Cybercrime
Warzone RAT dismantled in international law enforcement operation that also involved arrests of suspects in Malta and Nigeria.
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Tracking & Law Enforcement
The Archetyp Market drug marketplace has been targeted by law enforcement in an operation involving takedowns and arrests.
Government
Citizen Lab publishes forensic proof that spyware maker Paragon can compromise up-to-date iPhones. Journalists in Europe among victims.
Cybercrime
Interpol has announced a crackdown on infostealer malware in Asia as part of an effort called Operation Secure.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
The US is seeking the forfeiture of $7.74 million in cryptocurrency in frozen wallets tied to North Korean fake IT workers schemes.
Cybercrime
One year after taking down Hive ransomware, US announces a $10 million reward for information on the group’s key members.
Hacker Conversations
SecurityWeek talks to Rob Dyke, discussing corporate legal bullying of good faith researchers.
Government
More than 60 of the Adobe, Google, Android, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple zero-days that have come to light since 2016 attributed to spyware vendors.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
Officials said the visa restriction policy can apply to citizens of any country found to have misused or facilitated the malign use of spyware
Cybercrime
Joseph Garrison has received an 18-month prison sentence for accessing 60,000 DraftKings user accounts using credential stuffing.
Cybercrime
Law enforcement in 50 countries partner to take down ransomware, banking malware, and phishing threats.
Ransomware
Matthew Philbert was sentenced to two years for launching cyberattacks on Canadian businesses and government entities.
Privacy
Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell camera footage from users following criticism from privacy advocates.
Cybercrime
A computer hacker who was part of a criminal gang that stole data from hundreds of millions of people and sold it on the...
Cybercrime
Law enforcement authorities in 17 countries discovered more than 400 online merchants infected with skimmers.
Cybercrime
Arion Kurtaj was found responsible by a British court of carrying out one of the biggest breaches in the history of the video game...
Ransomware
The BlackCat/Alphv ransomware group is dealing with the government operation that resulted in website seizures and a decryption tool.
Ransomware
The US government announced the disruption of the notorious BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation and released a decryption tool to help organizations recover hijacked data.
Ransomware
The leak website of the notorious BlackCat/Alphv ransomware group has been offline for days and law enforcement is reportedly behind the takedown.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
FBI Director Christopher Wray calls for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year.
Privacy
The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has called for the renewal of a key US government surveillance tool as he proposed a...
Malware & Threats
US government announces the takedown of the IPStorm proxy service botnet and the guilty plea of its creator, a Russian/Moldovan national.
Cyberwarfare
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: EU regulation enables government surveillance, US offering rewards for Iranian hackers, evolution of Chinese spying.
Privacy & Compliance
France and the UK are calling for greater regulation of commercial surveillance software in the wake of recent Pegasus and Predator spyware scandals.
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