Organized Crime

International Raids Shut Down Ghost Encrypted Messaging App
Europol headed up an international law enforcement operation against the operators and users of Ghost, an encrypted messaging app that was used by criminal organizations worldwide for drug trafficking, money laundering, and ...
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What is an island hopping cybersecurity attack? | Cyber Bank Heists Report | Contrast Security
Tom Kellermann, SVP Cyber Strategy, Contrast Security | | API security, APIs, Application Attacks, Below the Waterline, crime, Cyber Bank Heists, cybercrime, financial, financial institutions, financial sector, Organized Crime
Cyber Bank Heists report sheds light on the evolution of island-hopping cyber threats This year’sCyber Bank Heists report by Contrast Security was eye-opening. The annual report sheds light on the cybersecurity threats ...

Dutch Cops Bust ‘Exclu’ Messaging Service, Arrest 42
Richi Jennings | | crime, drug trade, dutch, Exclu, holland, law enforcement, Netherlands police, Organized Crime, police, SB Blogwatch, secure messaging
Police in the Netherlands broke open alleged drugs gangs by hacking an encrypted messenger service, Exclu. Lives were saved and alleged perps arrested ...
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Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”
Graham Cluley | | cybercrime, Featured Articles, Fraud, Interpol, IT Security and Data Protection, Latest Security News, law enforcement, Organized Crime, scammers
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 ...

Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19
Radware | | Attack Mitigation, Attack Types & Vectors, botnets, brute-force attacks, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, hacks, OpIsrael, Organization at Risk, Organized Crime, security, Ukraine
Pascal Geenens and Daniel Smith discuss recent and notable security events like the Russian/Ukrainian cyber conflict. The post Threat Researchers Live: Ep 19 appeared first on Radware Blog ...

COVID-19 Exacerbated Existing Cybercrime Patterns, Europol Says
Filip Truta | | coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, cybercrime, European Union, Europol, Industry News, iocta, Organized Crime, threat report
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 ...

Using Similar Taxonomies To Understand Present And Future Security Challenges
Marc Handelman | | Cyber Crime, education, Information Security, Must Read, Organized Crime, Taxonomy, Threat analysis
via Terena.org In what is certainly the single most fascinating and well-crafted piece on the taxonomy of organized crime in months; and it's present and future significance for information and cyber security ...

Facebookery: Plans Underway To Disrupt Credit Card Business With Facebook Cryptocurrency Payment Network
Would you really trust this guy with your hard won simoleans? With the stunning criminal behavior, almost complete lack of honesty, and evidence of political manipulation at a national scale, a Facebook ...

Slack to investors: we might be the target of organized crime, nation-sponsored hackers
Filip Truta | | collaboration, collaboration software, Data breach, Industry News, Organized Crime, SEC, SEC filing, slack, slack technologies, state actor, state-sponsored
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Slack Technologies reveals it is facing ongoing threats from nation-state actors, organized crime, and traditional one-off hackers alike. Slack develops and sells ...

Put A Couple Of Zeroes On It…
Marc Handelman | | Criminal Enterprise, Cybernetic Crime, Information Security, Must Read, Organized Crime, Security Incompetence
Quite likely the defining opinion piece, well-crafted by the inimitable Kara Swisher, writing at The New York Times, targeting the the entity known as Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) (of which, in our ...