Come March 28th a new Cyber bullying bill will make it illegal for someone to post something on the internet or any type of social media platform that can be deemed as a threat that can cause harm or death to another person.
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Global Police Close Notorious Online Marketplace
The xDedic site was first revealed back in 2016 when Kaspersky Lab was tipped off by a European ISP. The security vendor claimed it provided a platform for the trade of log-ins to as many as 70,000 corporate and government servers, starting at just $6.
Tampa authorities shut down xDedic, a dark website known as a ‘hacker’s dream’
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa and two European countries seized the site’s domain names earlier this week.
User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you
The site made it possible for individuals with little or no knowledge to launch crippling DDoS attacks. In all, it’s said that cybercriminals used Webstresser to launch over four million attacks, including major DDoS attacks targeting gambling sites, gaming sites, police forces, and top banks.
Akron says cyberattack forced shutdown of city help line
Officials say a financially motivated cyberattack on computer servers forced an Ohio city to shut down its 311 call centre line as it prepared to dig out from a snowstorm.
The Cybersecurity 202: The government’s cyber workers are back in action. First task: Checking for …
The first priority: Looking for evidence of any major hacks that wormed through government defenses the past 35 days while agencies were working with a skeleton crew of security pros.
Dubai security summit turns attention to evolving threat of cybercrime
“We are talking today about the future,” said Sulaiman Alkaabi, CEO of the Future Foresight Foundation in the UAE. “Criminal organisations today have a foresight plan and high-tech intelligence. They have also built their own communications network.”
Cybersecurity: Criminal Justice for the Digital Age
Building criminal justice practices that are fit for the digital era largely depends on the ability to fill an existing skills gap with cybersecurity experts, people who have the mindset to pursue crimes against systems, networks, programs, and people.
Police Arrest €10 Million IOTA Cryptocurrency Theft Suspect
Police in England have arrested a 36-year-old man as part of an investigation into the theft of at least €10 ($11.3 million) in IOTA cryptocurrency since January 2018 from 85 victims worldwide, perpetrated via a malicious cryptocurrency seed generation website that stored users’ private keys.
Police: Hackers access family’s security camera account
If you think security cameras only allow you to keep a watchful eye on your home, think again.A Washington State family says someone hacked their account and watched them for weeks inside their home.
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