Security News

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...

Europol Shuts Down Manson Market Fraud Marketplace, Seizes 50 Servers
2024-12-05 14:55

Europol on Thursday announced the shutdown of a clearnet marketplace called Manson Market that facilitated online fraud on a large scale. The operation, led by German authorities, has resulted in...

Europol Dismantles Criminal Messaging Service MATRIX in Major Global Takedown
2024-12-04 12:20

Europol on Tuesday announced the takedown of an invite-only encrypted messaging service called MATRIX that's created by criminals for criminal purposes. The joint operation, conducted by French...

Europol Shuts Down iServer Phishing Scheme and Ghost Cybercrime Chat Platform
2024-09-20 12:58

Law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of an international criminal network that leveraged a phishing platform to unlock stolen or lost mobile phones. The phishing-as-a-service...