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Read moreIdentifying the Person Behind Bitcoin Fog
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The person behind the Bitcoin Fog was identified and arrested. Bitcoin Fog was an anonymization service: for a fee, it mixed a bunch of people’s bitcoins up so...
Read moreTask Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments
April 29 2021Some of the world's top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting...
Read moreNaked Security Live – To hack or not to hack?
April 19 2021Latest video - watch now! We look at the recent FBI "webshell hacking" controversy from both sides.
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The Washington Post has published a long story on the unlocking of the San Bernardino Terrorist’s iPhone 5C in 2016. We all thought it was an Israeli company...
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Read moreOn Aug. 13, 2020, someone uploaded a suspected malicious file to VirusTotal, a service that scans submitted files against more than five dozen antivirus and security products. Last month,...
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In January, we learned about a Chinese espionage campaign that exploited four zero-days in Microsoft Exchange. One of the characteristics of the campaign, in the later days...
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