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Data-stealing VS Code extensions removed from official Marketplace
2025-05-21 13:18

Developers who specialize in writing smart (primarily Ethereum) contracts using the Solidity programming language have been targeted via malicious VS Code extensions that install malware that...

VSCode Marketplace Removes Two Extensions Deploying Early-Stage Ransomware
2025-03-24 11:10

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two malicious extensions in the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that are designed to deploy ransomware that's under development to its users. The...

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. [...]

FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized
2024-12-13 06:06

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox ("rydox.ru" and "rydox[.]cc") for selling stolen personal information, access...

Law enforcement shuts down Manson Market cybercrime marketplace
2024-12-05 15:30

Europol has supported the dismantling of a sophisticated criminal network responsible for facilitating large-scale online fraud. In an operation led by the Hanover Police Department...

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...

Police seizes largest German online crime marketplace, arrests admin
2024-12-03 17:16

Germany has taken down the largest online cybercrime marketplace in the country, named "Crimenetwork," and arrested its administrator for facilitating the sale of drugs, stolen data, and illegal...

US seizes PopeyeTools cybercrime marketplace, charges administrators
2024-11-21 15:44

The U.S. has seized the cybercrime website 'PopeyeTools' and unsealed charges against three of its administrators, Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Sami, and Javed Mirza, for selling stolen data. [...]

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals
2024-09-07 07:10

Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial...

Huione Guarantee exposed as a $11 billion marketplace for cybercrime
2024-07-10 20:40

The seemingly legitimate online marketplace Huione Guarantee is being used as a platform for laundering money from online scams, especially "Pig butchering" investment fraud, researchers say. According to a report from Elliptic blockchain analytics firm, the merchants on Huine Guarantee have made transactions of at least $11 billion of transactions, some of them linked to various types of cybercrime, including creating websites for investment fraud, personal data sales, and money laundering.