Tag: crime
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UK to launch cyber fraud squad in April
The UK’s new Online Crime Centre, launching next month, will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks and tech firms to take coordinated action against cyber fraud. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639897/UK-to-launch-cyber-fraud-squad-in-April
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UK Launches New Crackdown Unit to Tackle Cyber-Fraud at the Source
New UK Online Crime Centre will combine expertise from a range of sources to takedown online channels cyber-scammers rely on First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-new-crackdown-unit-cyber-fraud/
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Ghanaian Pleads Guilty to Role in $100m Romance Scam
Derrick Van Yeboah admitted he stole over $10m in romance scams as part of crime gang First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ghanaian-pleads-guilty-100m/
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Ein 360-Grad-Blick auf die Sicherheit im digitalen Raum
Die digitale Welt ist aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten: Technologie ist zur zentralen Machtfaktorin geworden und verschärft Cyber Crime, staatliche Cyberangriffe und digitale Abhängigkeiten. Mit dem neuen Wheel of Motion zeigt das BSI, wie Deutschland und Europa diesen Bedrohungen durch Cyber Automation, Cyber Defense und Cyber Control wirksam begegnen können. Ziel ist ein ganzheitlicher 360″‘Grad”‘Ansatz, der……
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Künstliche Intelligenz macht Angreifer schneller und transformiert die Angriffsfläche
KI-gestützte Angriffe stiegen um 89 %. Breakout-Time sinkt auf 29 Minuten. KI-Tools und Entwicklungsplattformen werden aktiv ausgenutzt. Der Global Threat Report 2026 von CrowdStrike zeigt, wie künstliche Intelligenz das Tempo der Angreifer beschleunigt und die Angriffsfläche von Unternehmen vergrößert. Zudem ist die durchschnittliche E-Crime-Breakout-Time also die Zeit, die ein Angreifer benötigt, um sich… First seen…
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Coruna: Spy-grade iOS exploit kit powering financial crime
A powerful iOS exploit kit has circulated among multiple threat actors over the past year, moving from a commercial surveillance operation to state-linked espionage campaigns … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/03/coruna-ios-exploit-kit/
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‘Project Compass’ Cracks Down on ‘The Com’: 30 Members of Notorious Cybercrime Gang Arrested
International law enforcement operation led by Europol targets network of teenagers and young adults involved in ransomware attacks, extortion and other crimes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/project-compass-com-arrests/
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Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access
Tags: access, application-security, attack, ciso, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, group, identity, intelligence, monitoring, organized, ransomware, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, switch, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability38% drop in encryption over the past 12 months as more cybercriminals turn to silently exfiltrating data for extortion as their main stock in trade.Picus’ suggestion that the volume of ransomware attacks is dropping is disputed by other experts.Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at endpoint security vendor Eset, offered a contrasting perspective.”In the recent Eset…
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ZeroDayRAT Targets Android and iOS Devices for Surveillance and Financial Data Theft
ZeroDayRAT targets Android and iOS devices, combining real-time surveillance with direct financial theft within a single browser panel. The Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) ecosystem is entering a new phase, blending mobile surveillance and financial crime into one seamless platform. Active promotions for this RAT (Remote Access Trojan) began on Telegram channels on February 2, 2026, highlighting its dual purpose: real-time spying and direct financial…
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The rise of the evasive adversary
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, china, cloud, credentials, crime, crowdstrike, crypto, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, group, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, lazarus, leak, mail, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, north-korea, open-source, phishing, ransomware, remote-code-execution, russia, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayBig game hunters tighten their grip: CrowdStrike’s research highlights how big game hunting (BGH) ransomware actors have remained the dominant force in the eCrime landscape.Punk Spider, a group responsible for developing and maintaining Russian-language Akira ransomware, and its associated Akira dedicated leak site, conducted 198 intrusions in 2025, a 134% increase year over year. Victim-shaming operations…
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Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say
Tags: crime‘First time we have detected a crime using this method,’ cops say First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/fraudster_hotel_hack_one_cent_luxury_room/
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Bretton AI Gets $75M to Use AI for Financial Crime Compliance
AI Agents Target Anti-Money Laundering at Major Global Banks, Cut Manual Probes. Bretton AI has raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Sapphire Ventures to scale AI agents for anti-money laundering sanctions and KYC compliance. CEO Will Lawrence says the company is targeting large banks with automation designed to reduce manual investigations and…
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Bretton Raises $75M to Use AI for Financial Crime Compliance
AI Agents Target Anti-Money Laundering at Major Global Banks, Cut Manual Probes. Bretton AI has raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Sapphire Ventures to scale AI agents for anti-money laundering sanctions and KYC compliance. CEO Will Lawrence says the company is targeting large banks with automation designed to reduce manual investigations and…
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Next Gen Spotlights: Turning Behavioural Intelligence into a Powerful Tool Against Fraud and Crime QA with Paddy Lawton, Co-Founder of FACT360
Founded on pioneering British research and real-world intelligence applications, FACT360 is using behavioural analytics to help governments and organisations detect fraud, terrorism and serious crime without breaching privacy. The Gurus spoke to Paddy Lawton, Founder of FACT360, about the origins of the company, the problem it solves and how government-backed programmes have helped accelerate its…
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TeamPCP Turns Cloud Infrastructure into Crime Bots
The threat actor has been compromising cloud environments at scale with automated worm-like attacks on exposed services and interfaces. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/teampcp-cloud-infrastructure-crime-bots
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‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity Cybercriminals, the shadowy online figures often depicted in Hollywood movies as hooded villains capable of wiping millions of pounds off the value of businesses at a keystroke, are not usually known for their candour.But in a sixth-form college…
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Russia Hacked the Polish Electricity Grid. Now What?
