Security News

Police arrest 55 members of 'Black Panthers' SIM Swap gang
2022-12-02 15:29

The Spanish National Police have arrested 55 members of the 'Black Panthers' cybercrime group, including one of the organization's leaders based in Barcelona. The gang was operating four specialized activity cells dedicated to social engineering, vishing, phishing, and carding, having a very organized structure.

Spanish police dismantle operation that made €12M via investment scams
2022-11-29 16:46

Spanish National Police have dismantled a cybercrime organization that used fake investment sites to defraud over €12.3 million from 300 victims across Europe. The threat actors then laundered money stolen from victims by moving it from Spanish banks to foreign financial entities where the criminals hoped it was away from the authorities' scrutiny or tracing ability.

Ransomware gang targets Belgian municipality, hits police instead
2022-11-26 15:06

The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has published stolen data from what they thought was the municipality of Zwijndrecht, but turned out to be stolen from Zwijndrecht police, a local police unit in Antwerp, Belgium. Belgian media outlets call this data leak one of the biggest of this kind that has impacted a public service in the country, exposing all data kept by Zwijndrecht police from 2006 until September 2022.

U.K. Police Arrest 142 in Global Crackdown on 'iSpoof' Phone Spoofing Service
2022-11-25 06:06

A coordinated law enforcement effort has dismantled an online phone number spoofing service called iSpoof and arrested 142 individuals linked to the operation. Worldwide losses exceeded €115 million, with over 200,000 potential victims believed to have been directly targeted through iSpoof in the U.K. alone, the Metropolitan Police noted.

Suspected Zeus cybercrime ring leader ‘Tank’ arrested by Swiss police
2022-11-16 19:33

Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also known as Tank and one of the leaders of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, was arrested in Geneva last month. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said Penchukov was arrested last month and is waiting to be extradited to the United States, although he can still appeal FOJ's decision.

Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users
2022-11-16 14:55

The Spanish police have dismantled a network of pirated streaming sites that illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users. The pirated TV network used numerous websites to advertise and promote subscription-based streaming services, listing unlimited access to channels from different platforms.

Dutch police arrest hacker who breached healthcare software vendor
2022-10-25 17:04

The Dutch police have arrested a 19-year-old man in western Netherlands, suspected of breaching the systems of a healthcare software vendor in the country, and stealing tens of thousands of documents. These documents might contain sensitive personal and medical data of patients of healthcare providers using the company's systems.

When cops hack back: Dutch police fleece DEADBOLT criminals (legally!)
2022-10-21 18:25

You paste the hexadecimal code from the BTC transaction into the ransomware "Login page", and the process fires up a decryption program left behind by the crooks that unscrambles all your data. Loosely speaking, once Bitcoin miners see that a not-yet-processed transaction involves funds that someone else has already "Mined", they simply stop working on the unfinished transaction, on the grounds that it's now worthless to them.

Brazilian Police Arrest Suspected Member of Lapsus$ Hacking Group
2022-10-20 05:07

The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday announced it had arrested an individual for purported links to the notorious LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. Other federal government portals targeted by the LAPSUS$ group in Brazil include the Ministry of Economy, Comptroller General of the Union, and the Federal Highway Police.

Police breaks up criminal ring that hacked keyless systems to steal cars
2022-10-18 11:10

A car theft ring that used fraudulent software to "Hack" and steal vehicles with remote keyless entry and ignition systems has been dismantled by the French National Gendarmerie, Europol announced on Monday. "The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology to get into the car and drive away," the EU law enforcement agency said.