UK Teenager, Aged 18, Charged With Running DDoS-For-Hire Service

A teenage student has been charged with running a supplying malware that was used for launching distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against websites of some of the world's leading businesses. Jack Chappell, an 18-year-old teenager from Stockport, is accused of helping cyber criminals with...

Two British Men Arrested For Hacking Microsoft

British police have arrested two men in the UK conspiring to hack into the computer networks of US tech giant Microsoft with plans to steal customers’ data from the software giant. The suspects — 22-year-old from Sleaford and a 25-year-old from Bracknell — were arrested by the detectives from the...

No More Ransom — 15 New Ransomware Decryption Tools Available for Free

No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat. Launched less than a year ago, the No More Ransom NMR project has increased its capacity with new partners and new decryption tools added to its now global campaign to combat Ransomware. Started as a joint initiative by Europol, the Dutch National...

Keys for Dharma Ransomware Released

Victims of the Dharma strain of ransomware can now get their files back, free of charge. Decryption keys for the ransomware were added to the Kaspersky Lab’s Rakhni decryptor tool Thursday morning. Dharma ransomware .dharma decryptor released pic.twitter.com/sIQorypOzj — Anton Ivanov @antonivanov...

Police Arrest 5 Cyber Thieves Who Stole 3.2 Million From ATMs Using Malware

Law enforcement authorities from Europe and Russia have arrested five members of an international cyber criminal gang for stealing $3.2 million cash from ATMs using malware. Three of the suspects, Andrejs Peregudovs 41, of Latvia, Niklae Penkov 34 of Moldova, and Mihail Colibaba 30 of Romania, we...

Law Enforcement Targets Users of DDoS-For-Hire Services

Law enforcement authorities from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services. Thirty four individuals who are alleged to have purchased stressers and booter services were arrested as part of the operation. Stressers and...

Europol arrests 34 Teenagers for using DDoS Attack Tools

Europol has announced that the law enforcement agencies from 13 countries around the globe have arrested 34 users of Netspoof DDoS attack tool and interviewed and warned 101 suspects in a global crackdown. According to the report published on the official website of Europol, law enforcement...

Dutch, Belgian Ransomware Wildfire Disrupted, Decryption Keys Posted

The No More Ransom initiative released decryption keys for yet another strain of ransomware this week; now victims of the mostly Dutch-leaning ransomware called WildFire can get their files back without paying attackers. According to an update from the Dutch National Police on Wednesday, when it...

Europol and IT Security Companies Team Up to Combat Ransomware Threat

No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat. The European Police agency Europol has joined forces with police and cyber security companies to launch a worldwide initiative to combat and tackle together the exponential growth of Ransomware used by cyber criminals. Europol announced today the...

Hacker arrested for ATM Skimming escaped from Prison

A Romanian card skimmer arrested for being part of an international cybercrime group that used malware to plunder US$217,000 from ATMs has escaped from a Bucharest prison on Sunday morning 6th March. Renato Marius Tulli, 34, was being held at Police Precinct 19 in Bucharest, the capital of Romani...

Creator of MegalodonHTTP DDoS Botnet Arrested

Last month, the Norway police arrested five hackers accused of running the MegalodonHTTP Remote Access Trojan RAT. The arrests came as part of the joint operation between Norway’s Kripos National Criminal Investigation Service and Europol, codenamed "OP Falling sTAR." According to the United Stat...

Eight Arrested in Tyupkin ATM Hacking Takedown

European authorities dismantled a cybercrime ring last week responsible for a series of ATM attacks that ultimately led to substantial financial losses across Europe. Authorities apprehended eight Romanian and Moldovan nationals in connection with the ring following a series of house searches in...

Police Arrested Hackers Who Stole Millions from European ATMs

Romanian law enforcement authorities have arrested eight cyber criminals suspected of being part of an international criminal gang that pilfered cash from ATMs automatic teller machines using malware. The operation said to be one of the first operations of this type in Europe, was conducted in...

Microsoft, Law Enforcement Collaborate in Dorkbot Takedown

A coalition of law enforcement agencies worked together recently to disrupt Dorkbot, a botnet that’s managed to infect more than one million machines in 190 countries during the last year. Researchers with Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center announced the news via a post on the MMPC blog. Two...

Feds Detail Shutdown of Cybercrime Forum Darkode

Officials worldwide this week culminated an 18-month effort to take down Darkode, a cybercrime forum where hackers fraternized, shared malware, credit card information and more. The campaign, dubbed Operation Shrouded Horizon, resulted in the arrest of 28 hackers and 27 house searches across 18...

Five Arrested in Zeus, SpyEye Takedown

Authorities in six different countries worked together to take down a cybercrime ring which ultimately infected tens of thousands of computers with Zeus and SpyEye malware and made off with roughly $2.25 million from banks in the process. Europol and Eurojust joined forces to take down the group,...

Europol Arrests Gang Behind Zeus And SpyEye Banking Malware

The Law enforcement agencies from six different European countries have taken down a major Ukrainian-based cyber criminals gang suspected of developing, distributing and deploying Zeus and SpyEye banking malware. According to the report on the official website of Europol, authorities have arreste...

49 Arrested in "Operation Triangle" Phishing Campaign

Authorities from six nations worked in tandem on Tuesday to apprehend 49 suspects connected with allegedly carrying out a complex phishing scheme dubbed Operation Triangle that saw cybercriminals make off with more than $6 million. Police in Italy, Spain, and Poland coordinated the arrests, while...

Ramnit Botnet Shut Down

The Ramnit botnet, a favorite among thieves dabbling in financial fraud for its frequent updates, has been shut down in a joint effort spearheaded by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre EC3. In a statement today, EC3 said investigators from across Europe, along with Microsoft, AnubisNetworks and...

Europol Takes Down RAMNIT Botnet that Infected 3.2 Million Computers

It seems like the world has declared war against the Cyber Criminals. In a recent update, we reported that FBI is offering $3 Million in Reward for the arrest of GameOver Zeus botnet mastermind, and meanwhile British cyber-police has taken down widely-spread RAMNIT botnet. The National Crime Agen...