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300 Servers and €3.5M Seized as Europol Strikes Ransomware Networks Worldwide
2025-05-23 10:45

As part of the latest "season" of Operation Endgame, a coalition of law enforcement agencies have taken down about 300 servers worldwide, neutralized 650 domains, and issued arrest warrants...

FBI and Europol Disrupt Lumma Stealer Malware Network Linked to 10 Million Infections
2025-05-22 08:24

A sprawling operation undertaken by global law enforcement agencies and a consortium of private sector firms has disrupted the online infrastructure associated with a commodity information stealer...

Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks
2025-05-07 13:54

Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that were used to launch thousands of cyber-attacks across the world. In connection with the operation,...

Europol Arrests Five SmokeLoader Clients Linked by Seized Database Evidence
2025-04-10 09:55

Law enforcement authorities have announced that they tracked down the customers of the SmokeLoader malware and detained at least five individuals. "In a coordinated series of actions, customers of...

Europol: Five pay-per-infect suspects cuffed, some spill secrets to cops
2025-04-10 08:35

Officials teased more details to come later this year Following the 2024 takedown of several major malware operations under Operation Endgame, law enforcement has continued its crackdown into...

Europol Dismantles Kidflix With 72,000 CSAM Videos Seized in Major Operation
2025-04-03 03:58

In one of the largest coordinated law enforcement operations, authorities have dismantled Kidflix, a streaming platform that offered child sexual abuse material (CSAM). "A total of 1.8 million...

Europol Warns Criminal Networks Are Embracing AI, Making Fraud Smarter and Harder to Detect
2025-03-25 15:13

“The same qualities that make AI revolutionary – accessibility, adaptability and sophistication – also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks,” Europol says.

Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns
2025-03-24 05:29

PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more! Infosec In Brief Organized crime networks are now reliant on digital tech for most of...

FBI, Europol, and NCA Take Down 8Base Ransomware Data Leak and Negotiation Sites
2025-02-11 07:03

Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are...

Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested
2024-12-12 06:15

A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and took them offline as part of a multi-year...