Qakbot botnet infrastructure suffers major takedown

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Qakbot

Tags: FBI

Tags: law enforcement

Tags: takedown

Tags: removal tool

Tags: HIBP

Tags: Spamhaus

The Qakbot botnet has suffered a major setback after its infrastructure was heavily disrupted by US and European law enforcement agencies.

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Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge

Categories: Personal

Tags: facial recognition

Tags: surveillance

Tags: Detroit

Tags: police

Tags: law enforcement

Tags: mistaken identity

Tags: wrong

Tags: flagged

Tags: carjacking

Tags: robbery

Tags: phone

We take a look at another case of facial recognition technology getting it wrong in the land of law enforcement.

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DeadBolt ransomware gang tricked into giving victims free decryption keys

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Dutch

Tags: law enforcement

Tags: DeadBolt

Tags: ransomware

Tags: decryption keys

Tags: responders.nu

With the idea provided by an incident response company, Dutch police used a clever trick to get 150 DeadBolt ransomware decryption keys for free.

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The ransomware landscape changes as fewer victims decide to pay

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:33:28 +0000

A considerable drop in the median of ransom payments and several other circumstances are causing the ransomware landscape to change.

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Roe v. Wade: How the cops can use your data: Lock and Code S03E15

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:17:26 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss how law enforcement can now use your data, ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Interpol’s First Light operation smashes crime on a global scale

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:24:46 +0000

Interpol’s annual First Light project has gone global for the second time. We take a look at the results, findings, and trends.

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