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How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld

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How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld 2025-03-24 at 09:31 By Help Net Security Europol has released its 2025 report on serious and organized crime in the EU. The EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is based on intelligence from EU countries and global law enforcement. The findings are stark. […]

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Chinese Hacking Group MirrorFace Targeting Europe

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Chinese Hacking Group MirrorFace Targeting Europe 2025-03-19 at 15:05 By Ionut Arghire Chinese hacking group MirrorFace has targeted a Central European diplomatic institute with the Anel backdoor and AsyncRAT. The post Chinese Hacking Group MirrorFace Targeting Europe appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

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AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns

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AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns 2025-03-18 at 21:49 By Associated Press AI and other technologies “are a catalyst for crime, and drive criminal operations’ efficiency by amplifying their speed, reach, and sophistication,” the report said. The post AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now in Europe: March 13, 2025

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now in Europe: March 13, 2025 2025-03-13 at 07:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cloud Security Engineer TUI Group | Portugal | Hybrid – View job details As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will contribute to the implementation of security solutions and will work alongside our Security Operations team to ensure appropriate controls

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now in Europe: February 27, 2025

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now in Europe: February 27, 2025 2025-02-27 at 07:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec The post Cybersecurity jobs available right now in Europe: February 27, 2025 appeared first on Help Net Security. This article is an excerpt from Help Net Security View Original Source React to this headline:

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Leader of North Korean Hackers Sanctioned by EU

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Leader of North Korean Hackers Sanctioned by EU 2025-02-25 at 15:49 By Eduard Kovacs The EU has announced new sanctions against entities aiding Russia’s war against Ukraine, including an individual who leads North Korean hackers. The post Leader of North Korean Hackers Sanctioned by EU appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Germany is Strengthening Cybersecurity with Federal-State Collaboration and Digital Violence Prevention 

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Germany is Strengthening Cybersecurity with Federal-State Collaboration and Digital Violence Prevention  2025-02-14 at 14:18 By Cyble BSI Expands Cybersecurity Cooperation with Hamburg  Germany continues to strengthen its cybersecurity framework as the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg formalize their collaboration. The agreement, signed on February 7, at

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Zeljka Zorz The Spanish National Police has arrested a hacker suspected of having breached national and international agencies (including the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization and NATO), Spanish universities and companies, and released stolen data on the dark web. The attacks

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Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested

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Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested 2025-01-30 at 18:50 By Zeljka Zorz Law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, France and the USA have seized and shut down Cracked and Nulled, the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The takedown notice (Source: German Federal Criminal Police Office) “The websites “nulled.to”

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Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers

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Europeans targeted with new Tor-using backdoor and infostealers 2025-01-28 at 15:04 By Zeljka Zorz A financially motivated threat actor has been targeting German and Polish-speaking users with info-stealing malware and TorNet, a previously undocumented .NET backdoor that leverages the Tor network to evade detection. The phishing email The attacker sends out fake money transfer confirmations

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CERT-UA Warns of Malicious AnyDesk Requests Under the Pretext of Phony “Security Audits”  

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CERT-UA Warns of Malicious AnyDesk Requests Under the Pretext of Phony “Security Audits”   2025-01-23 at 15:33 By Cyble Overview  Government entities and organizations in Ukraine are on high alert after the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) uncovered a social engineering campaign targeting unsuspecting users with malicious AnyDesk requests.     The attackers are impersonating

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Government Sector Bears the Brunt of Cyberattacks in Ukraine: Report 

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Government Sector Bears the Brunt of Cyberattacks in Ukraine: Report  2025-01-16 at 15:36 By Cyble Overview  Ukraine’s fight against cyberthreats has reached new heights, with its top cybersecurity agency releasing the 2024 annual cyberthreat landscape report detailing its efforts to protect critical infrastructure and government systems.   The report, prepared by the State Cyber Defense Center

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement

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27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement 2024-12-12 at 12:39 By Zeljka Zorz As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser”) sites were used by both cybercriminals and hacktivists to

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8Base hacked port operating company Luka Rijeka

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8Base hacked port operating company Luka Rijeka 2024-12-09 at 14:48 By Zeljka Zorz Luka Rijeka, a company that offers maritime transport, port, storage of goods and forwarding services in Rijeka, Croatia, has been hacked by the 8Base ransomware group. The group claimed the attack on their dark web data leak site and professed that they’ve

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Law enforcement shuts down Manson Market cybercrime marketplace

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Law enforcement shuts down Manson Market cybercrime marketplace 2024-12-05 at 17:31 By Help Net Security Europol has supported the dismantling of a sophisticated criminal network responsible for facilitating large-scale online fraud. In an operation led by the Hanover Police Department (Polizeidirektion Hannover) and the Verden Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft Verden) in Germany, and supported by

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Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals

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Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals 2024-12-03 at 17:18 By Zeljka Zorz A joint investigation team involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down Matrix, yet another end-to-end encrypted chat service created by criminals. Matrix (Source: Dutch Police) The Matrix encrypted chat service Matrix – also know as Mactrix, Totalsec, X-quantum,

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Cyber crooks push Android malware via letter

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Cyber crooks push Android malware via letter 2024-11-15 at 15:33 By Zeljka Zorz Cyber crooks are trying out an interesting new approach for getting information-stealing malware installed on Android users’ smartphones: a physical letter impersonating MeteoSwiss (i.e., Switzerland’s Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology). “The letter asks the recipients to install a new severe weather

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Industrial companies in Europe targeted with GuLoader

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Industrial companies in Europe targeted with GuLoader 2024-11-07 at 15:48 By Zeljka Zorz A recent spear-phishing campaign targeting industrial and engineering companies in Europe was aimed at saddling victims with the popular GuLoader downloader and, ultimately, a remote access trojan that would permit attackers to steal information from and access compromised computers whenever they wish.

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands 2024-10-30 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz Midnight Blizzard – a cyber espionage group that has been linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) – is targeting government, academia, defense, and NGO workers with phishing emails containing a signed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration file. “Based

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