Sep 13, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Crime British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London (TfL). "The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September," the U.K. National Crime Agency … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London
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17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.
Jul 20, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Data Breach Law enforcement officials in the U.K. have arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall who is suspected to be a member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime syndicate. The arrest was made "in connection with a global cyber online crime group which has been targeting large organizations with ransomware and gaining access to … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old Linked to Scattered Spider Cybercrime Syndicate Arrested in U.K.
London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. "On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking," the agency said, adding "he remains in police custody." The department said the arrest was made as part of an … [Read more...] about London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
17-Year-Old ‘Mastermind’, 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested
A 17-year-old teen and two other 19 and 22-year-old individuals have reportedly been arrested for being the alleged mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack that simultaneously targeted several high-profile accounts within minutes as part of a massive bitcoin scam.According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mason Sheppard, aka "Chaewon," 19, from the United Kingdom, Nima … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old ‘Mastermind’, 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested
17-Year-Old Critical ‘Wormable’ RCE Vulnerability Impacts Windows DNS Servers
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed a new highly critical "wormable" vulnerability—carrying a severity score of 10 out of 10 on the CVSS scale—affecting Windows Server versions 2003 to 2019.The 17-year-old remote code execution flaw (CVE-2020-1350), dubbed 'SigRed' by Check Point, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain domain administrator privileges over … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old Critical ‘Wormable’ RCE Vulnerability Impacts Windows DNS Servers
17-Year-Old Weakness in Firefox Let HTML File Steal Other Files From Device
Except for phishing and scams, downloading an HTML attachment and opening it locally on your browser was never considered as a severe threat until a security researcher today demonstrated a technique that could allow attackers to steal files stored on a victim's computer.Barak Tawily, an application security researcher, shared his findings with The Hacker News, wherein he … [Read more...] about 17-Year-Old Weakness in Firefox Let HTML File Steal Other Files From Device