Interpol
Cybercriminals are Winning with AI
AI has become the most powerful tool for financial fraud since the dawn of the Internet. As predicted, criminals are exploiting it faster, more effectively, and at scale.According to the latest Interpol ...
African Authorities Arrest 260 Suspects in Romance, Sextortion Scams
Authorities in 14 African countries arrested 260 people, seized 1,235 electronic devices and took down 18 criminal infrastructures in a sprawling Interpol operation aimed at the growing global problem of romance and ...
Interpol, African Nations Arrest 1,006 in Sweeping ‘Operation Serengeti’
Interpol led 19 African countries in a massive anti-cybercriminal effort dubbed "Operation Serengeti" that shut down a range of scams and attacks that bled $193 million from 35,000 victims. More than 1,000 ...
Interpol Operation Shuts Down 22,000 Malicious Servers
Interpol, other law enforcement agencies, and cybersecurity firms teamed up for Operation Synergia II, shutting down 22,000 malicious servers that supported ransomware, phishing, and other attacks and arresting 41 people connected to ...
International Investigations Target Financial Cybercrime
International authorities took two big swipes at cybercriminals this week, with Interpol and others rounding up almost 3,500 suspects in a 34-country operation to crack down on cyber-scams one day while German ...
Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop
You've probably never heard of "16Shop," but there's a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. Last week, the international police organization INTERPOL said it had shuttered the notorious ...
Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”
Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation that seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than ...
Authorities Arrest ‘Prominent’ Nigerian BEC Threat Actor
No doubt remote work has tilled fertile ground for miscreants bent on executing business email compromise (BEC) scams, which is why it’s good news that authorities have one operator—from Nigeria—in custody. As ...
Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Operator Fresenius Hit by Ransomware
Fresenius, Europe's largest private hospital operator and a major provider of dialysis products and services that are in such high demand thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hit in a ransomware ...
Hospitals Forced to Fight Another Pandemic
The current upsurge in hackers looking to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented, be they scammers and financially motivated hackers or well-funded and skilled state-sponsored groups. This in itself ...
