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"Spear phishing... remains the principal attack vector for most cybercrimes," says Europol in a new report. Sixty-five percent of targeted attack groups use it as their primary infection vector,...
Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation or business for the purposes of distributing malware or extracting sensitive information. As...
Global ransomware attacks are on the decline, but such malicious cyber strikes are getting bolder and homing in on more profitable companies, with data encryption a key target, Europe's police...
NTT Security, the specialized security company of NTT Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). This latest move forms part of its...
Arrests in Europe and the US appear to have ended the cybercrime careers of the gang behind the GozNym banking malware.
6 Suspects Arrested on Money Laundering, Malware-Writing or Fraud ChargesLaw enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe have disrupted a malware attack platform called GozNym. Six suspects have...
Europol announced the shut down of two prolific dark web marketplaces—Wall Street Market and Silkkitie (also known as Valhalla)—in simultaneous global operations against underground websites for...
One of two dark net marketplaces taken down by coppers as they cuff 3 in Germany, 2 in LA Three people have been arrested in Germany in connection with a dark net souk for drugs, dodgy documents...
More Advanced Attack Tools Easier to Access, Europol's Steven Wilson WarnsDistinguishing nation-state attacks from organized crime continues to grow more difficult because some attackers wear both...
If you were a buyer of any online DDoS-for-hire service, you might be in trouble. After taking down and arresting the operators of the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service last year, the...