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Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases, the digital development ministry said on Wednesday. The blocking measures, which extend only to Read More …
Law Enforcement Seizes Servers, Domains, and Approximately $1 Million In Laundered Proceeds Owned By BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware group which included the takedown of four servers and nine domains Read More …
Taiwan prosecutors arrested six people suspected of stealing trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), opening an investigation into a potential breach of national security involving a global tech industry linchpin. The chipmaker to Nvidia reported a number of Read More …
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a cyberespionage campaign by the Russian state actor we track as Secret Blizzard that has been targeting embassies located in Moscow using an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) position to deploy their custom ApolloShadow malware. ApolloShadow has the Read More …
Scattered Spider (also known as, UNC3944, Scatter Swine, Oktapus, Octo Tempest, Storm-0875, and Muddled Libra) engages in data extortion and several other criminal activities. Scattered Spider threat actors use multiple social engineering techniques—including push bombing—and subscriber identity module (SIM) swap Read More …
As of July 25, 2025, all sites and apps that allow pornography will need to have strong age checks in place, to make sure children can’t access that or other harmful content. This represents the most significant change to how Read More …
A long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with their Ukrainian counterpart and Europol, has led to the arrest of the suspected administrator of xss.is, one of the world’s most influential Russian-speaking cybercrime platforms. Read More …
The Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Online Scams (CCOS) presented the results of an operation to suppress online scam activities across the Kingdom of Cambodia yesterday. After CCOS’s initial meeting on June 27 and Prime Minister Hun Manet’s strict Read More …
Australia is implementing comprehensive internet age verification and ID check requirements as part of a major overhaul of online safety regulation. By December 27, 2025, major platforms including Google and Microsoft must implement age verification checks on their search engines Read More …
Between 14 and 17 July, a joint international operation, known as Eastwood and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, targeted the cybercrime network NoName057(16). Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Czechia, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Read More …
