Security News

Moldovan Police Arrest Suspect in €4.5M Ransomware Attack on Dutch Research Agency
2025-05-13 06:33

Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021. "He is wanted...

Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
2025-05-09 17:47

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. [...]

Police takes down six DDoS-for-hire services, arrests admins
2025-05-07 11:23

​Polish authorities have detained four suspects linked to six DDoS-for-hire platforms, believed to have facilitated thousands of attacks targeting schools, government services, businesses, and...

Can VPNs Be Tracked by the Police?
2025-04-10 12:00

VPNs are popular due to the fact they add security and privacy to what are otherwise fairly open Wi-Fi and public internet channels. But can VPNs be tracked by the police?

Police detains Smokeloader malware customers, seizes servers
2025-04-09 13:33

In follow-up activity for Operation Endgame, law enforcement tracked down Smokeloader botnet's customers and detained at least five individuals. [...]

Google DeepMind Proposes AI ‘Monitors’ to Police Hyperintelligent Models
2025-04-03 08:15

DeepMind’s approach to AGI safety and security splits threats into four categories. One solution could be a “monitor” AI.

Police shuts down KidFlix child sexual exploitation platform
2025-04-02 14:05

Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web, was shut down on March 11 following a joint action coordinated by German...

Police arrests 300 suspects linked to African cybercrime rings
2025-03-24 16:17

African law enforcement authorities have arrested 306 suspects as part of 'Operation Red Card,' an INTERPOL-led international crackdown targeting cross-border cybercriminal networks. [...]

Police arrests suspects tied to AI-generated CSAM distribution ring
2025-02-28 17:59

Law enforcement agencies from 19 countries have arrested 25 suspects linked to a criminal ring that was distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated using artificial intelligence (AI). [...]

Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones
2025-02-28 16:27

Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware. [...]