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Cybercrime gang exploited VeraCore zero-day vulnerabilities for years (CVE-2025-25181, CVE-2024-57968)
2025-02-05 16:42

XE Group, a cybercriminal outfit that has been active for over a decade, has been quietly exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-25181, CVE-2024-57968) in VeraCore software, a popular...

Russian Cybercrime Groups Exploiting 7-Zip Flaw to Bypass Windows MotW Protections
2025-02-04 12:28

A recently patched security vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiver tool was exploited in the wild to deliver the SmokeLoader malware. The flaw, CVE-2025-0411 (CVSS score: 7.0), allows remote...

Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums
2025-02-02 13:19

Nulled and Cracked had a Lorelai-cal rise - until Operation Talent stepped in Law enforcement officers across Europe assembled again to collectively disrupt major facilitators of cybercrime, with...

Police dismantles HeartSender cybercrime marketplace network
2025-01-31 11:56

​Law enforcement authorities in the United States and the Netherlands have seized 39 domains and associated servers used by the HeartSender phishing gang operating out of Pakistan. [...]

Cybercrime forums Cracked and Nulled seized, operators arrested
2025-01-30 16:44

Law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, France and the USA have seized and shut down Cracked and Nulled, the two largest cybercrime forums in the world. The...

Authorities Seize Domains of Popular Hacking Forums in Major Cybercrime Crackdown
2025-01-30 13:15

An international law enforcement operation has dismantled the domains associated with various online platforms linked to cybercrime such as Cracked, Nulled, Sellix, and StarkRDP. The effort has...

DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
2025-01-11 06:45

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman...

Maximizing the impact of cybercrime intelligence on business resilience
2024-12-23 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Jason Passwaters, CEO of Intel 471, discusses how integrating cybercrime intelligence into an organization’s security strategy enables proactive threat...

Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins
2024-12-12 22:11

International law enforcement operation seizes the Rydox cybercrime marketplace and arrests three administrators. [...]

Cybercrime gang arrested after turning Airbnbs into fraud centers
2024-12-09 16:55

Eight members of an international cybercrime network that stole millions of Euros from victims and set up Airbnb fraud centers were arrested in Belgium and the Netherlands. [...]