Spanish police arrests SIM-swapping gang
Spanish law enforcement has arrested eight people alleged to be part of a crime ring who drained bank accounts in a series of SIM swapping attacks. SIM-swapping attacks, also known as SIM hijacking, occur...
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Is REvil Active Even After Arrests?
Even after the recent arrest of the members of the REvil ransomware group, researchers have found multiple samples being deployed across targets. After the arrests, the number of REvil implants dipped to 24 per day,...
FSB arrests REvil ransomware gang members
Raids were conducted by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) at 25 residents owned by 14 members suspected to be part of the REvil team across Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, and the Lipetsk regions....
Ukranian police arrests ransomware gang that hit over 50 firms
Ukrainian police officers have arrested a ransomware affiliate group responsible for attacking at least 50 companies in the U.S. and Europe. A 36-year-old resident of Kiev, capital of Ukraine was identified as the leader...
US arrests suspect who stole unpublished books in phishing attacks
An Italian man allegedly involved in a multi-year scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts was arrested at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York. click here to read full Article...
European Money Mule Action leads to 1,803 arrests
This was the seventh iteration of the European Money Mule Action, or ‘EMMA’, which was established in 2016 on the initiative of Europol, Eurojust, and the European Banking Federation. click here to read full...
Ukraine Arrests Operator of DDoS Botnet with 100,000 Compromised Devices
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities on Monday disclosed the arrest of a hacker running a powerful botnet consisting of over 100,000 devices that was used to carry out DDoS and spam attacks. click here to...
International coalition arrests 'prolific' hackers involved in ransomware attacks
An international coalition of American, French, Ukrainian, and EU law enforcement authorities coordinated on the arrest last week of two individuals and the seizure of millions of dollars in profit. click here to read...
US arrests 33 BEC scammers linked to Nigerian crime syndicate
The arrests, which took place last week, targeted individuals part of Black Axe, a transnational organized crime syndicate originating from Nigeria and operating across the globe. click here to read full Article Read more...
Europol Busts Major Crime Ring, Arrests Over 100 Online Fraudsters
Law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime, netting the gang...
Arrests of members of Tetrade seed groups Grandoreiro and Melcoz
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has announced the arrest of 16 individuals connected to the Grandoreiro and Melcoz (also known as Mekotio) cybercrime groups. Both are originally from Brazil and form part of the...
Spain arrests 16 for distributing the Mekotio and Grandoreiro banking trojans
The suspects were arrested last week, had their house searched, and devices seized for investigation during raids part of an operation that authorities named Aguas Vivas (Living Waters). click here to read full Article...
Eight arrests made as Eurojust dismantles $2.4 million e-commerce fraud operation
The criminal network deployed phishing scams to dupe victims into paying for what they believed were goods and services via legitimate websites, including eBay, Amazon, and Airbnb. click here to read full Article Read...
Recent Arrests Probably Weren’t Able to Stop Cl0p Ransomware
Cl0p ransomware hackers just dumped stolen data on their dark website claiming it was stolen from a new victim. Several gang members of the group were detained by Ukrainian police last week but it...
Interpol Arrests 3 Nigerian BEC Scammers For Targeting Over 500,000 Entities
A few Nigerian citizens suspected of getting associates of an structured cybercrime team at the rear of distributing malware, carrying out phishing campaigns, and comprehensive Small business E mail Compromise (BEC) frauds have been...
