July 5, 2024 at 04:35AM Europol seeks lawmakers’ help to address SMS home routing hampering criminal investigations. Home routing allows customers to use their network in other countries, but Europol argues it enables privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and impedes law enforcement’s access to crucial evidence. Europol suggests banning PETs in home routing as a solution to … Read more
July 4, 2024 at 12:34AM Law enforcement operation MORPHEUS seized nearly 600 servers used by cybercriminal groups and part of the Cobalt Strike attack infrastructure. The crackdown targeted unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, involving multiple countries. Exploitation of cracked software contributed to cybercrime, with related arrests and dismantling of other criminal schemes worldwide. Based on … Read more
July 3, 2024 at 03:30PM Europol coordinated a global crackdown targeting cybercriminals’ use of legitimate security tools, resulting in the takedown of nearly 600 Cobalt Strike servers linked to criminal activity. The agency worked with private sector companies to flag and disable unlicensed versions of the tool across 27 countries as part of Operation Morpheus, … Read more
July 3, 2024 at 11:52AM Recorded Future’s Insikt Group identified thousands of pedophiles accessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using stolen credentials. By leveraging data from information-stealing malware, they tracked unique accounts to usernames on various platforms and shared the gathered information with law enforcement to unmask and arrest the individuals. This innovative use of … Read more
July 3, 2024 at 10:51AM Europol’s Operation Morpheus led to the takedown of nearly 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate networks. Coordinated across multiple countries, the operation involved identifying and targeting criminal infrastructure. The software, originally intended for security testing, has become a primary tool in ransomware and cyberespionage attacks, used by … Read more
June 25, 2024 at 11:48PM Australian study by the Crime Commission in New South Wales reveals that high purchasers of tracking devices are linked to organized crime and domestic violence. The study involved 5,163 trackers and identified connections to serious crimes, domestic violence, and the emergence of contract crews for violent tasks. Recommendations include tighter … Read more
June 20, 2024 at 10:22AM LockBit ransomware group boasted a 665% increase in attack volume in May 2024, reclaiming its spot as the most active gang. Despite disruptions by law enforcement earlier in the year and a subsequent $10 million reward announcement, their activities have rebounded, with a significant uptick in attacks globally. The group’s … Read more
June 19, 2024 at 01:03PM Kraken, a crypto exchange, experienced a serious security breach when a researcher exploited a flaw to steal $3 million in digital assets. Although the issue was swiftly addressed, the attacker demanded payment in exchange for returning the funds. Kraken is treating the incident as a criminal case and is coordinating … Read more
June 18, 2024 at 07:12PM Cyber-criminals are selling what they claim to be AMD’s internal data on the dark web, including customer databases, product specifications, financial figures, and staff information. AMD is working with law enforcement to investigate the situation. The individual responsible, known as IntelBroker, has a history of distributing stolen data from high-profile … Read more
June 18, 2024 at 12:36PM Two men from New York and Rhode Island pleaded guilty to hacking a US law enforcement database. Sagar Steven Singh, 20, and Nicholas Ceraolo, 26, part of the Vile group, extorted people by threatening to release stolen personal information. They accessed the database using a stolen password and faced up … Read more