Information Security in Small-Scale Protests: Surveillance of Ugandan Anti-EACOP Protesters

We examine the information security practices of Ugandan climate activists protesting the development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline EACOP. We conducted five-week fieldwork in Kampala, Uganda, which included interviews with 13 anti-EACOP activists. Through an inductive analysis, we report...

Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Thursday announced the arrest of a Canadian man in connection with allegedly operating a distributed denial-of-service DDoS botnet known as Kimwolf. In tandem, Jacob Butler aka Dort, 23, Ottawa, Canada, has been charged with offenses related to the developmen...

2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks

On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan's largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his...

US-Estonian Suspect Arrested Over Alleged Scattered Spider Cyberattacks

US-Estonian suspect Peter Stokes arrested in Finland over alleged ties to Scattered Spider, facing US charges for cyberattacks, fraud, and data breaches...

French Police Arrest HexDex Hacker Over Mass Data Theft and Leaks

French police arrest HexDex hacker, a 20-year-old suspect accused of mass data theft and leaks targeting government, sports groups, and firms...

Alleged German DDoS-for-Hire Kingpin Behind Fluxstress Caught in Thailand

Alleged German cybercrime figure behind Fluxstress and Neldowner arrested in Thailand after years running global DDoS-for-hire services across countries...

LeakBase Admin Arrested in Russia Over Massive Stolen Credential Marketplace

The alleged administrator of the LeakBase cybercrime forum has been arrested by Russian law enforcement authorities, state media reported Thursday. According to TASS and MVD Media, a news website linked to the Russian Interior Ministry, the suspect is a resident of the city of Taganrog. The suspe...

Dark Web Roast - January 2026 Edition

Dark Web Roast - January 2026 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · February 11, 2026 Executive Summary Welcome to January 2026's underground intelligence roundup, where criminal masterminds continue to demonstrate that the phrase "honour among thieves" remains the greatest oxymoron in...

Operation Endgame Dismantles Rhadamanthys, Venom RAT, and Elysium Botnet in Global Crackdown

Malware families like Rhadamanthys Stealer, Venom RAT, and the Elysium botnet have been disrupted as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation led by Europol and Eurojust. The activity, which took place between November 10 and 13, 2025, marks Please remove image compression the latest phase...

Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List

A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest...

Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder ‘MrICQ’ in U.S. Custody

A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United States, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say Yuriy Igorevich Rybtsov , a...

School’s AI system mistakes a bag of chips for a gun

An artificial intelligence AI detection system at Kenwood High School mistakenly flagged a student’s bag of potato chips as a gun, triggering a police response. The 16-year-old had finished eating a bag of Doritos and crumpled it up in his pocket when he was done. But the school’s AI-based gun...

UK Police Arrest Two Teens Over Kido Nursery Ransomware Attack

Met Police arrested two teenagers over the Kido nursery ransomware attack, which exposed data for 8,000 children. Full details on the hack and police investigation...

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Dutch Teens Arrested Over Alleged Spying for Pro-Russian Hackers

Dutch authorities arrest two teens recruited by pro-Russian hackers for spying missions. Learn how Russia is using disposable agents for sabotage across Europe...

Who Got Arrested in the Raid on the XSS Crime Forum?

On July 22, 2025, the European police agency Europol said a long-running investigation led by the French Police resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old administrator of XSS, a Russian-language cybercrime forum with more than 50,000 members. The action has triggered an ongoing frenzy of speculatio...

Cybercrime Forum XSS Returns on Mirror and Dark Web 1 Day After Seizure

Cybercrime forum XSS is back online on its mirror and dark web domains just one day after seizure and admin arrest, but questions about its full return remain unanswered...

Europol Arrests XSS Forum Admin in Kyiv After 12-Year Run Operating Cybercrime Marketplace

Europol on Monday announced the arrest of the suspected administrator of XSS.is formerly DaMaGeLaB, a notorious Russian-speaking cybercrime platform. The arrest, which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 222, 2025, was led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in collaboration with Ukrainia...

XSS.IS Cybercrime Forum Seized After Admin Arrested in Ukraine

XSS.IS has been seized after its admin was arrested in Ukraine, however its dark web and mirror domains only show a 504 Gateway Timeout error...

Suspected Admin of XSS.IS Cybercrime Forum Arrested in Ukraine

Suspected admin of XSS.IS, a major Russian-language cybercrime forum, arrested in Ukraine after years of running malware and data trade operations...