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By Waqas
According to authorities, more than 22 locations were searched during the operation while over $1 million in criminal assets were seized.
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By Deeba Ahmed
The arrests were made in Spain, Portugal, and France in a coordinated effort by Brazilian Federal Police and…
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By Deeba Ahmed
The takedown resulted from a global law enforcement operation involving eleven countries, headed by Europol’s European Cybercrime Center.…
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Botnets have proven hard to permanently eradicate in the past, suggesting Europol’s success disabling the FluBot malware could be fleeting.
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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 records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums — 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho, of Portugal — with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
RaidForums boasted at one point of having close to 10 billion pieces of PII for sale, making it one of the biggest destinations for cybercriminals.
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A virtual private network service used for malware distribution, ransomware operations and other cybercrime activities was taken offline Monday as law enforcement officials from nearly a dozen countries jointly seized its website and customer data. Multiple investigations into the distribution of malware and other illicit activities alerted authorities to VPNLab.net, according to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which announced the takedown Tuesday. Authorities “seized or disrupted 15 servers” that hosted the site’s infrastructure, the agency said. “This service provided a platform for the anonymous commission of high value cybercrime cases, and was involved in several major international cyberattacks,” a message posted to the site’s home page reads. “Law enforcement has now gained access to the vpnlab.net servers and seized the customer data stored within. The investigation regarding customer data of this network will continue.” Led by German police, the operation included the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, […]
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By Deeba Ahmed
Europol has confirmed arresting a Romanian national for targeting an IT firm in the country.
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A Romanian man accused of using ransomware to target “high-profile” organizations and companies was arrested Monday as part of a joint operation between the Romanian National Police, the FBI, and Europol. The man — identified only as a 41-year-old living in Craiova, Romania — is accused of compromising an unnamed Romanian IT services company with clients in the retail, energy and utilities sectors, according to a Europol statement posted to the agency’s website. He then used that access to deploy ransomware and steal sensitive data from the IT company’s clients in Romania and abroad, before encrypting the files. The stolen data included financial information, personal information regarding employees and customers and other important documents. The man then asked for a “sizeable ransom payment in cryptocurrency,” the Europol statement read, with the threat of posting the stolen data on cybercrime forums. Allan Liska, the director of threat intelligence at cybersecurity firm […]
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The accelerated digitalization related to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the development of a number of cyber threats, according to the new edition of Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment. Criminals have been quick t… Continue reading The COVID-19 crisis has fueled the increase of cybercrime in all its forms