[securityaffairs] SEA has stolen invoices that shows Microsoft charges FBI for user data

A collection of emails hacked by the group Syrian Electronic Army shows that Microsoft charges the FBI’s Digital Intercept Technology Unit for user data.

[trendmicro] Trend Micro threat defense experts assist FBI’s successful prosecution of “SpyEye” malware creator

• Posted on:January 29, 2014
• Posted in:Security
• Posted by:Trend Micro

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Recent headlines are filled with details about the fallout from a record number of hacks, costing retailers and consumers millions. In the wake of all this negativity, we are pleased to share that Trend Micro’s Forward-looking Threat Research (FTR) Team provided “valuable assistance” in helping the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) apprehend and successfully convict the creator of the “SpyEye” malware, which is believed to have infected an estimated 1.4 million computers in the United States and abroad. 

[tweaktown] FBI collecting its own malware library to study cyber threats

Watch out! The FBI is building a malware library in its effort to battle against cyber crimes

By: Michael Hatamoto

In the continued battle against cyber warfare, the FBI recently opened the door to security experts willing to share information about malware. Specifically, the Investigative Analysis Unit (IAU) wants to create "global awareness of the malware threat" in anticipation of what lies ahead in the future. The request for quote (RFQ) is a unique effort to purchase malware so the FBI intelligence services are able to try and reverse-engineer the security threats.