2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (459+ words) Supreme Court justices lobbed sharp questions at both sides about the constitutionality of geofence warrants during oral arguments Monday in a case that could have broader implications for law enforcement collection of Americans" data. Chatrie v. The United States stems from…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (721+ words) The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could limit the government's ability to obtain bulk digital data of device users with a single warrant, in a rare instance of the country's top justices taking on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (441+ words) Lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday explored ways to beef up punishments for ransomware attacks against hospitals, possibly by labeling them as more severe crimes. One proposal floated at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing, to treat ransomware attacks as terrorism,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (210+ words) Authorities from 21 countries took down 53 domains and arrested four people allegedly involved in distributed denial-of-service operations used by more than 75, 000 cybercriminals, Europol said Thursday." Law enforcement agencies obtained data on more than 3 million alleged criminal user accounts from the seized…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (267+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed it is using Paragon spyware, prompting outrage Thursday from a trio of House Democrats. In response to a letter from the lawmakers inquiring about Paragon's use, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wrote that he…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (226+ words) An operation to crack down on the widely used Red Line infostealer has netted the extradition of an Armenian man to the United States, where he made an initial appearance in a Texas court Wednesday. Authorities charged Hambardzum Minasyan with…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (343+ words) A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware groups. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to six federal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (535+ words) The recently released executive order targeting cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes uses language the federal government has often avoided. Now, for the first time, the Trump administration is echoing what the cybersecurity industry has been shouting for years: cyber-enabled fraud…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (435+ words) Authorities from multiple countries dismantled Socks Escort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369, 000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen's…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (522+ words) Authorities from 14 countries shut down Leak Base, seized its domains and arrested multiple people allegedly involved in the cybercrime marketplace for stolen data and hacking tools, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Leak Base had more than 142, 000 members, ranking it among…...