Tag: crime
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Prime-Day gleich Crime-Day
Vom 23. bis 26. Juni 2026 findet für Amazon-Prime-Mitglieder die Aktion ‘Amazon Prime Day” statt. Ein Fest für Schnäppchenkäufer und gleichermaßen für Cyberkriminelle. Adam Marrè, CISO bei Arctic Wolf, warnt vor den Cybertücken solcher Online-Aktionstage und gibt Tipps, wie sich Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher schützen können. Amazon-Prime-Day wird zunehmend zum ‘Crime-Day” ‘Jährliche Shopping-Events wie der […] First…
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Two Scattered Spider Hackers Convicted Over Transport for London Cyber Attack
Two alleged members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime collective have pleaded guilty to orchestrating a disruptive cyber attack against Transport for London (TfL). This marks a significant law enforcement victory against a group known for targeting large enterprises and critical infrastructure. The UK National Crime Agency and City of London Police confirmed that Thalha…
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Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites
Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites.”With these actions we deprive cybercriminals of access to infected computer systems,” Maikel Rollman of the Netherlands National High Tech Crime Unit said.”This prevents First seen on…
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Crime Gang Sells Access to 74,000 Fortinet Firewall Devices
Ongoing Campaign May Be Grabbing Legacy Passwords From Fortinet FortiGate Devices. Cybercriminals are selling access to 75,000 Fortinet FortiGate devices with VPN and web management interfaces, and the admin credentials appear to be legitimate and recently harvested as part of a still-live campaign, security experts warned. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crime-gang-sells-access-to-74000-fortinet-firewall-devices-a-32015
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Cybercrime Surges in APAC as Digitalization Takes Hold
Interpol claims cybercrime accounts for third of crime in over half of Asia and South Pacific countries First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybercrime-surges-apac-digitization/
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Infosecurity Europe 2026: AI turbo-charging cyber crime and response
AI is accelerating cyber attacks by criminals and hostile states, with attackers faster, more persistent and increasingly collaborative, say experts speaking at Infosecurity Europe 2026 First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643943/Infosecurity-Europe-2026-AI-turbo-charging-cyber-crime-and-response
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29 Arrests, Nine Crime Groups Dismantled: Another Blow to Illegal Streaming
International Operation KRATOS led by Europol dismantled illegal streaming networks, leading to 29 arrests and nine crime groups taken down. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation KRATOS and involving 13 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, the UK, and the US), spent seven months quietly dismantling the…
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European authorities crack down on illegal streaming networks
Officials said they dismantled nine organized crime groups and removed more than 27,000 URLs hosting live sports and other copyrighted media during a seven-month operation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/europol-piracy-streaming-crackdown-operation-kratos2/
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Police dismantles 9 crime groups in illegal streaming crackdown
European and international law enforcement agencies have dismantled nine organized crime groups and arrested 29 suspects in a major crackdown on illegal streaming operations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantles-9-crime-groups-in-illegal-streaming-crackdown/
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The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism””, increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/the-manhattan-institute-helped-kill-dei-now-its-coming-for-protests/
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Beschlagnahmung von Worktitans-Servern beeinträchtigt Irans Cyberoperationen
Ende Mai haben niederländische Ermittler der Financial Crime investigation of Netherlands (FIOD) in Rechenzentren bei Dronten und Schiphol-Rijk rund 800 Server beschlagnahmt. Das Ziel war der Hosting-Anbieter Worktitans B.V., der auf den ersten Blick wie jedes andere Unternehmen für Internetinfrastruktur aussah. Was die Ermittler jedoch aufdeckten, war weitaus bedeutender: eine Operation, die auf sanktionierter Infrastruktur…
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Dutch authorities dismantle hosting network allegedly used for cyberattacks and disinformation
Dutch authorities arrested two suspects and seized 800 servers tied to Stark Industries, a hosting firm linked to cyberattacks and disinformation. Dutch financial crime investigators arrested two men and seized 800 servers connected to Stark Industries, a hosting provider accused of enabling cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns. Authorities said the suspects supported Russian and…
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Netherlands seizes 800 servers of hosting firm enabling cyberattacks
Financial crime investigators in the Netherlands (FIOD) arrested two men and seized 800 servers linked to a web hosting company that enabled cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-of-hosting-firm-enabling-cyberattacks/
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Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims of war crimes committed in Gaza First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643389/Google-AI-engineer-dismissed-for-opposing-tech-sales-to-Israel
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Microsoft Takes Down Fox Tempest for Providing Ransomware-Enabling Signing Tool
