Phishing Google Says Chinese ‘Lighthouse’ Phishing Kit Disrupted Following Lawsuit The cybercriminals informed customers that their cloud server was shut down due to complaints. Eduard KovacsNovember 14, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement 1,000+ Servers Hit in Law Enforcement Takedown of Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, Elysium An individual believed to have been involved in the operation of VenomRAT was arrested recently in Greece. Eduard KovacsNovember 13, 2025
Cybercrime RaccoonO365 Phishing Service Disrupted, Leader Identified Microsoft and Cloudflare have teamed up to take down the infrastructure used by RaccoonO365. Eduard KovacsSeptember 17, 2025
Cybercrime RapperBot Botnet Disrupted, American Administrator Indicted The US Department of Justice has announced the takedown of the RapperBot botnet and charges against its American administrator. Ionut ArghireAugust 20, 2025
Ransomware BlackSuit Ransomware Group Transitioning to ‘Chaos’ Amid Leak Site Seizure The emerging Chaos ransomware appears to be a rebranding of BlackSuit, which had its leak site seized by law enforcement. Ionut ArghireJuly 28, 2025
Malware & Threats Lumma Stealer Malware Returns After Takedown Attempt The Lumma Stealer is back after Microsoft and law enforcement took action to significantly disrupt the malware’s infrastructure. Eduard KovacsJuly 23, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Archetyp Dark Web Market Shut Down by Law Enforcement The Archetyp Market drug marketplace has been targeted by law enforcement in an operation involving takedowns and arrests. Eduard KovacsJune 16, 2025
Cybercrime Interpol Targets Infostealers: 20,000 IPs Taken Down, 32 Arrested, 216,000 Victims Notified Interpol has announced a crackdown on infostealer malware in Asia as part of an effort called Operation Secure. Eduard KovacsJune 12, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Carding Marketplace BidenCash Shut Down by Authorities Authorities seized 145 domains associated with BidenCash, a marketplace for stolen credit cards and personal information. Ionut ArghireJune 5, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Counter Antivirus Service AVCheck Shut Down by Law Enforcement Counter antivirus services such as AVCheck allow cybercriminals to test whether their malware is detected by antivirus products. Ionut ArghireJune 2, 2025
Malware & Threats DanaBot Botnet Disrupted, 16 Suspects Charged The DanaBot botnet ensnared over 300,000 devices and caused more than $50 million in damages before being disrupted. Eduard KovacsMay 23, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement German Authorities Take Down Crypto Swapping Service eXch German authorities seized the servers of crypto-swapping service eXch for laundering approximately $1.9 billion in fraudulent assets. Ionut ArghireMay 12, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators Anyproxy and 5socks, websites offering proxy services through devices ensnared by a botnet, have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation. Eduard KovacsMay 12, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests Four people have been arrested in Poland and several websites associated with DDoS-for-hire services have been shut down. Eduard KovacsMay 8, 2025
IoT Security BadBox Botnet Powered by 1 Million Android Devices Disrupted A second iteration of the BadBox botnet that affected over one million Android devices has been partially disrupted. Ionut ArghireMarch 6, 2025
Cybercrime 127 Servers of Bulletproof Hosting Service Zservers Seized by Dutch Police After governments announced sanctions against the Zservers/XHost bulletproof hosting service, Dutch police took 127 servers offline. Eduard KovacsFebruary 17, 2025
Ransomware Authorities Disrupt 8Base Ransomware, Arrest Four Russian Operators Law enforcement agencies take down the 8Base ransomware group’s infrastructure, arrest four Russian operators. Ionut ArghireFebruary 11, 2025
Cybercrime US, Dutch Authorities Disrupt Pakistani Hacking Shop Network US and Dutch authorities seized 39 domains to disrupt a network of hacking and fraud marketplaces operated by Saim Raza. Ionut ArghireJanuary 31, 2025
Cybercrime 2 Arrested in Takedown of Nulled, Cracked Hacking Forums Two individuals have been arrested and one alleged admin has been charged in the takedown of the Nulled and Cracked cybercrime forums. Eduard KovacsJanuary 31, 2025
Cybercrime Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Disrupted, Administrators Arrested The US announced the takedown of Rydox, a marketplace for stolen personal information, and the arrest of three administrators. Ionut ArghireDecember 13, 2024