6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (252+ words) German and US law enforcement have dismantled the infrastructure behind Kratos, a notorious phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform. Its alleged developer and administrator was arrested in Indonesia by local police. Seizure banner (Source: BKA) The takedown was led by the Frankfurt public…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (309+ words) Google Wallet has joined the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) PreCheck Touchless ID program, allowing travelers to pass through security checkpoints using the TSA’s facial comparison technology. The system verifies identity by matching a live photo taken at a checkpoint with…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (572+ words) Operation Endgame, the largest international law enforcement operation aimed at disrupting ransomware and cybercrime infrastructure across the world, has claimed its latest targets: StealC and Amadey. The notice on disrupted websites (Source: Microsoft) While developed by separate criminal groups, those…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (473+ words) The Dutch National Police and the country’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) have taken offline 200 servers controlling a botnet of 17 million devices, the law enforcement agency announced on Thursday. The investigation was launched after the NCSC received a report by…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (287+ words) Dutch authorities arrested two men and seized 800 servers linked to a hosting provider that investigators say supported Russian activities aimed at undermining democracy and security through cyberattacks, disinformation, and disruption of public and economic systems. Servers seized by Dutch authorities…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (322+ words) U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million devices worldwide. Jacob Butler, 23, of Ottawa, Canada, also known online as “Dort,” was…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (371+ words) First VPN, a virtual private network service marketed to cybercriminals, promising anonymity for its users, was taken offline on May 19 and 20 as part of Operation Saffron. During the operation, French and Dutch authorities, with support from Europol and Eurojust, dismantled…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (307+ words) The Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign, which publicly displays images of suspected fraudsters to encourage self-surrenders and gather public tips, is proving successful, with the identities of 74 of the 100 suspects shown already identified. A digital display promoting the Dutch police’s…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (280+ words) Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused substantial financial losses across the region. The operation resulted in the arrest of 201 individuals and the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (347+ words) German authorities shut down a relaunched version of the criminal marketplace Crimenetwork and arrested its suspected operator. The domain seizure notice (Source: BKA) A special unit of the Spanish National Police arrested the suspected 35-year-old German operator at his residence…...