A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecuto...
We often hear about the impact of cybercrime, but too seldom do we read about the successes that law enforcement officials have in apprehending those responsible and bringing them to justice. Las...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/06/a-busy-week-for-neer-do-well-news/
The FBI this week announced it is offering a USD $3 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of one Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, a Russian man the government believes...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/02/fbi-3m-bounty-for-zeus-trojan-author/
Federal authorities in Atlanta today are expected to announce the arrest and charging of a 24-year-old Russian man who allegedly created and maintained the SpyEye Trojan, a sophisticated botnet c...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/01/feds-to-charge-alleged-spyeye-trojan-author/
Criminal commerce on the Internet would mostly grind to a halt were it not for the protection offered by so-called "bulletproof hosting" providers -- the online equivalent of offshore havens wher...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/conversations-with-a-bulletproof-hoster/
A 24-year-old Algerian man arrested in Thailand earlier this year on suspicion of co-developing and selling the infamous SpyEye banking trojan was extradited this week to the United States, where...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/alleged-spyeye-seller-bx1-extradited-to-u-s/
A man arrested in Thailand this week on charges of stealing millions from online bank accounts fits the profile of a miscreant nicknamed "bx1," a hacker fingered by Microsoft as a major operator ...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/police-arrest-alleged-zeus-botmaster-bx1/
An agency of the European Union created to improve network and data security is offering some blunt, timely and refreshing advice for financial institutions as they try to secure the online banki...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/07/eu-to-banks-assume-all-pcs-are-infected/
Microsoft today announced the execution of a carefully planned takedown of dozens of botnets powered by ZeuS and SpyEye — powerful banking Trojans that have helped thieves steal more than $100 ...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/microsoft-takes-down-dozens-of-zeus-spyeye-botnets/
The cybercrime underground is expanding each day, yet the longer I research this subject the more convinced I am that much of it is run by a fairly small and loose-knit group of hackers. That sus...
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/02/zeus-trojan-author-ran-with-spam-kingpins/