Posts Tagged ‘FBI’

Hidden camera: FBI seizes – and then returns – anonymizing email server [VIDEO]

Monday, May 14th, 2012
The FBI, investigating bomb threats, seized the server of a group, known as May First/People Link (MF/PL), that offers encrypted data services to people fighting oppressive regimes. Four days later, they returned it. What is going on?

Sides Dig in as FBI Warns of "Going Dark" in Online Era

Friday, May 11th, 2012
Privacy and civil liberty advocates argue the FBI has not established the need to amend wiretap law to create online "back doors" to track crime

FBI Concerned About Bitcoin Usage Among Cybercriminals

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has become increasingly concerned over the usage of the mostly-anonymous payment network Bitcoin by hackers and cybercriminals, according to an unclassified report obtained by Wired this week.

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FBI Concerned About Bitcoin Usage Among Cybercriminals

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

BitcoinThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has become increasingly concerned over the usage of the mostly-anonymous payment network Bitcoin by hackers and cybercriminals, according to an unclassified report obtained by Wired this week.

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What the FBI didn’t tell us about the hotel malware threat

Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Do you use the internet in hotels when travelling abroad? Do you think it's safe to do so? The FBI thinks you should be careful.. but is being surprisingly coy about the details.

FBI: hotel hotspots used to spread malware

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
According to a report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center, hotel internet connections and hotspots are increasingly being used to infect travellers' systems with malware using fake update notifications


US surgeon booted off cruise ship, accused of sending terrorist tweet

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
US neurosurgeon and low-carbohydrate diet guru Dr. Jack Kruse found himself unceremoniously plucked off a cruise ship and deposited on the shore after a tweet including his name mentioned a bio-terrorist attack against the ship.

Foreign Travel Malware Threat Alert: Watch out for hotel Internet connections

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012



We received a worrying notice today from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), The headline reads: "Malware Installed on Travelers' Laptops Through Software Updates on Hotel Internet Connections." We felt that the warning which followed the ... Read More...

FBI warns against malware installed via hotel networks

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Malware poses as fake update of popular software.

FBI wants social networks and IM services to be wiretap-friendly

Monday, May 7th, 2012
Worried that technology advances will leave its agents incapable of conducting surveillance of online communications of potential criminals, the FBI is quietly lobbying top Internet companies not to o...