved in targeted attacks and espionage since 2013, we now know, and targets banks and

A Wikileaks gift for both holiday travelers and terrorists By James Vincent WikiLeaks has published a pair of internal CIA documents briefing undercover agents on how to dupe security at airports. The two documents — both classified as “Secret/NOFORN” meaning not to be shared with allied security agencies — give spies advice on how to maintain

It was another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Sony, and we learned even more as reporters sifted through a trove of stolen documents from the Hollywood studio. by Seth Rosenblatt Fallout from the destructive breach of Sony Pictures’ computer network on November 24 and the struggle against the deluge of leaked internal