The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 6: Endgame
The direct ripple effects of that explosion of incriminating data, passed through so many institutions’ records, aren’t easy to track. But over […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 5: Takedown
Rabenn remembers the atmosphere of that war room as more dead silence and sweaty, anxious tension than eagerness or anticipation. He knew […]
A Destabilizing Hack-and-Leak Operation Hits Moldova
It was a truly wild week in the tech industry as new details emerged about the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse and Elon […]
Here’s How Bad a Twitter Mega-Breach Would Be
“Twitter has seemingly neglected security for a very long time, and with all the changes, there is risk for sure,” says David […]
The Hunt for the Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin, Part 4: Face to Face
The FBI agent, thinking quickly, avoided eye contact with Cazes and walked directly past him to the door. In the seconds it […]
Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many are likely […]
The Hunt for the FTX Thieves Has Begun
Cryptocurrency has always offered a strange mix of temptations and challenges for anyone trying to steal it. As digital cash, held in […]
Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode
The United States took to the polls this week to vote in a high-stakes midterm election. With public trust in election systems […]
Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus
Russia-based ransomware gangs are some of the most prolific and aggressive, in part thanks to an apparent safe harbor the Russian government […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue Verification Is a Gift to Scammers
At the end of August, Sean Murphy was trying to book a flight between Nairobi, Kenya, and Entebbe, Uganda, with Kenya Airways. […]