Stymied Attack Leaves Poland No Good Options in Responding to Provocation. Poland’s online defenses stopped a Russian cyberattack against the energy grid, but now the Warsaw government is in a bind about how to respond to a digital assault that was a lot more than a crime, but a sliver less than an act of…
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Substack Breach: 662,752 User Records Leaked on Cybercrime Forum
Substack confirms a breach after hacker accessed internal user records now circulating on crime forums, exposing emails, phone numbers, and account metadata. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/substack-breach-user-records-leak-cybercrime-forum/
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TRM Labs Raises $70M Series C for AI Crime-Fighting Push
Funding at $1B Valuation Targets AI-Driven Investigations and Compliance Tools. TRM Labs has secured $70 million in Series C funding led by Blockchain Capital reaching a $1 billion valuation. CEO Esteban Castano says the money will boost AI-powered investigations, compliance automation and intelligence as criminals use AI to scale cybercrime faster than defenders can respond.…
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Who would want to lead the ‘British FBI’? | Letter
The proposed National Police Service, encompassing counter-terrorism and regional crime units along with the duties of the National Crime Agency, will be unmanageable, writes <strong>Peter Sommer</strong>The National Police Service (NPS) is the fourth or fifth iteration of a “British FBI”, not the third (<a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/26/what-is-shabana-mahmood-proposing-in-biggest-ever-policing-reforms”>What is Shabana Mahmood proposing in ‘biggest ever’ policing reforms? 26…
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Chinese Money Laundering Jargon via Google’s Gemini
After having a short discussion with Gemini about Chinese Money Laundering, I could tell we weren’t quite connecting on my Mandarin-assistance requests, so I shared an example post from a Telegram “Crime-as-a-Service” group that was part of a Chinese Guarantee Syndicate. For context, these posts were made in the Tudou Guarantee Syndicate’s group dedicated to…
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French police search X office in Paris, summon Elon Musk for questioning
The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes, including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/french-police-search-x-office-in-paris-summon-elon-musk-for-questioning/
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French police search X office in Paris, summons Elon Musk for questioning
The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes, including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/french-police-search-x-office-in-paris-summons-elon-musk-for-questioning/
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Fast-Growing Chinese Crime Networks Launder 20% of Illicit Crypto: Chainalysis
The influence of Chinese money laundering networks has skyrocketed since 2020, with the operations now moving almost 20% of all illicit cryptocurrency being laundered last year, according to Chainalysis researchers. In 2025, they processed more than $16 billion, or about $44 million a day. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/fast-growing-chinese-crime-networks-launder-20-of-illicit-crypto-chainalysis/
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National Crime Agency and NatWest Issue Joint Warning Over Invoice Fraud Threat
Cyber fraudsters targeting corporate finance departments costs businesses millions a year First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nca-natwest-warning-over-invoice/
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AI, Deepfakes Are Top Risks for Financial Crime Specialists
ACAMS Says Investigators Need Better Data, Architecture and AI-Based Detection. The financial system has a trust problem driven by artificial intelligence, and CIOs looking to prevent fraud and other financial crimes will only face more challenges as criminals find new ways to use AI to swindle, according to an Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists…
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RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting
RAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637992/RAMP-ransomware-forum-goes-dark-in-probable-FBI-sting
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31 More Charged in Massive ATM Jackpotting Scheme Linked to Tren de Aragua Gang
The DOJ indicted 31 people accused of participating in an ATM jackpotting scheme in which the venerable Ploutus malware was used to help steal more than $5 million from machines around the United States. In total, 87 people have been charged, with many connected to the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan crime syndicate. First seen on…
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UK plans sweeping overhaul of policing amid surge in online crimes
The British Home Office published proposals that would include the creation of a new National Police Service, described by officials as Britain’s equivalent of the FBI. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-national-policing-overhaul-cybercrime