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FBI updates Scattered Spider warning — do not reset your password. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Scattered Spider is the somewhat too cutesy name applied to one of the most dangerous threats facing organizations today. The ransomware threat actors behind devastating attacks on retail and aviation targets, among others, show no signs of going away. The Federal Bureau of Investigation …

FBI warns of Interlock threat – enable 2FA now. LightRocket via Getty Images There are some weeks that I almost feel like I have joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, given the number of alerts that I am exposed to. Within just the last few days, I have shared a warning to 10 million Android users to disconnect their devices, …

Discconnect now, FBI warns 10 million Android users. NurPhoto via Getty Images Update, July 27, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers who disclosed and disrupted the BadBox2 operation that the FBI and Google are tackling head-on, along with news of another, as yet unnamed, global botnet-related threat. In March, …

Discconnect now, FBI warns 10 million Android users. NurPhoto via Getty Images Update, July 26, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers which initially disclosed and disrupted the BadBox 2.0 operation that the FBI and Google are tackling head-on. In March, I reported that one of the largest botnets of …

It starts with a message — it ends with you losing your life savings. NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on July 25 with information on new tactics as attacks evolve. “It starts with an unsolicited message,” the FBI warns, “and it ends with you losing your savings.” Attacks are now surging across the U.S., targeting citizens with malicious texts, emails …

Washington AP  —  The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The release involves more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first …

An artist who first accused Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sexual assault almost three decades ago has told the New York Times that she had urged law enforcement officials back then to investigate powerful people in their orbit – including Donald Trump. The artist, Maria Farmer, was among the first women to report Epstein and his partner Maxwell of …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Few people hated the looks of the Washington headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation more than the man it was named after. J. Edgar Hoover “thought the architecture of that particular building was the greatest monstrosity ever constructed in the history of Washington,” then-Sen. Ernest Hollings said on the day the longtime director of the …

Senate Republicans salvage FBI funding bill after bypassing Trump rebuke  Politico GOP senators appear to have deal to allow FBI to stay in DC  The Hill FBI Headquarters Fight Holds Up FY 26 Funding Bill  FEDmanager Fight over new FBI headquarters site stalls government funding bill  NBC News City of Greenbelt Applauds Senate Committee’s Vote to Retain $1.4B Funding For New FBI Headquarters  thesentinel.com Source …

Thompson said investigators have confirmed Boelter set out to commit a targeted assassination as an act of “political extremism.” He carried lists of DFL politicians’ home addresses and conducted surveillance outside the lawmakers’ homes. The lists included names of attorneys at national law firms, Thompson revealed Tuesday. An unsealed federal search warrant released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows a …