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has taken down the infrastructure of Fox Tempest, a prolific cybercrime-enabling threat group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-takes-down-fox-tempest/
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From PDB strings to MaaS: Tracking a commodity BadIIS ecosystem used by Chinese-speaking threat
Cisco Talos has uncovered a BadIIS variant, identifiable by its embedded “demo.pdb” strings, that functions as commodity malware, likely sold or shared among multiple Chinese-speaking cyber crime groups operating under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model for continuous monetization. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/from-pdb-strings-to-maas-tracking-a-commodity-badiis-ecosystem/
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Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders
British Chambers of Commerce survey shows firms ‘are dealing with rising levels of theft, fraud and cyber-attacks’UK business leaders have warned that crime is becoming an increasingly “serious barrier” to growing Britain’s economy amid a rise in shoplifting, fraud and cyber-attacks against companies.The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents tens of thousands of businesses…
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Cyber-Enabled Cargo Crime: How Cybercrime Tradecraft is Used to Steal Freight
Cargo theft now starts with phishing emails and stolen credentials, not hijackings, to reroute and steal freight from supply chains. NMFTA outlines how cyber-enabled cargo crime is changing transportation security. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyber-enabled-cargo-crime-how-cybercrime-tradecraft-is-used-to-steal-freight/
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India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree
Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/05/06/india_seb_mythos_infosec_advice/
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‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642525/They-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-Inside-Europols-shadow-IT-system
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‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642525/They-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-Inside-Europols-shadow-IT-system
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Teenager alleged to be Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland, faces US extradition
Here’s a tip for you all. Unless you want to draw attention to yourself as a cybercriminal, don’t flaunt your diamond-encrusted “HACK THE PLANET” necklace on Snapchat, or pose as a Sopranos crime boss while the FBI is reportedly closing in. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/alleged-scattered-spider-hacker-extradition
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True Threats and True Crimes Those Memes You Post Might Be Crimes
Does reposting a “86 47” meme constitute a criminal threat? Analyzing the James Comey indictment through the lens of Counterman v. Colorado and Elonis v. United States. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/05/true-threats-and-true-crimes-those-memes-you-post-might-be-crimes/
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Senate Judiciary advances bill that would bar minors from interacting with AI companions
The bill, known as the GUARD Act, also requires that AI companions advise users of all ages that they are not human and lack professional credentials. It also makes it a crime for AI companions to knowingly ask kids for sexual content or to produce it. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/senate-judiciary-advances-bill-barring-children-ai-chatbots
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French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency
Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/french_gov_mega_breach_suspect/
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Bad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, banking, business, container, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, fraud, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, LLM, malicious, monitoring, resilience, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals josh.pearson@t“¦ Thu, 04/30/2026 – 07:31 The modern internet is becoming less human by the day. Bot traffic is increasing, and human traffic is shrinking. Malicious automated traffic is getting harder to spot. The Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report, now in it’s…
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Swiss police arrest 10 suspected members of Nigeria-linked crime group Black Axe
Swiss and German law enforcement have arrested 10 suspected members of the Nigerian criminal network Black Axe, including a regional leader believed to oversee operations in Southern Europe. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/black-axe-switzerland-germany-cyber
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Crime crew impersonates help desk, abuses Microsoft Teams to steal your data
Coming in cold with custom Snow malware First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/25/new_crime_crew_impersonates_help_desks/
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When Research Becomes a Crime: The New Risk Landscape for OSINT and Dark Web Intelligence
For decades, the “gray area” of undercover research was governed by internal policies. The SPLC indictment suggests that internal oversight is no longer a shield. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/when-research-becomes-a-crime-the-new-risk-landscape-for-osint-and-dark-web-intelligence/
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The Guardian view on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial
Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internetAnthropic announced its latest AI model, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/08/anthropic-ai-cybersecurity-software”>Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown…