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Authorities arrested the suspect wanted for his alleged role in one of the most prolific ransomware crews in the world.
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The metaverse is evolving, and tech giants like Meta (the firm previously known as Facebook), Microsoft, and Google are betting big that you’ll want to be a part of it.
You know who else might be keen? Criminals.
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The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service’s (IRISSCERT) Conference on Cybercrime will be on the 10th of November 2022 in the Aviva stadium. This all-day conference will focus on providing attendees with an overview of the current cyber threa… Continue reading IRISSCERT brings eminent cybersecurity experts to its conference in Dublin
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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