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UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
2024-09-19 12:16

4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy Four UK-based proponents of human rights and critics of Middle Eastern states today filed...

Australian Police conducted supply chain attack on criminal collaborationware
2024-09-18 02:32

Sting led to cuffing of alleged operator behind Ghost – an app for drug trafficking, money laundering, and violence-as-a-service Australia's Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged a...

Singapore Police Arrest Six Hackers Linked to Global Cybercrime Syndicate
2024-09-11 12:07

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the arrest of five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean man for their alleged involvement in illicit cyber activities in the country. The...

Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam
2024-08-07 11:35

Two days is all it took for Interpol to recover more than $40 million worth of stolen funds in a recent business email compromise heist, the international cop shop said this week. Interpol was called in after an unidentified Singaporean commodity biz filed a police report on July 23 claiming it had been scammed out of $42.3 million four days earlier.

French police push PlugX malware self-destruct payload to clean PCs
2024-07-25 15:24

The French police and Europol are pushing out a "Disinfection solution" that automatically removes the PlugX malware from infected devices in France. The operation is conducted by the Center for the Fight Against Digital Crime of the National Gendarmerie with assistance by French cybersecurity firm Sekoia, which sinkholed a command and control server for a widely distributed PlugX variant last April.

Police infiltrates, takes down DigitalStress DDoS-for-hire service
2024-07-22 15:51

DDoS-for-hire service DigitalStress was taken down on July 2 in a joint law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency. The Police Service of Northern Ireland also arrested its owner this month, and NCA agents infiltrated the communication services used to plan distributed denial-of-service attacks, collecting data on DigitalStress's "Customers."

Global Police Operation Shuts Down 600 Cybercrime Servers Linked to Cobalt Strike
2024-07-04 03:59

A coordinated law enforcement operation codenamed MORPHEUS has felled close to 600 servers that were used by cybercriminal groups and were part of an attack infrastructure associated with the...

Police allege 'evil twin' of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger's credentials
2024-07-01 05:45

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Singapore Police Extradites Malaysians Linked to Android Malware Fraud
2024-06-18 07:38

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June...

Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups
2024-06-13 08:05

The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the...