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08/26/2025
DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’
Krebs on Security
The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States.
08/26/2025
United States uses civil asset forfeiture to recover $1.9M for victim of cryptocurrency investment scheme
United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, through civil asset forfeiture, has recovered and cleared title to $1,971,399.80 in investment fraud proceeds and property involved in money laundering. The United States is now in the process of returning that property to the victim.
08/25/2025
Colleges have a new worry: ‘Ghost students’—AI powered fraud rings angling to get millions in financial aid
AOL
The “ghost-student” epidemic that has been attacking California’s community college system is infesting the nation, with colleges in Arizona, Indiana, Oregon, New Jersey, and Michigan working to defend their institutions from AI-powered fraud rings trying to blend in with legitimate students heading back to school.
08/18/2025
Alleged bank robbers head to casino with money from heist
Border Report
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the July 10 robbery of Chase Bank in Safford, Arizona.