Scammers Defraud Individuals via Work-From-Home Scams

The FBI warns of scammers offering victims fake work-from-home jobs, typically involving a relatively simple task, such as rating restaurants or “optimizing” a service by repeatedly clicking a button. The scammers pose as a legitimate business, such as a staffing Read More …

UK: The Princess of Wales’s hospital data breach not referred to police due to suspected ‘decoy’ plan

The Princess of Wales’s hospital data breach has not been referred to police as an expert explains that a “decoy” plan could have been in use – meaning her actual medical files were not accessed by the perpetrators. Despite Health Read More …

Europol: Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem

Between 27 and 29 May 2024 Operation Endgame, coordinated from Europol’s headquarters, targeted droppers including, IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader, Bumblebee and Trickbot. The actions focused on disrupting criminal services through arresting High Value Targets, taking down the criminal infrastructures and Read More …

Northern Ireland: Disabled former police officers to receive damages for alleged data breach

Disabled former policemen and women in Northern Ireland are to receive undisclosed damages for an alleged data breach, their lawyer revealed today. Financial settlements were reached in legal action against the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Proceedings related to an Read More …

Data leak site BreachForums is back, boasting Live Nation/Ticketmaster user data. But is it a trap?

Notorious data leak site BreachForums appears to be back online after it was seized by law enforcement a few weeks ago. At least one of BreachForums domains and its dark web site are live again. However, questions have been raised Read More …

Guidance on the 911 S5 Residential Proxy Service

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS), and Department of Commerce (DOC) are publishing this announcement to notify the public of the dismantlement of the 911 S5 residential proxy service and to help individuals and businesses Read More …

23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace

Federal authorities have arrested a 23-year-old Taiwanese national and charged him with running an online market that sold $100 million worth of illicit narcotics, including fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, LSD, and ketamine. The authorities said that for almost four years, Read More …

Why and how TikTok was banned in New Caledonia

Speaking in Paris on the evening of Wednesday, May 15, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that the high commissioner for the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia had “banned TikTok” across the entire archipelago, in addition to a series Read More …

Notorious data leak site BreachForums seized by law enforcement

BreachForums—probably the largest dark web marketplace for stolen data to be leaked and sold—has been seized by law enforcement.Now, both the regular and the TOR domain of BreachForums are plastered with a message telling visitors the site is now under Read More …

Man convicted following complex two year cybercrime investigation by Police Scotland

A 21-year-old man from West Dunbartonshire has been convicted of creating, selling and supporting an online computer system with the capability of bringing down websites. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Maclean, of Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Investigations Unit, said: “Tagore supplied a Read More …