Leatherman, a 22-year FBI veteran, has been heavily involved in cyber investigations as section chief and deputy assistant director over the past three years. 

AVCheck and related crypting services helped cybercriminals make malware difficult to detect and confirm that malware could slip through various antivirus tools undetected, officials said.

The Philippines-based company Funnull operated a large cybercrime platform encompassing more than 332,000 domains, the FBI said.

It’s the first public break in the case that might be the largest breach of American schoolchildren's data.

The long-running botnet operation used malware that infected older wireless internet routers over a 20-year period, according to federal prosecutors.

In a joint advisory with Western allies, the National Cyber Security Centre sounded the alarm about variants of BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE.

At issue are warrant requirements sought by Judiciary Committee members and other gripes they have about the most recent Section 702 legislation.

Speaking at a conference presented by CyberScoop, Cynthia Kaiser said the impact of the breach could last forever.

Cyber otherwise wasn’t a big focus during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Patel’s nomination to lead the bureau.

A joint takedown operation last year sought to disrupt Flax Typhoon’s compromise of hundreds of thousands of devices.