Feds Seize AudiA6 and Dark2Web in $389M Crypto Laundering Case

Feds seized AudiA6 and Dark2Web in a major crypto laundering case, arresting two suspects linked to over $389M in alleged illicit transactions...

INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests

INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa MENA that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region, aiming to investigate and neutralize...

Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M

A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by the Dubai...

Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice

Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service RaaS group Black Basta. In addition, the group's alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national named Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov Нефедов Олег Евгеньевич...

AI Forensics Help Europol Track 51 Children in Global Online Abuse Case

Europol and 18 countries used AI forensics to identify 51 child victims and 60 suspects in a global online abuse investigation...

Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects

Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million $540 million from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The international effort, codenamed Operation Borrelli, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along with support from...

INTERPOL Dismantles 20,000+ Malicious IPs Linked to 69 Malware Variants in Operation Secure

INTERPOL on Wednesday announced the dismantling of more than 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains that have been linked to 69 information-stealing malware variants. The joint action, codenamed Operation Secure, took place between January and April 2025, and involved law enforcement agencies...

3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches

An arson attack in Colorado had detectives stumped. The way they solved the case could put everyone at risk...

4 Arrested as Police Dismantle 8Base Ransomware, Seize Dark Web Sites

In a coordinated international security operation, authorities have seized four dark web sites linked to the 8Base ransomware group and arrested four suspects...

Phone Phishing Gang Busted: Eight Arrested in Belgium and Netherlands

Belgian and Dutch authorities have arrested eight suspects in connection with a "phone phishing" gang that primarily operated out of the Netherlands with an aim to steal victims' financial data and funds. As part of the international operation, law enforcement agencies carried out 17 searches in...

Europol takes down criminal data hub Manson Market in busy month for law enforcement

A coordinated action between several European law enforcement agencies shut down an online marketplace called Manson Market that sold stolen data to any interested cybercriminal. What made this market attractive for cybercriminals was that they could buy data sorted by region and account balance...

German Police Disrupt DDoS-for-Hire Platform dstat[.]cc; Suspects Arrested

German law enforcement authorities have announced the disruption of a criminal service called dstat.cc that made it possible for other threat actors to easily mount distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. "The platform made such DDoS attacks accessible to a wide range of users, even those...

Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users

The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay. Tor has written about this. Hacker News thread...

Law enforcement reels in phishing-as-a-service whopper

A major international law enforcement effort involving agencies from 19 countries has disrupted the notorious LabHost phishing-as-a-service platform. Europol reports that the organizations infrastructure has been compromised, its website shut down, and 37 suspects arrested, including four people ...

China Arrests 4 Who Weaponized ChatGPT for Ransomware Attacks

By Deeba Ahmed The police arrested two suspects in Beijing and two in Inner Mongolia. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: China Arrests 4 Who Weaponized ChatGPT for Ransomware Attacks...

A week in security (September 18 - September 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Emergency update! Apple patches three zero-days T-Mobile spills billing information to other customers Involved in a data breach? Heres what you need to know Steer clear of cryptocurrency recovery phrase scams DoppelPaymer ransomware group suspects identified The...

DoppelPaymer ransomware group suspects identified

The German police in cooperation with the US Secret Service have executed search warrants against suspected members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group in Germany and Ukraine. In March of 2023, we reported how the German Regional Police and the Ukrainian National Police, with support from Europo...

Poland Arrests 2 Suspected Hackers for Train Disruption

By Waqas According to Polish RMF radio, one of the suspects is a police officer; however, this information has not… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Poland Arrests 2 Suspected Hackers for Train Disruption...

Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects

SweepWizard, an obscure app apparently created by ODIN Intelligence and used by more than 60 law enforcement departments, has a flaw: According to an ethical hacker, a misconfiguration in the app's API application programming interface caused it to unintentionally leak to the open internet a trov...

Hacked Ring Cameras Used in Livestreaming Swatting Attacks

By Waqas Per the police, the two suspects were aided by a third man who obtained the login credentials of victims’ Yahoo accounts and identified if they owned a Ring doorbell camera. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacked Ring Cameras Used in Livestreaming Swatting Attack...