Tag: crimes
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AI’s split personality: Solving crimes while helping conceal them
What happens when investigators and cybercriminals start using the same technology? AI is now doing both, helping law enforcement trace attacks while also being tested for its … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/21/ai-cybercrime-digital-forensics/
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AI’s split personality: Solving crimes while helping conceal them
What happens when investigators and cybercriminals start using the same technology? AI is now doing both, helping law enforcement trace attacks while also being tested for its … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/21/ai-cybercrime-digital-forensics/
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Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide
Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a broad spectrum of crimes ranging from phishing to investment fraud.The coordinated law enforcement effort, dubbed Operation SIMCARTEL, saw 26 searches carried out, resulting in the arrest of seven suspects and…
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Authorities Shut Down Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Seize 40,000 SIM Cards
Law enforcement authorities across Europe have dismantled a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service operation that enabled criminals to commit widespread fraud and other serious offenses across the continent. The coordinated action, codenamed ‘SIMCARTEL’, resulted in seven arrests, the seizure of over 40,000 active SIM cards, and the takedown of infrastructure that facilitated crimes causing millions of euros in…
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PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison
Matthew Lane pleaded guilty to crimes stemming from attacks on PowerSchool and a U.S. telecom company earlier this year. His sentence is half the amount prosecutors sought in the cause. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/powerschool-hacker-matthew-lane-sentenced/
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Hamburg man charged with murder over US teen’s livestreamed death
German authorities issue 204 charges against 21-year-old suspect, alleged to be part of wider network of abusersA man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American.Using the pseudonym “White Tiger”, the 21-year-old…
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Hamburg man charged with murder over teen’s livestreamed death
German authorities issue 204 charges against 21-year-old suspect, alleged to be part of wider network of abusersA man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American.Using the pseudonym “White Tiger”, the 21-year-old…
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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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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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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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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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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/
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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/
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493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
Scam compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos have conned people out of billions. New research shows they may be linked to child sextortion crimes too. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/child-sextorition-scam-compounds-southeast-asia/
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Ghanaian fraudsters arrested for BEC/Sakawa
In Nigeria, scammers who specialize in Romance Scams and BEC are called “Yahoo Boys.” In Ghana, the term for the same activity is “Sakawa.” Several Ghanaian headlines are talking about this case with headlines such as “Multimillion dollar Sakawa” or “Sakawa Chairman Busted” or “Sakawa Kingpin Bows to Extradition!” On 08AUG2025 the US Attorney’s office…
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Operation Chakra V: Call Center Scammers and your PII
Here we have another cautionary tale about off-shoring customer service when faced with the reality of Call Center Scams that commit fraud via Tech Support Scams and Government Impersonation. In this case, FirstIdea, an Indian company is charged with committing fraud against at least 100 victims from Australia and the UK. FirstIdea.us, according to their…
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Germany limits police spyware use to serious crimes
Germany’s top court ruled police can use spyware only for crimes punishable by at least three years in prison. Germany’s top court ruled that police may only use spyware to monitor devices in cases involving crimes with a maximum sentence of at least three years. >>The interference with both the fundamental right protecting IT-systems and Art. 10(1) of…
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Germany’s top court holds that police can only use spyware to investigate serious crimes
The plaintiffs argued that a 2017 rules change enabling law enforcement to use spyware to eavesdrop on encrypted chats and messaging platforms could unfairly expose communications belonging to people who are not criminal suspects. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/germany-spyware-limitations-court-rules
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IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns
From scams to violence, the crimes extend beyond the digital realm First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/irl_com_recruits_teens/
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Armenian Extradited to US Over Ryuk Ransomware
The suspect faces three charges for his alleged crimes that could earn him up to five years in federal prison, and a heap of fines. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/armenian-extradited-ryuk-ransomware