Tag: crime
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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack
A decision by the French supreme court may pave the way for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of France’s hacking of the EncroChat and Sky ECC cryptophone networks used by organised crime groups First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631442/French-court-ruling-may-lead-to-legal-challenges-over-state-Sky-ECC-and-EncroChat-phone-hack
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Microsoft schaltet gefährliches Phishing-Netzwerk ab
Über die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 sollen mehr als 5.000 Microsoft-Accounts in 94 Ländern kompromittiert worden sein.Die Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) von Microsoft hat die Phishing-as-a-Service-Plattform RaccoonO365 lahmgelegt. Wie das Unternehmen aus Redmond berichtet, wurden dabei 338 Webseiten beschlagnahmt, um die Infrastruktur zu zerstören.Das von Microsoft als Storm-2246 verfolgte kriminelle Netzwerk hinter der Plattform hat sich auf…
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Microsoft beschlagnahmt 338 Websites zur Zerschlagung des schnell wachsenden Phishing-Dienstes ‘RaccoonO365″
Die Digital-Crimes-Unit (DCU) von Microsoft hat mit einem Gerichtsbeschluss des Southern District of New York 338 Websites beschlagnahmt, die mit ‘RaccoonO365″ verbunden sind. Ziel war es, die technische Infrastruktur des Dienstes zu stören und Kriminellen den Zugriff auf Opferkonten zu entziehen. RaccoonO365 ist ein Phishing-Toolkit, mit dem Microsoft-365-Zugangsdaten gestohlen werden. Dieser Fall zeigt, dass Cyberkriminelle…
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NCA Singles Out “The Com” as It Chairs Five Eyes Group
The UK’s National Crime Agency is the new chair of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-singles-out-com-chairs-five/
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Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631473/Microsoft-scores-win-against-Office-365-credential-thieves
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Microsoft and Cloudflare teamed up to dismantle the RaccoonO365 phishing service
Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupted the RaccoonO365 phishing service, used to steal thousands of user credentials. A joint operation conducted by Microsoft and Cloudflare has taken down the infrastructure used by the RaccoonO365 phishing service (tracked by Microsoft as Storm-2246). Microsoft announced that its Digital Crimes Unit shut down RaccoonO365, seizing 338 sites used to steal…
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Microsoft and Cloudflare execute ‘rugpull’ on massive phishing empire
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, breach, computer, credentials, crime, crimes, crypto, cybercrime, data, detection, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, infrastructure, international, law, microsoft, phishing, programming, scam, service, strategy, threat, toolLegal victory with limitations: Microsoft’s investigation identified Joshua Ogundipe, based in Nigeria, as the operation’s leader and primary architect. The company filed a lawsuit against Ogundipe and four associates listed as John Does in late August, then obtained a court order from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in early…
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BreachForums kingpin goes from walk-free deal to 3-year stretch
Prosecutors say Conor Fitzpatrick’s crimes caused ‘incalculable’ damage First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/breachforums_founder_prison/
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Microsoft Shuts Down RaccoonO365 Phishing Ring, Seizes 338 Websites
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit dismantled RaccoonO365, a major phishing service that stole thousands of user credentials and targeted US healthcare organisations. Discover how the operation worked and its global impact. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/microsoft-shuts-down-raccoono365-phishing-seizes-sites/
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Microsoft Takes Down 300+ Websites Behind RaccoonO365 Phishing Scheme
Tags: access, control, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, infrastructure, microsoft, phishing, serviceMicrosoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized control of 338 websites facilitating RaccoonO365, the rapidly expanding phishing-as-a-service platform that enables anyone to harvest Microsoft 365 credentials. Acting under a court order from the Southern District of New York, the DCU disrupted the operation’s technical infrastructure, denying cybercriminals access to victims and cutting off their revenue…
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RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024.”Using a court order granted by the Southern District…
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RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Shut Down After Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt 338 Domains
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024.”Using a court order granted by the Southern District…
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Chinese Guarantee Syndicates and the Fruit Machine
When I was speaking to a group of Bank Security people in New York City yesterday, I mentioned “machine rooms” — which are rooms full of Apple iPhones that are used to send iMessage phishing spam. Someone in the audience asked “Where would they get that many phones?” The kids like to use the acronym…
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ASEAN Adopts 10-Year Action Plan to Combat Rising Cybercrime Threat
Cybercrime and online scams have officially overtaken traditional threats as the primary regional security concern for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This ASEAN cybercrime threat in focus was confirmed by Malaysia’s Home Minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, at the close of the 19th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) and Related…
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Money Mule Networks Surge 168% Fueling Digital Banking Fraud
BioCatch Says Crime Groups Have Industrialized Operations With Stablecoin Transfers. Organized crime groups have industrialized digital banking fraud operations in the United States, with money mule networks surging 168% in the first half of 2025. Money mules are being recruited at unprecedented scale, and they’re using stablecoins to transfer funds to crypto exchanges. First seen…
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Feds seek to claim $5 million in bitcoin taken in SIM swaps
The Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) is pursuing funds taken from five victims between late October 2022 and March 2023, according to a news release. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-seeks-5-million-bitcoin-taken-in-sim-swaps
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‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds
A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture”¢ <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/08/myanmar-military-junta-scam-centres-trafficking-crime-syndicates-kk-park”>Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked peopleWithin hours of landing in Bangkok from Nairobi last December to start a job as a customer service…
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Principal Financial pioneers biometric authentication to beat online fraud
Tags: attack, authentication, business, ciso, compliance, conference, crime, crimes, data, finance, fraud, government, privacy, risk, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityImplementing quickly and decisively. Fraud was rising at an alarming pace, so speed mattered. Principal had to test, validate, and deploy a solution in months, not years.Balancing security with usability. Principal needed biometric authentication that was simple enough that customers wouldn’t get frustrated and abandon the process.Navigating uncharted territory. Principal was shifting to DIVA without…
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True Crime: Wenn die KI auf Youtube mordet
True-Crime-Formate sind im Netz sehr beliebt. Immer mehr Kanäle verbreiten komplett erfundene KI-Verbrechen – ein Problem. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/true-crime-wenn-die-ki-auf-youtube-mordet-2509-198944.html
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FBI warns seniors are being targeted in three-phase Phantom Hacker scams
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says that the elderly are more at risk from falling victim to online fraud and internet scammers than ever before. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/fbi-warns-seniors-targeted-three-phase-phantom-hacker-scams
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TDL 002 – Defending the DNS: How Quad9 Protects the Internet with John Todd
Tags: access, apple, attack, business, china, ciso, communications, control, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, email, encryption, firewall, google, ibm, india, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, network, phishing, privacy, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustSummary The Defender’s Log episode features John Todd from Quad9, discussing their mission to protect the internet through secure DNS. Quad9, a non-profit launched in 2017 with founding partners Global Cyber Alliance, Packet Clearing House, and IBM, provides a free, global recursive DNS resolver that blocks malicious domains. Todd emphasizes that Quad9’s success is a…
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AI-Powered Cyber Crime Raises Worldwide Alarm Bells.
AI-Powered Cyber Crime Raises Worldwide Alarm Bells. A new report from Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Amazon and Google, revealed a major shift in the cybercrime landscape. Through the use of Anthropic’s own AI model (Claude) and coding agent (Claude Code), an unnamed hacker was able to carry out an >>unprecedented
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Cryptohack Roundup: Scammer Posing as UK Police Steals Bitcoin
Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime Bust. This week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said writing code alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Scammer Posing as UK Police Steals Bitcon
Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime Bust. This week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said writing code alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures…
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Fraud, Romance Scams, and Laundered Millions: Fifth Conspirator Convicted
A federal jury in Puerto Rico has convicted Oluwasegun Baiyewu, the fifth defendant in a transnational money laundering conspiracy involving fraud schemes run by Nigerian Organized Crime Groups. The 37-year-old Texas resident was found guilty following a 22-day trial in San Juan. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/baiyewu-convicted-in-money-laundering/
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TDL001 – Cybersecurity Explained: Privacy, Threats, and the Future – Chester Wisniewski
Tags: access, ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, computer, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, email, finance, firewall, gartner, government, guide, hacker, hacking, Hardware, infosec, Internet, jobs, linkedin, mail, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, skills, software, sophos, spam, sql, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, virus, vulnerability, wifi, windowsSummary “The Defenders Log” Episode 1 features host David Redekop and guest Chet Wisniewski discussing the dynamic world of cybersecurity. Wisniewski, with decades of experience, traces his journey from early BBS and phone network exploration to becoming a cybersecurity expert. They delve into the evolution of hacking, the emergence of profitable cybercrime like email spam,…
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Retail Cybersecurity in the AI Era
Threat actors now use AI for scaling organized retail crime and to make bot detection more difficult. How can defenders use AI to respond? Jackie Deloplaine of RH-ISAC and Derek Dykens of Splunk share insight and optimism on the use of AI to detect and combat ORC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/retail-cybersecurity-in-ai-era-i-5490
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Facility Laundry and Dining Vendor Hack in 2024 Hits 624,500
Crime Gang ‘Underground’ Claimed Data Theft From Healthcare Services Group. A publicly traded Pennsylvania-based firm that provides dining, housekeeping and laundry services to long-term care and skilled nursing facilities is notifying nearly 624,500 people of a 2024 hacking incident that took nearly nine months for the company to investigate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness
Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/crypto_thief_witness_assault/
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TRM Launches Industry-Wide Platform to Fight Crypto Crimes
With Beacon Network, TRM Labs has brought together law enforcement and some of the largest crypto exchanges to fight against crypto crimes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trm-labs-beacon-network-fight/