Six arrested in South Thailand for call centre scams and firearms

Police apprehended six people suspected of being involved in call centre scams and the illegal trade of firearms. The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) announced the arrest on Tuesday, December 10, indicating possible connections between the suspects and insurgency financing Read More …

Russia: Call center scheme that deceived hundreds from over 20 countries exposed in Moscow

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), in collaboration with the Russian Interior Ministry, has exposed three Moscow-based illegal call centers that affected hundreds of citizens from more than 20 European and Asian countries, the FSB reported. “The unlawful activities of an Read More …

International operation against ‘phone phishing’ gang in Belgium and the Netherlands

Europol has supported Belgian and Dutch authorities in an international operation against a ‘phone phishing’ gang that has led to the arrest of 8 suspects. On the action day, law enforcement also carried out 17 searches in different locations in Read More …

Europol: Fraudulent shopping sites tied to cybercrime marketplace taken offline

Europol has supported the dismantling of a sophisticated criminal network responsible for facilitating large-scale online fraud. In an operation led by the Hanover Police Department (Polizeidirektion Hannover) and the Verden Public Prosecutor’s Office (Staatsanwaltschaft Verden) in Germany, and supported by Read More …

Sri Lanka arrests over 230 Chinese in cybercrime raids

Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (Oct 15), with help from security officials sent by Beijing. Vijitha Herath said police raids over Read More …

UK, US supervise Ukrainian scam call centers – Russian Interior Ministry

The special services of the United Kingdom and the United States control and supervise Ukrainian scam call centers, a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry said. “The most important thing is that they [scam call centers] are fully controlled by Read More …

Attacks by politically motivated hackers on Russia turning into terrorism

Attacks by politically motivated hackers against Russia have morphed into acts of terrorism as they involve intimidation and threats of physical harm, Head of Solar’s security operations center Solar JSOC, Vladimir Dryukov said. “Of particular concern is the issue of Read More …

Every tenth Russian faced cybercriminals in 2023 – Bank of Russia

Every tenth Russian respondent experienced cybercrime, with losses not exceeding 20,000 rubles (around $220), according to the published results of a survey conducted by the Bank of Russia in 2023. “Last year, there were more people who faced cybercriminals, with Read More …

Russian diplomat accuses West of patronizing Ukrainian IT army that commits cybercrime

The US-led West supervises Ukraine’s so-called IT army that may be responsible for cybercrime, Russia’s representative Irina Tyazhlova said on Monday. Addressing a meeting of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information Read More …

Scammers from Ukraine trying to trick Russians into committing crimes

Scam artists from Ukraine are using a new tactic to drag Russians into subversive activities, the Russian interior ministry said on Tuesday. “Anonymous callers tell people that con-artists are attempting to steal or have already stolen their money but it Read More …