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Germany busts international child porn site used by 400,000

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BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet market platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, dark darknet market list said to be …

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The history of hacking ransoms and cryptocurrency

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id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> Earlier this month, hundreds of companies from the US to Sweden were entangled in the , a company that offers network infrastructure to businesses around the world. The Kaseya hack comes on the heels of other headline-grabbing cyberattacks like the  and the . In each instance, criminals had the opportunity to make off with …

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One-third of the people reading this are thieves

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id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> At least, that’s what a . Why? Because 36.4% of the 1.66 million computers survey had LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) program installed. Guilty by association? I have LimeWire installed on my Mac. This doesn’t make me a thief. In fact, I’ve bought a wide range of music through iTunes over …

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A timeline of the biggest ransomware attacks

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id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> The history of technology is riddled with unintended consequences. As William Gibson wrote in Burning Chrome, “…the street finds its own uses for things.” Though Bitcoin may not have been originally conceived as a medium for ransom payments, dark market url it’s quickly become a central tool for online criminals. Ransomware, …

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