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The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner Office intends to impose a fine of £750,000 on the Police Service of Northern Ireland for exposing the entire workforce's personal details by mistakenly publishing a spreadsheet online. "We have announced we intend to fine the Police Service of Northern Ireland £750,000 for failing to protect the personal information of its entire workforce." reads the announcement.
The banking trojan "Grandoreiro" is spreading in a large-scale phishing campaign in over 60 countries, targeting customer accounts of roughly 1,500 banks. In January 2024, an international law enforcement operation involving Brazil, Spain, Interpol, ESET, and Caixa Bank announced the disruption of the malware operation, which had been targeting Spanish-speaking countries since 2017 and caused $120 million in losses.
In January 2024, an international law enforcement operation involving Brazil, Spain, Interpol, ESET, and Caixa Bank announced the disruption of the malware operation, which had been targeting Spanish-speaking countries since 2017 and caused $120 million in losses. IBM X-Force noticed several new features and significant updates in the latest variant of the Grandoreiro banking trojan, making it a more evasive and effective threat.
VPNs are popular due to the fact they add security and privacy to what are otherwise daily open Wi-Fi and public internet channels. But can VPNs be tracked by the police?
The NCA, FBI, and Europol have revived a seized LockBit ransomware data leak site to hint at new information being revealed by law enforcement this Tuesday. As part of this disruption, the police converted one of the data leak sites into a press release site, where the UK's National Crime Agency, the FBI, and Europol shared information about what they learned during the operation, a list of affiliates, and how LockBit lies to victims by not always deleting stolen data after a ransom is paid.
Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily. The law enforcement operation also yielded critical electronic evidence expected to identify other call centers and potential fraud perpetrators.
Japanese police placed fake payment cards in convenience stores to protect the elderly targeted by tech support scams or unpaid money fraud. The cards are labeled "Virus Trojan Horse Removal Payment Card" and "Unpaid Bill Late Fee Payment Card," and were created by the Echizen Police in the Fukui prefecture in Japan as an alert mechanism.
European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE). They called on the...
As many as 37 individuals have been arrested as part of an international crackdown on a cybercrime service called LabHost that has been used by criminal actors to steal personal credentials from...
German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services. The Federal...