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Silence of the WANs: FBI DDoS-for-hire greaseball takedowns slash web flood attacks 'by 11%'
2019-03-19 23:10

Fed bust of massive attack network caused traffic loads to plummet in Q4 The FBI's takedown of a group of prolific DDoS-for-hire websites has single-handedly helped to drop attack levels globally.…

Stolen RDP Credentials Live On After xDedic Takedown
2019-02-01 12:48

Customers of Notorious RDP Marketplace Expected to Move to Rival UAS MarketThe notorious xDedic Marketplace Russian-language cybercrime forum and shop remains offline, following an international...

FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
2018-06-13 13:46

After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.

74 Arrests in Business Email Compromise Takedown
2018-06-11 19:48

'Operation Wire Wire' a Six-Month, Worldwide Law Enforcement OperationA six-month coordinated global law enforcement effort to crack down on business email compromise schemes has resulted in 74...

U.S. Announces Takedown of Global Cyber Theft Ring
2018-02-07 22:53

The US Justice Department announced indictments Wednesday for 36 people accused of running a transnational ring stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data, causing $530 million in...

Andromeda Botnet to Die Slow, Painful Death After Takedown
2018-01-04 16:34

Following a takedown operation in early December 2017, the Andromeda botnet is expected to slowly disappear from the threat landscape, ESET says. read more

Special Report: Impact of the AlphaBay Takedown (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-21 08:48

A deep dive into the takedowns of AlphaBay and Hansa, and their impact on the secretive illicit darknet marketplace leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, a puzzling breach at...