Tag: crime
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Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime spree
Ianis Antropenko, a Russian national living in California, admitted to committing ransomware attacks against at least 50 victims. He faces up to 25 years in jail. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ianis-antropenko-russian-ransomware-leader-guilty/
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Ireland proposes new law allowing police to use spyware
The Irish government announced that it wants to pass a law that would grant police more surveillance powers, such as using spyware to fight serious crime, while aiming to protect the privacy rights of its citizens. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/ireland-proposes-new-law-allowing-police-to-use-spyware/
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Voidlink Linux Malware Was Built Using an AI Agent, Researchers Reveal
Sophisticated malware previously thought to be the work of a well-resourced cyber-crime group was built by one person – with the aid of AI tools First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/voidlink-linux-malware-built-using/
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The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime
Ransomware negotiators dish on being in a ‘moral gray zone,’ unrestricted by accountability or industrywide rules of engagement. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ransomware-negotiation-pitfalls-moral-gray-zone/
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Report Fraud Promises to Streamline Fight Against Economic Crime
City of London Police has launched the UK’s national Report Fraud service First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/report-fraud-fight-against/
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Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon
Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review to assess the technology’s lawfulness First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637351/Met-claims-success-for-permanent-facial-recognition-in-Croydon
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Southeast Asia CISOs Top 13 Predictions for 2026: Securing AI, Centering Identity, and Making Resilience Strategic
Innovation and technology, Hand of robot touching a padlock of security on network connection of business, Data exchange, Financial and banking, AI, Cyber crime and internet security. iStock/ipopba First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4117844/southeast-asia-cisos-13-top-predictions-for-2026-securing-ai-centering-identity-and-making-resilience-strategic.html
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Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/trump-warned-of-a-tren-de-aragua-invasion-us-intel-told-a-different-story/
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Criminal Subscription Service Behind AI-Powered Cyber-Attacks Taken Out By Microsoft
RedVDS cyber-crime-as-a-service platform powering phishing, BEC attacks and other fraud has cost victims millions First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/criminal-subscription-service/
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Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals
Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637353/Microsoft-DCU-uses-UK-courts-to-hunt-down-cyber-criminals
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Service Providers Help Pig Butcher Scammers Scale Operations: Infoblox
Service providers are delivering infrastructure, tools, and expertise and giving rise to pig-butchering-as-a-service models that are enabling the Asian crime syndicates running massive investment and romance scams to through industrial-scale compounds around the world at a larger scale and for a lower cost. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/service-providers-help-pig-butcher-scammers-scale-operations-infoblox/
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Hacker gets seven years for breaching Rotterdam and Antwerp ports
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal sentenced a 44-year-old Dutch national to seven years in prison for multiple crimes, including computer hacking and attempted extortion. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-gets-seven-years-for-breaching-rotterdam-and-antwerp-ports/
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Notorious BreachForums hacking site hit by ‘doomsday’ leak of 324,000 criminal users
Tags: access, breach, crime, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, data-breach, email, extortion, group, hacking, intelligence, law, leak, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, risk, service, threatHave I Been Pwned, the data breach happened last August, two months before the police takedown of the BreachForums data extortion site after threats by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters to use it to release one billion records stolen from Salesforce customers.This tallies with the August 11 date on the database leaked last week; that was the…
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Operation Cronos Leader Gets Nod From King Charles
Gavin Webb from the National Crime Agency receives the OBE award from King Charles for his strategic role in Operation Cronos, disrupting the LockBit ransomware group. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/operation-cronos-leader-gets-nod-from-king-charles/
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Crypto crime hits record levels as state actors move billions
Nation-state involvement in crypto increased in 2025, signaling a shift in how on-chain crime operates. Three waves of crypto crime (Source: Chainalysis) Research from … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/12/nation-state-crypto-crime-activity/
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Spain arrests 34 suspects linked to Black Axe cyber crime
Authorities in Spain have arrested 34 individuals allegedly part of a criminal network involved in cyber fraud and believed to be connected to the Black Axe group responsible for illicit activities across Europe. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spain-arrests-34-suspects-linked-to-black-axe-cyber-crime/
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Europol Arrests 34 Black Axe Members in Spain Over Euro5.9M Fraud and Organized Crime
Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal organization called Black Axe.As part of an operation conducted by the Spanish National Police, in coordination with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and Europol, 28 arrests were made in Seville, along with three…
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At least $26 million in crypto stolen from Truebit platform as crypto crime landscape evolves
The theft continues a trend from the last two years, when hackers stole billions worth of cryptocurrency from both platforms and asset owners. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/26-million-in-crypto-stolen-truebit
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Ransomware attacks kept climbing in 2025 as gangs refused to stay dead
Cop wins hit crime infrastructure, not the people behind it First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/ransomware_2025_emsisoft/
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Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Cambodia
Chen founded multinational conglomerate Prince Group that US says is front for multibillion-dollar fraud operationChinese television has shown footage of the US-indicted tycoon Chen Zhi being escorted by armed police after his extradition to China from Cambodia, where authorities on Thursday ordered the liquidation of a bank he founded linked to a massive “scam centre”…
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Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Colombia
Chen founded multinational conglomerate Prince Group that US says is front for multibillion-dollar fraud operationChinese television has shown footage of the US-indicted tycoon Chen Zhi being escorted by armed police after his extradition to China from Cambodia, where authorities on Thursday ordered the liquidation of a bank he founded linked to a massive “scam centre”…
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Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Colombia
Chen founded multinational conglomerate Prince Group that US says is front for multibillion-dollar fraud operationChinese television has shown footage of the US-indicted tycoon Chen Zhi being escorted by armed police after his extradition to China from Cambodia, where authorities on Thursday ordered the liquidation of a bank he founded linked to a massive “scam centre”…
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Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi extradited to China after Cambodia arrest
Chen founded the Prince Group, a multinational conglomerate authorities allege served as a front for ‘one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal organisations'<a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/chen-zhi-prince-group-cambodia-cyber-crime-sanctioned”>Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the US on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar online scam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom…
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Mentorship & Diversity: Shaping the Next Generation of Cyber Experts
Patricia Voight, CISO at Webster Bank, shares her expertise on advancing cybersecurity careers, combating financial crimes, and championing diversity in a rapidly changing industry. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/mentorship-and-diversity-shaping-the-next-generation-of-cyber-experts
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Mentorship & Diversity: Shaping the Next Generation of Cyber Experts
Patricia Voight, CISO at Webster Bank, shares her expertise on advancing cybersecurity careers, combating financial crimes, and championing diversity in a rapidly changing industry. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/mentorship-and-diversity-shaping-the-next-generation-of-cyber-experts
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2 US Cybersecurity Experts Guilty of Extortion Scheme for ALPHV Ransomware
Can you trust your cybersecurity team? A recent federal case reveals how two US-based cybersecurity experts turned into affiliates for the BlackCat ransomware group, extorting over $1.2M in Bitcoin. Read the full story on their 2023 crime spree. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/us-cybersecurity-experts-extortion-alphv-ransomware/
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Sauron, the high-end home security startup for >>super premium<< customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/12/28/from-sonos-to-sauron-new-ceo-takes-on-high-end-home-security-startup-still-in-development/