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Europol nukes nearly 600 IP addresses in Cobalt Strike crackdown
2024-07-04 08:30

Europol just announced that a week-long operation at the end of June dropped nearly 600 IP addresses that supported illegal copies of Cobalt Strike. "Used as a foothold, it has proven to be highly effective at providing a persistent backdoor to victims, facilitating intrusions of all forms. This disruption is to be welcomed, removing Cobalt Strike infrastructure used by criminals is always a good thing."

Europol takes down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals
2024-07-03 14:46

Europol coordinated a joint law enforcement action known as Operation Morpheus, which led to the takedown of almost 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate victims' networks. "Older, unlicensed versions of the Cobalt Strike red teaming tool were targeted during a week of action coordinated from Europol's headquarters between 24 and 28 June," said Europol.

Europol identifies 8 cybercriminals tied to malware loader botnets
2024-05-31 16:40

Operation Endgame, announced by Europol yesterday, led to the seizure of 100 servers used in multiple malware operations, including IcedID, Pikabot, Trickbot, Bumblebee, Smokeloader, and SystemBC. The law enforcement crackdown also involved four arrests, one in Armenia and three in Ukraine. Yesterday, the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals of Russian descent, who are thought to have held central roles in the Smokeloader and Trickbot malware operations.

Europol Shuts Down 100+ Servers Linked to IcedID, TrickBot, and Other Malware
2024-05-30 10:40

Europol on Thursday said it shut down the infrastructure associated with several malware loader operations such as IcedID, SystemBC, PikaBot, SmokeLoader, Bumblebee, and TrickBot as part of a...

Europol confirms incident following alleged auction of staff data
2024-05-13 11:45

Intelligence-sharing platform remains down for maintenance Europol is investigating a cybercriminal's claims that they stole confidential data from a number of the agency's sources.…

Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen
2024-05-11 12:36

Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only documents containing classified data."No operational information is processed on this EPE application. No core systems of Europol are affected and therefore, no operational data from Europol has been compromised."

Europol op shutters 12 scam call centers and cuffs 21 suspected fraudsters
2024-05-03 05:34

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Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE
2024-04-22 16:30

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Europol warns 443 online shops infected with credit card stealers
2023-12-22 14:50

Europol has notified over 400 websites that their online shops have been hacked with malicious scripts that steal debit and credit cards from customers making purchases. These attacks can go undetected for weeks or even several months, and depending on the popularity of the breached e-commerce platforms, cybercriminals can collect large numbers of payment card details.

Europol shutters ransomware operation with kingpin arrests
2023-11-28 13:45

A few low-level stragglers remain on the loose, but biggest fish have been hooked International law enforcement investigators have made a number of high-profile arrests after tracking a major...