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Police shut down long-running dark web drug market

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Police shut down long-running dark web drug market 2025-06-16 at 15:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Law enforcement authorities across Europe have dismantled Archetyp Market, the most enduring dark web drug market, following a large-scale operation involving six countries, supported by Europol and Eurojust. Between 11 and 13 June, a series of coordinated actions took place across […]

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Cybercriminals are turning stolen data into a thriving black market

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Cybercriminals are turning stolen data into a thriving black market 2025-06-12 at 09:18 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals are stealing data and running full-scale businesses around it. Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report reveals how personal data is now a core currency in the underground economy. Data is the product Cybercriminals go

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DanaBot botnet disrupted, QakBot leader indicted

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DanaBot botnet disrupted, QakBot leader indicted 2025-05-23 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Operation Endgame, mounted by law enforcement and judicial authorities from the US, Canada and the EU, continues to deliver positive results by disrupting the DanaBot botnet and indicting the leaders of both the DanaBot and Qakbot Malware-as-a-Service operations. Operation Endgame 2.0 Coordinated by

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Lumma Stealer Malware-as-a-Service operation disrupted

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Lumma Stealer Malware-as-a-Service operation disrupted 2025-05-21 at 21:21 By Zeljka Zorz A coordinated action by US, European and Japanese authorities and tech companies like Microsoft and Cloudflare has disrupted the infrastructure behind Lumma Stealer, the most significant infostealer threat at the moment. What is Lumma Stealer? Lumma Stealer is Malware-as-a-Service offering beloved by a wide

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Phone theft is turning into a serious cybersecurity risk

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Phone theft is turning into a serious cybersecurity risk 2025-05-02 at 08:35 By Sinisa Markovic Phone theft is a rising issue worldwide, and it’s more than just a property crime. It’s a serious cybersecurity threat. In the UK alone, the Metropolitan Police recovers 1,000 phones each week. Stolen phones don’t just go to local black

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Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet

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Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet 2025-04-10 at 18:16 By Ionut Arghire Law enforcement agencies in multiple countries have announced the arrests of users of the malicious Smokeloader botnet. The post Europol Targets Customers of Smokeloader Pay-Per-Install Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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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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8Base ransomware group leaders arrested, leak site seized

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8Base ransomware group leaders arrested, leak site seized 2025-02-11 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz The Thai police has arrested four individuals suspected of being the leaders of the 8Base ransomware group and of stealing approximately $16 million from 1,000+ victims they targeted with the Phobos ransomware. “Officers from Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, led by Police

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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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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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4 new LockBit-related arrests, identities of suspected Evil Corp members, affiliates revealed

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4 new LockBit-related arrests, identities of suspected Evil Corp members, affiliates revealed 2024-10-02 at 12:46 By Zeljka Zorz The third phase of Operation Cronos, which involved officers from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), the FBI, Europol and other law enforcement agencies, has resulted in the arrest of four persons for allegedly participating in the

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement 2024-09-18 at 15:16 By Zeljka Zorz Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and administering Ghost, a dedicated

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The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months

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The changes in the cyber threat landscape in the last 12 months 2024-07-23 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz When it comes to the cyber threat landscape, change is the only constant: the inevitable interplay between cybercriminals and law enforcement agencies makes it inevitable. Europol’s recently released Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2024 report covers

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Cracking down on cybercrime: Who you gonna call?

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Cracking down on cybercrime: Who you gonna call? 2024-06-24 at 06:01 By Help Net Security As cybercrime continues to grow, law enforcement agencies worldwide face increased challenges in safeguarding organizations and individuals. In this article, we highlight law enforcement agencies that have scored notable successes against cybercriminals in recent years. FBI: Cyber Division Headquarters: Washington,

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Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data

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Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data 2024-05-13 at 19:01 By Eduard Kovacs Europol is investigating a data breach, but says no core systems are impacted and no operational data has been compromised. The post Europol Investigating Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Classified Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Zeljka Zorz Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev is “LockBitSupp”, the creator, developer and administator of the infamous LockBit ransomware group, according to UK, US and Australia law enforcement agencies. The US Justice Deparment has unsealed charges against Khoroshev and the US Department of the Treasury’s

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Bitcoin ransomware Akira drains $42M from more than 250 companies: FBI

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Bitcoin ransomware Akira drains $42M from more than 250 companies: FBI 2024-04-19 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found that Akira ransomware has been targeting businesses and critical infrastructure entities in North America, Europe and Australia since March 2023. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform

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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform 2024-04-18 at 12:01 By Help Net Security Law enforcement from 19 countries severely disrupted one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platform, known as LabHost. This year-long operation, coordinated at the international level by Europol, resulted in the compromise of LabHost’s infrastructure. International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Between Sunday

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LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered

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LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered 2024-02-20 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz In the wake of yesterday’s surprise law enforcement takeover of LockBit’s leak site, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and Europol have shared more information about the extent of the takedown. “Today, after infiltrating the group’s network, the NCA has

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