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Months-long Interpol crackdown nets more than 1,000 online fraud arrests

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An Interpol operation to combat online fraud concluded with the arrests of 1,003 people and the interception of $27 million in illicit funds, according to the international police organization, which conducted the crackdown alongside 20 countries. Waged from June to September of this year, “Operation HAECHI-II” targeted online crime like romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering associated with illegal online gambling. But it also turned up a business email compromise scheme in Colombia and led to alerts about malware tied to the popular Netflix show “Squid Game.” Interpol said the crackdown demonstrated how cybercrime has risen to new levels since the outbreak of the coronavirus. It’s the latest international warning about how the pandemic has fueled a crime wave, even setting aside attacks targeting the health care sector or exploiting COVID-19 that have flourished over the past two years. “The results of Operation HAECHI-II show that the surge in […]

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Couple arrested for secretly installing cryptomining software on department store PCs

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Police in Tarragona, Spain, have arrested a man and a woman after they allegedly infected computers at high-street stores with malware with the intention of mining cryptocurrency on them.

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Potent Brazilian banking trojan resurfaces in South America, despite arrests that averted $4M theft

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Back in June, police in Spain arrested 16 people accused of being part of a gang laundering stolen money with the Mekotio and Grandoreiro banking trojans. The suspects in that arrest had already swiped more than $320,000, authorities said, but were on the verge of taking about $4 million before their arrests. But that arrest wasn’t the end for the malware. In the last three months, Mekotio malware has been used to actively target victims again, a report published Wednesday by Check Point Research suggests, with more than 100 attacks detected that show new stealth and evasion techniques in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain and Peru. “Although the Spanish Civil Guard announced the arrest of 16 people involved with Mekotio distribution in July 2021, it appears the gang behind the malware is still active,” said Kobi Eisenkraft, the malware research and protection team leader at Check Point. The research, written by […]

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Europol nabs 106 criminals involved in SIM swapping, money laundering

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Europol said that the suspects carried out a number of cybercrimes included phishing, SIM Swapping, and BEC (business email compromise.) 
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Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’

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Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today announcing some funding to bulk up its own position: the company has raised $80 million, funding that it will be using […] Continue reading Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’→

John McAfee has Died in Spanish Prison, Reports

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Reportedly, John McAfee has died of suicide hours after the Spanish High Court authorized his extradition to the United States. According to local Spanish media, Mr. John McAfee, the founder of antivirus company McAfee has died in a prison nea… Continue reading John McAfee has Died in Spanish Prison, Reports→

John McAfee found dead after Spanish court approved extradition to US, reports say

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John McAfee, a cybersecurity industry pioneer who would go on to promote various cryptocurrencies and flee international law enforcement, has died in Spain, according to multiple news reports.
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Spanish labor agency suffers ransomware attack, union says

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A ransomware attack has affected IT systems at a Spanish government agency that manages unemployment benefits, disrupting “hundreds of thousands” of appointments at the agency, a Spanish labor union said Tuesday. The cyberattack on Spain’s State Public Employment Service (SEPE) affected the agency’s offices around the country, forcing employees to use pen and paper to take appointments, according to the Central Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants. The union alleged that the SEPE had aging IT systems that the agency had not upgraded. SEPE plays an integral part in distributing unemployment benefits in a country where the coronavirus pandemic has hammered the economy. The number of jobless people in Spain is now 4 million, its highest rate in five years, according to official data. But SEPE Director Gerardo Gutiérrez said an interview with Spanish broadcaster RNE that the incident had not affected unemployment benefits, and that it has not led […]

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Spanish cops arrest four in ‘FluBot’ text hacking scheme

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Police in Barcelona have arrested four hackers suspected to be behind a massive criminal scheme which has targeted tens of thousands of victims with malicious links impersonating banks in order to steal victims’ credentials and money. In the raid, which took place March 2, the police collected laptops, cash, documents, and other high-end mobile devices, the Criminal Investigation Division of the Barcelona Metropolitan Police Region said in an announcement. The scammers’ plot included sending bad links through SMS messages to victims, which, if clicked, would direct targets to fake pages imitating banking pages or mobile operators, where the hackers would then steal victims’ credentials and duplicate the victims’ SIM cards to take control of the victims’ phones, according to the release. The attacker-controlled sites were hosted on servers located in the Cayman Islands, according to law enforcement. The hackers would then make fraudulent money transfers with their newfound access and […]

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