Tag: law
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Police Dismantle Kratos Phishing Kit Built to Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions and Bypass MFA
German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world’s most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it.In a joint announcement on Monday, the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany’s Federal…
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The Future of Age Verification: Your Face Never Leaves Your Device
As age verification laws expand worldwide, organizations face growing pressure to protect users’ privacy while meeting regulatory requirements. Incode explains how on-device age estimation verifies age without transmitting or storing facial images, reducing biometric privacy risks while supporting compliance. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-future-of-age-verification-your-face-never-leaves-your-device/
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UK investigates TikTok for alleged age-verification lapses, exposing kids to online harms
“Age checks are a cornerstone of the UK’s online safety laws,” said Ofcom’s Chief Executive, Melanie Dawes. “Too many services have no or inadequate age checks in place, which is not good enough.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ofcom-investigation-tiktok-age-verification
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Dutch Police and Europol Disrupt Global Investment Scam Infrastructure and Arrest Key Suspects
Dutch police, working with international law-enforcement partners including Europol, have disrupted a sprawling investment-fraud operation alleged to have defrauded victims across multiple countries of more than Euro100 million every month. The investigation has resulted in arrests in Poland, Cyprus, Belgium, and Greece, targeting a network that operated around twenty fraudulent call centers staffed by more…
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Illinois Enacts First US Law Mandating AI Safety Audits
SB 315 Requires Annual Independent Audits, 72-Hour Incident Reporting for AI Giants. Gov. JB Pritzker signed bipartisan legislation making Illinois the first state to require annual independent safety audits of frontier AI developers, going beyond California and New York frameworks with incident reporting deadlines, whistleblower protections and penalties up to $3 million. First seen on…
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Turning the Tables on Email Scammers With ‘ScamBuster’
An open source, AI-driven system adopts victim personas to engage with phishing attackers, allowing organizations and law enforcement to gather relevant data on cybercriminal operations. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/turning-tables-email-scammers-scambuster
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EU takes member states to court over unimplemented cybersecurity law
Ireland, Spain, France and the Netherlands are more than 20 months late in transposing the NIS2 Directive for the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/eu-cyber-filing-ireland-spain-france-netherlands-nis2
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Police arrests 5,800 suspects in global anti-fraud crackdown
Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrests-5-800-suspects-in-global-anti-fraud-crackdown/
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Artificial Intelligence Safety Law: Landmark Industry Regulation Bill
First seen on resecurity.com Jump to article: www.resecurity.com/blog/article/artificial-intelligence-safety-law-landmark-industry-regulation-bill
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Supreme Court allows Texas app law requiring age verification to take effect
A student advocacy organization and tech trade group had appealed to the high court to stay the Texas App Store Accountability Act on an emergency basis until the lower court rules. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/supreme-court-allows-texas-app-law-age-verification-to-take-effect
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Complaint urges ban on ‘unlawful’ Europol processing of personal data
Migration campaign group Front-Lex has filed a complaint to Europe’s data protection watchdog, calling for a ban on Europol’s data processing operations that do not comply with EU law, following an investigation by Computer Weekly, Solomon and Correctiv First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645384/Complaint-urges-ban-on-unlawful-Europol-processing-of-personal-data
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Hackers Breach Sensitive DHS Information-Sharing Network
Hackers Breach DHS Network Used to Coordinate Major Event Security. Federal investigators are probing a breach of a sensitive DHS network that thousands of law enforcement and emergency officials use to coordinate security for major events, as a top senator warns the intrusion could carry national security consequences. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Law enforcememt operation disrupted Malicious Residential Proxy Networks NetNut
Google disrupted NetNut, a major proxy network that routed internet traffic through compromised home devices used by cybercriminals. Google has disrupted NetNut, one of the world’s largest residential proxy networks. The service routed internet traffic through home devices, allowing customers to hide their real location and identity. >>Today, in coordination with the FBI, Lumen, and…
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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/eu-politicians-investigated-pegasus-spyware-then-it-ended-up-on-one-of-their-phones/
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Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion
The Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645086/Metropolitan-Police-chief-warns-against-law-updates-amid-substantial-tech-expansion
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Three ‘cybercrime as a service’ operations undercut by Microsoft, law enforcement
Microsoft touted its latest action against malware infrastructure as a new approach aimed at the full cybercrime “supply chain.” Europol said more than 300 servers were targeted. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/stealc-amadey-socgholish-malware-takedown-europol-microsoft
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Garfield AI Secures Landmark Court Victory for AI-Powered Law Firm
A significant milestone has been reached in the legal sector after an AI-powered law firm successfully helped win a court case in England, a result believed to be the first of its kind. Garfield AI, the UK’s first regulated AI-powered law firm, managed the entire pre-trial process without lawyer supervision and delivered legal services for less than…
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Europol Disrupts StealC and Amadey Malware Infrastructure in Operation Endgame
Operation Endgame disrupted malware services like StealC and Amadey that enable ransomware, fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure. Between June 15 and 19, 2026, Europol coordinated a two-week law enforcement operation involving agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US, alongside private firms like Microsoft, Bitdefender, IBM X-Force, Proofpoint, Infoblox, Shadowserver,…
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Amadey and StealC Malware Network Disrupted, 27M Stolen Credentials Recovered
Tags: attack, breach, credentials, cybercrime, finance, fraud, infrastructure, law, malware, microsoft, network, ransomwareA coordinated law enforcement operation, in partnership with private sector companies, including Bitdefender, Bitsight, ESET, and Microsoft, has resulted in the takedown of criminal infrastructure powering Amadey and StealC.”The main common goal was to disrupt the ‘assembly lines’ cybercriminals use to launch ransomware, financial fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure,” Europol said in First seen…
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Law enforcement hits StealC and Amadey malware networks
Operation Endgame, the largest international law enforcement operation aimed at disrupting ransomware and cybercrime infrastructure across the world, has claimed its latest … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/24/operation-endgame-stealc-amadey-malware-disrupted/
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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once
Microsoft, with law enforcement and industry partners, disrupted more than 200 command and control servers for Amadey and StealC, often used in conjunction. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-amadey-stealc-takedown/
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Federal data center law set to expire without a replacement
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/federal-data-center-law-set-to-expire-without-a-replacement
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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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14,971 WordPress Sites Cleaned in Global SocGholish Takedown
Operation EndGame disrupted SocGholish, taking down 106 servers and cleaning 14,971 WordPress sites used to spread fake-update malware. On June 18, 2026, law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, and Germany, coordinated through Europol, executed a joint action week against SocGholish, one of the most persistent and widely deployed malware distribution networks…
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Cybercrime Initial Access Service SocGholish Disrupted
Police Seize Evil Corp-Tied Group’s Servers, Clean Subverted WordPress Sites. Long-running initial access service provider SocGholish, tied to Russian cybercrime stalwart Evil Corp, has been disrupted by law enforcement, which seized 106 botnet servers and cleaned 15,000 legitimate WordPress sites subverted by the group to launch ClickFix attacks pushing malware downloaders. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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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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Authorities Seize 106 Servers and 101 Domains in Major SocGholish Malware Takedown
Tags: cyber, cybercrime, exploit, group, infection, infrastructure, international, law, malware, russiaInternational law enforcement agencies have successfully seized 106 servers and 101 domains as part of a coordinated global effort against the SocGholish malware infrastructure, marking a major milestone in Operation Endgame. Announced on June 18, 2026, from The Hague, this operation targeted a crucial infection chain exploited by cybercriminal groups, including the infamous Russia-linked group…
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Law enforcement disrupts SocGholish botnet and Evil Corp servers
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/law-enforcement-disrupts-socgholish-botnet-and-evil-corp-servers