Cybersecurity

DOJ Arrests Founders of Crypto Mixer Samourai for $2 Billion in Illegal Transactions

Apr 25, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer called Samourai and seized the service for allegedly facilitating over $2 billion in illegal transactions and for laundering more than $100 million in criminal proceeds. To that end, Keonne Rodriguez, 35, and […]

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Security Explorations – Microsoft Warbird and PMP

In a result of its research investigation efforts, Security Explorations, a research lab of AG Security Research company, conducted security analysis of Microsoft Warbird and Protected Media Path technologies. This section of our website presents initial information regarding the project. Microsoft Warbird and Protected Media Path description Microsoft Protected Media Path (PMP) is a set […]

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Feds accuse founders of cryptocurrency mixer of ‘large-scale money laundering’

The two founders of a cryptocurrency mixing service that allegedly obfuscated the origins of at least $100 million in criminal proceeds have been arrested, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.  Since 2015, Samourai Wallet has been used to launder illicit funds under the guise of being a legal privacy-minded service, the DOJ said. Its founders, […]

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Google Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation Amid U.K. Regulatory Scrutiny

Apr 25, 2024NewsroomTechnology / Privacy Google has once again pushed its plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser as it works to address outstanding competition concerns from U.K. regulators over its Privacy Sandbox initiative. The tech giant said it’s working closely with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and hopes […]