A Florida man was arrested on Thursday after participating in a bribery scheme. The bribery case aimed at supporting an illegal bitcoin exchange operated by his son and owned by an Israeli behind a sequence of hacking attacks on organizations, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. According to Reuters, Michael Murgio,…
JPMorgan’s 2014 Hack Tied to Largest Cyber Breach Ever
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. described a vast, multi-year criminal enterprise centering on hacks of at least nine big financial and publishing firms and the theft of information on 100 million of their customers that fueled a web of stock manipulation, credit-card fraud and illegal…
Jacob Wetterling abduction tied to child porn suspect
Federal authorities are calling a man arrested for child pornography a person of interest in the 1989 abduction of an 11-year-old boy who is still missing. Daniel James Heinrich, 52, was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of possessing and receiving child pornography but has not been charged in connection…
Nine Charged in Insider Trading Case Tied to Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It was a symbiotic relationship that brought together the underbelly of Wall Street and the dark reaches of the online world. From their suburban homes in the United States, dozens of rogue stock traders would send overseas hackers a shopping list…
Police just arrested 4 men suspected of running scams tied to one of the biggest data breaches in history
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans US and Israeli law enforcement officials have arrested four men for suspected involvement in cyber blackmail and stock manipulation scams believed to be tied to the 2014 JPMorgan data breach. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported the arrests of…
Cyberattack tied to Hezbollah ups the ante for Israel’s digital defenses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TEL AVIV — Israel is familiar with defending itself against cyberattacks from small hacker groups and armed militants alike. Last year, it claims to have fended off a large-scale strike from Iran during the war with Hamas. But recently, security researchers in Israel…
FBI Examining Whether Russia Is Tied to JPMorgan Hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation for government-sponsored sanctions, according to […]…
36 Web domains seized tied to online financial fraud
Thirty-six websites used to sell stolen bank account details have been taken down following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). The arrest of two men in the UK and another in Macedonia … View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
CA SiteMinder tied in to data loss prevention tools
CA Technologies has put forward product plans for linking its data loss prevention (DLP) technology with its identity access and management to dynamically restrict individuals from accessing information deemed off limits, in this case, data held in Microsoft SharePoint. CA’s existing SiteMinder product, used for authentication and access management, has…
Stolen gasoline tied to credit card fraud
FORT WORTH – The rising price of gas has some people finding new ways to fill up cheap. Fort Worth police said they're looking into a case that ties in fraud, credit cards and stolen fuel. Surveillance cameras and private detectives were watching pumps in the southwest part of the city…
