Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine

Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using DoppelPaymer ransomware. The operation, which took place on February 28, 2023, was carried out with support from the Dutch National Police...

The 5 most dangerous cyberthreats facing businesses this year

Which of the myriad, extant cyberthreats should your business be paying the most attention to in 2023? Thats the question we set out to answer in this years annual State of Malware report, and the answers might surprise you. To understand why, you need to know what makes this years report so...

Franco-Israeli Gang Linked to $40 Million CEO Scam Busted

By Habiba Rashid Europol searched 8 houses in Israel and France, with the main culprit arrested in Israel along with seven others. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Franco-Israeli Gang Linked to $40 Million CEO Scam Busted...

Hive Ransomware Gang Disrupted; Servers and Dark Web Site Seized

By Waqas The FBI and Europol have obtained decryption keys for the Hive ransomware, which they have already shared with victims. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hive Ransomware Gang Disrupted; Servers and Dark Web Site Seized...

Europol Busts Crypto Fraud Call Centers

By Deeba Ahmed The operation took place all over Europe including Serbia, Bulgaria, Germany, and Cyprus. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Europol Busts Crypto Fraud Call Centers...

FBI Charges 6, Seizes 48 Domains Linked to DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced the seizure of 48 domains that offered services to conduct distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on behalf of other threat actors, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for malicious activity. It also charged six suspects – Jeremi...

U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on 'iSpoof' Phone Spoofing Service

A coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. The websites, ispoof.me and ispoof.cc, allowed the crooks to "impersonate trusted corporations or contacts to access sensitive informatio...

Notorious Emotet Malware Returns With High-Volume Malspam Campaign

The notorious Emotet malware has returned with renewed vigor as part of a high-volume malspam campaign designed to drop payloads like IcedID and Bumblebee. "Hundreds of thousands of emails per day" have been sent since early November 2022, enterprise security company Proofpoint said last week,...

Go Inside Rapid7 MDR: Timelines and Tick Tocks

They say by 2025, half of all businesses will turn to a managed detection and response MDR service. Breaches are called “inevitable” now. And even with a blank check, most companies couldn’t hire their way to tight security: the expertise just isn’t out there. In this new eBook you’ll find real...

Criminal group busted after stealing hundreds of keyless cars

Europol has disclosed an international operation in which 31 suspects were arrested, 22 locations were searched, and over one million Euros in criminal assets were seized. The organized criminal gang specialized in stealing French keyless cars. Among the arrested were the software developers that...

Europol and Bitdefender Release Free Decryptor for LockerGoga Ransomware

A decryptor for the LockerGoga ransomware has been made available by Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender in collaboration with Europol, the No More Ransom project, and Zurich law enforcement authorities. Identified in January 2019, LockerGoga drew headlines for its attacks against the Norwegi...

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Mobile statistics

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022 IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. Mobile statistics These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures Accordin...

Australian Hacker Charged with Creating, Selling Spyware to Cyber Criminals

A 24-year-old Australian national has been charged for his purported role in the creation and sale of spyware for use by domestic violence perpetrators and child sex offenders. Jacob Wayne John Keen, who currently resides at Frankston, Melbourne, is said to have created the remote access trojan R...

Police seize and dismantle massive phishing operation

Europol has coordinated a joint operation to arrest members of a cybercrime gang and effectively dismantle their campaigns that netted million in Euros. This operation also led the Belgian Police Police Fédérale/Federale Politie and the Dutch Police Politie to nine arrests, 24 house searches, and...

Europol Busts Phishing Gang Responsible for Millions in Losses

Europol on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an organized crime group that dabbled in phishing, fraud, scams, and money laundering activities. The cross-border operation, which involved law enforcement authorities from Belgium and the Netherlands, saw the arrests of nine individuals in the Dut...

FBI Seizes 'SSNDOB' ID Theft Service for Selling Personal Info of 24 Million People

An illicit online marketplace known as SSNDOB was taken down in operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice DoJ announced Tuesday. SSNDOB trafficked in personal information such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers of about 24...

Authorities Take Down SMS-based FluBot Android Spyware

By Deeba Ahmed The takedown resulted from a global law enforcement operation involving eleven countries, headed by Europol’s European Cybercrime Center.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities Take Down SMS-based FluBot Android Spyware...

FluBot Android Spyware Taken Down in Global Law Enforcement Operation

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has culminated in the takedown of a notorious mobile malware threat called FluBot. "This Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details and other sensitive information from...

Authorities Fully Behead Hydra Dark Marketplace

German authorities have taken down the Hydra marketplace – a popular destination on the Dark Web for trading in illicit goods and services, including cyberattack tools and stolen data. This week, they were able to commandeer and take offline underpinning infrastructure such as servers, plus insta...

Cybercriminals’ friend VPNLab.net shut down by law enforcement

Europol has announced that law enforcement has seized or disrupted the 15 servers that hosted VPNLab.net’s service, rendering it no longer available. Led by the Central Criminal Office of the Hannover Police Department in Germany, the coordinated operation took place in Germany itself, the...