1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (210+ words) Authorities from 21 countries took down 53 domains and arrested four people allegedly involved in distributed denial-of-service operations used by more than 75, 000 cybercriminals, Europol said Thursday." Law enforcement agencies obtained data on more than 3 million alleged criminal user accounts from the seized…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (267+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed it is using Paragon spyware, prompting outrage Thursday from a trio of House Democrats. In response to a letter from the lawmakers inquiring about Paragon's use, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons wrote that he…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (226+ words) An operation to crack down on the widely used Red Line infostealer has netted the extradition of an Armenian man to the United States, where he made an initial appearance in a Texas court Wednesday. Authorities charged Hambardzum Minasyan with…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (343+ words) A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware groups. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to six federal…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (535+ words) The recently released executive order targeting cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes uses language the federal government has often avoided. Now, for the first time, the Trump administration is echoing what the cybersecurity industry has been shouting for years: cyber-enabled fraud…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (435+ words) Authorities from multiple countries dismantled Socks Escort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369, 000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen's…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (522+ words) Authorities from 14 countries shut down Leak Base, seized its domains and arrested multiple people allegedly involved in the cybercrime marketplace for stolen data and hacking tools, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Leak Base had more than 142, 000 members, ranking it among…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (260+ words) The Department of Homeland Security's watchdog office has launched an audit of the agency's privacy practices amid allegations that DHS and its components have used facial recognition tools and other technologies to collect data broadly and violate civil liberties. The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (213+ words) A trio of domains that allegedly distributed pirated content, including movies, TV shows, video games and other content was seized by the U. S. government as part of a globally coordinated crackdown on copyright infringement, the Justice Department said Friday. The sites…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (380+ words) A 40-year-old Jordanian national pleaded guilty Thursday to operating as an access broker, selling access to at least 50 victim company networks he broke into by exploiting two commercial firewall products in 2023, according to the Justice Department. Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti,…...