Amadey and StealC Malware Network Disrupted, 27M Stolen Credentials Recovered

A coordinated law enforcement operation, in partnership with private sector companies, including Bitdefender, Bitsight, ESET, and Microsoft, has resulted in the takedown of criminal infrastructure powering Amadey and StealC. "The main common goal was to disrupt the 'assembly lines' cybercriminals...

Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites

Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites. "With these actions we deprive cybercriminals of access to infected computer...

Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing

Google on Friday said it's pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence AI agent to send phishing text messages targeting Americans. The network is said to be behind the development and management of a phishing-as-a-service...

Europol Disrupts AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service Used by Ransomware Gangs

Authorities in Europe have disrupted AudiA6 , a cryptocurrency laundering service used by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks. Europol, in a statement issued Thursday, said the dismantling of AudiA6 cut off a "key financial pipeline used to wash hundreds of millions in illicit profits." T...

DoJ Disrupts Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud Networks, Freezes $3.8 Million in Assets

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced the results of a sweeping action undertaken by government authorities and private sector companies to combat cyber-enabled and cryptocurrency fraud targeting Americans. The "Disruption Week" operation began May 18, 2026, leading to the...

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show...

First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups

Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network VPN service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks. Codenamed Operation Saffron, the disruption of First...

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...

Rapid7 Quarterly Threat Landscape Report: Zero-clicks, geopolitical tensions, and some wins for law enforcement

The first quarter of 2026 reinforced that attackers are moving faster, operating with greater coordination, and exploiting weaknesses before most organizations can respond effectively. From escalating geopolitical tensions to increasingly aggressive ransomware operations, the latest quarterly...

Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized Repository Access

Cybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a "portion" of its source code. It said it "recently identified" the compromise of its source code repository and that it began working with "leading forensic experts" to resolve the matter...

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...

Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts

An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service DDoS operations that were used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals. The ongoing effort, dubbed Operation PowerOFF , disrupted access to the...

How Hackers Are Thinking About AI

Interesting paper: "What hackers talk about when they talk about AI: Early-stage diffusion of a cybercrime innovation." Abstract: The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence AI is raising concerns about its potential to transform cybercrime. Beyond empowering novice offenders, AI stands to...

FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims' account credentials and attempt more...

Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data

Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based global geolocation surveillance system called Webloc. The tool was developed by Israeli company Cobwebs Technologies...

Why Aggregate Accuracy Is Inadequate for Evaluating Fairness in Law Enforcement Facial Recognition Systems

Facial recognition systems are increasingly deployed in law enforcement and security contexts, where algorithmic decisions can carry significant societal consequences. Despite high reported accuracy, growing evidence demonstrates that such systems often exhibit uneven performance across demograph...

TrendAI™ Supports Global Law Enforcement Efforts

Learn how TrendAI™ and our researchers contributed threat intelligence and analysis to support INTERPOL against cybercrime...

Supreme Court to decide whether geofence warrants are constitutional

Google has weighed in on a court case that will decide the future of a powerful but contentious tool for law enforcement. The company submitted an opinion to the US Supreme Court arguing that geofence warrants are unconstitutional. A geofence warrant is a form of "reverse warrant" that turns a...

FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials

A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase , one of the world's largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. The LeakBase forum, per the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ, had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between...

Europol, Microsoft, TrendAI™ and Collaborators Halt Tycoon 2FA Operations

Tycoon 2FA was dismantled this week by law enforcement and industry partners including TrendAI™. The phishing-as-a-service platform offered MFA bypass services using adversary-in-the-middle AitM proxying...