Europol

Europol Busts €50 Million Online Fraud Network Running Corporate-Style Scam Call Centers

| | Cyber threats and incidents, Europol, scam
What happened Austrian and Albanian authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled a large-scale investment fraud network that stole more than €50 million from victims across Europe and beyond, following a joint ...
CISO Whisperer

Police Take Down 373,000 Fake CSAM Sites in Operation Alice

| | Cyber threats and incidents, cyberattack, Europol, international cybersecurity
What happened An international law enforcement operation known as Operation Alice, led by German authorities and supported by Europol, shut down over 373,000 dark web sites that falsely advertised child sexual abuse ...
CISO Whisperer

LabHost Crackdown: 37 Arrested In Global Cybercrime Bust

| | Cybercrime Crackdown, Cybersecurity Measures, Cybersecurity News, Europol, Global cybercrime bust, International Cooperation, LabHost, Law enforcement agencies, phishing prevention, phishing scams, Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS)
In a significant stride against cybercrime, law enforcement agencies worldwide have orchestrated a comprehensive crackdown on LabHost, a notorious cybercrime service facilitating multi-national phishing operations. This operation, named PhishOFF and Nebulae, has ...
TuxCare
BlackCloak, human, cyberattack, ransomware Dispossessor takedown

EU Authorities Deal Blow to RagnarLocker Ransomware Operations

| | Cybersecurity, Europol, Ragnar Locker, Ransomware
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 ...
Security Boulevard
‘Hive’ Russian Ransomware Gang Shut Down by FBI, DoJ, Europol, Bundeskriminalamt, et al

‘Hive’ Russian Ransomware Gang Shut Down by FBI, DoJ, Europol, Bundeskriminalamt, et al

| | Bundeskriminalamt, Department of Justice, DOJ, Europol, FBI, Hive, HIVE Ransomware, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, website takedown, website takedowns
Law enforcement agencies from several countries got together and took down the site. They also worked to decrypt victims’ data ...
Security Boulevard
RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested

RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested

| | A Little Sunshine, Diogo Santos Coelho, Europol, FBI, National Crime Agency, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Omnipotent, Operation Tourniquet, RaidForums seizure, SubVirt, t-mobile breach, U.S. Department of Justice, [email protected], Web Fraud 2.0
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 ...
Krebs on Security

Europol IOCTA 2021 Report: The Key Takeaways

| | crime, Cybercriminal, dark web, ddos, Europol, IT Security and Data Protection, Malware, Report
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 ...
The State of Security

Police seize DoubleVPN data, servers, and domain

| | clop, cybercrime, doublevpn, Emotet, eurojust, Europol, VPN
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, ...
Malwarebytes Labs
Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments

Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments

| | amazon, cisco, Department of Homeland Security, disrupting ransomware payments, Emsisoft, Europol, FBI, fireeye, Institute for Security and Technology, mcafee, Microsoft, Philip Reiner, Ransomware, The Coming Storm, The Wall Street Journal, U.K. National Crime Agency, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Treasury Department
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 ...
Krebs on Security
Criminals arrested after trusting encrypted chat app cracked by police

Criminals arrested after trusting encrypted chat app cracked by police

| | apps, encryption, Europol, IT Security and Data Protection, 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, ...
The State of Security
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