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EU Authorities Deal Blow to RagnarLocker Ransomware Operations
Law enforcement agencies throughout Europe and the United States took a big swing at the notorious RagnaLocker ransomware group, arresting a malware developer, seizing parts of its infrastructure, and shutting down negotiations ...
‘Hive’ Russian Ransomware Gang Shut Down by FBI, DoJ, Europol, Bundeskriminalamt, et al
Law enforcement agencies from several countries got together and took down the site. They also worked to decrypt victims’ data ...
RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer ...
Europol IOCTA 2021 Report: The Key Takeaways
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, recently published the 2021 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. The report, which is Europol’s flagship strategic product that provides a law enforcement focused assessment of ...
Police seize DoubleVPN data, servers, and domain
DoubleVPN, a VPN service that promised to double- and triple-encrypt web activity, was seized after allegedly being favored for cybercrime. Categories: Cybercrime Tags: Clopdoublevpnemoteteurojusteuropolvpn (Read more...) The post Police seize DoubleVPN data, ...
Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments
Some of the world's top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting the individuals and ...
Criminals arrested after trusting encrypted chat app cracked by police
Police in the Netherlands and Belgium have made hundreds of raids, and arrested at least 80 people, after cracking into an encrypted phone network used by organised criminals. In a press release, ...
International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware
Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said they'd seized control over Emotet, a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million Microsoft Windows systems ...
Trickbot on the Ropes Part 2: The QQAAZZ Money Laundering Ring
While shutting down the technical aspects of malware is critical (see Trickbot on the Ropes Part 1), the real disincentive to the criminals is when you hit them hard in the money. ...
COVID-19 Exacerbated Existing Cybercrime Patterns, Europol Says
Europol has published its seventh Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), the agency’s annual cybercrime report containing updates on the latest trends and effects of cybercrime in the European Union and beyond ...
