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Suspect in massive Spamhaus DDoS attack arrested in Spain
A 35-year-old Dutch national, officially identified only as S.K., was arrested in Spain on Thursday.
He is accused of DDoS attacks against Spamhaus and others.
Who is S.K., do you think?
Hosting company Hostgator hacked, suspect arrested after being "rooted with his own rootkit"
A former system administrator from hosting company Hostgator has been arrested for hacking into his former employer's network.
There's some poetic justice in how he was identified and connected with the crime...Paul Ducklin takes a look, and can't help smiling.
Kim Dotcom's Megaupload saga takes another turn - FBI wins appeal in extradition case
The Kim Dotcom saga took yet another turn today when the New Zealand Court of Appeal knocked back one of the big fella's earlier minivictories again US law enforcers.
Paul Ducklin takes you through the timeline of the story so far, and tries to guess what happens next...
Reveton ransomware gang arrested by Spanish police
The Spanish police have arrested 11 individuals suspected of being members of the infamous Reveton ransomware gang.
US-wanted "bank hacker" is all smiles as he is arrested at Bangkok airport [VIDEO]
An alleged hacker, suspected by the FBI of stealing millions of dollars from online bank accounts, has been arrested by Thai police and paraded in front of the world's media.
"Julian Assange of Wikileaks arrested in London" hoax
Controversial Wikileaks pinup Julian Assange has been arrested after slipping out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London to seek medical treatment at a nearby clinic.
Or has he?
Romanian hackers busted with half a MILLION credit cards from Australia - how could THAT have happened?
A Romanian carding crew allegedly made off with half a million Aussie credit card numbers, racking up charges averaging more than $1000 each on 30,000 of them.
Half a MILLION cards from Australia. And the crooks didn't even need to leave Romania. How could THAT have happened?
'Assange to be ARRESTED' - British police in document dissemination gaffe
A uniformed police officer at a recent Assange-oriented press briefing fell under the lens of a Press Association snapper.
The officer was carrying a clipboard...can you guess what happened next?
Steve Jobs calls home to Apple and catches an iPad thief!
Geolocation and related technologies that keep track of you and your devices have loomed large and Big Brotherishly in recent Naked Security coverage.
Is there a good side to geolocation and on-line tracking? Seems there is...
17-year-old Dutch hacker arrested for accessing KPN servers
The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has arrested a 17-year-old man for accessing customer account data on servers run by KPN, one of the largest ISPs in The Netherlands.
NASA hacker arrested, perhaps it is time for some defense?
A hacker in Romania has been arrested and accused of breaking into NASA and causing $500,000 in damages.
Australian bomb hoax suspect tracked across internet and arrested in Kentucky, USA
For the last two weeks, Australia has been fascinated with a peculiar crime committed in one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs.
If you've heard the name of the victim, Madeleine Pulver, you've probably heard the story behind the crime.
Another Japanese malware arrest - file-sharing vigilante suspect nabbed
Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri reports that a 38-year-old Japanese man has been arrested "on suspicion of storing a computer virus on his personal computer without legitimate reasons."
It seems he wanted to teach file-sharers a lesson.
FBI announces international cyberbusts: scareware peddlers and malvertisers taken out
"It seems so easy to be a cybercrook - why don't the police do something about it?"
Despite the technical and legal complexities of taking on international cybercrime, the cops sometimes do get their man - or men.
'LulzSec suspect' arrest makes for interesting headlines
The arrest of a 19-year-old man suspected of being connected with the LulzSec internet attacks against various organisations has certainly made the headlines. Graham Cluley takes a closer look at the front pages of the UK press.
Two years in jail for Zynga poker hacker
29-year-old Ashley Mitchell has received two years in a UK slammer after being found guilty of stealing 400 billion poker chips from Zynga, makers of popular social networking games such as zyngapoker, FarmVille and MafiaWars.
Nigerian 419 scammer gets 20 years in jail
Nigerian national Peter Maxson Anyanyueze was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa. Anyanyueze was sentenced for fraud, money laundering, and contravening the Immigration act.
Met Police arrest five in Anonymous DDoS attacks probe
A dawn raid by UK computer crime cops investigating WikiLeaks-related DDoS attacks results in the arrest of five people, aged 15-26.
Dirty Harry asks - do you want to be a money mule?
Most of us know why replying to "money mule" emails is bad. But this can be tricky to explain to colleagues, friends and family.
It needs tough love, and that's best left to outsiders. So let us tell it like it is, then you don't have to!
Suspected Bredolab botnet operator arrested at Armenian airport
It's turning out to be a bad day for running a botnet. The suspected Bredolab botmaster has been arrested at an airport in Yerevan, Armenia.
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