Tag: law
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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
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Bulgaria allowed surveillance tech firm to sell products to repressive regimes, report says
The nonprofit Human Rights Watch obtained export licensing records covering 2018 through 2023, which show the Bulgarian government allowed the surveillance firm Circles to peddle the tech to law enforcement and intelligence agencies in several countries known for human rights abuses. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/bulgaria-allowed-surveillance-tech-firm-to-sell-to-repressive-regimes-report
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Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Malware Infrastructure
International law enforcement dismantled TA569’s SocGholish infrastructure, taking down over 100 C2 servers and remediating nearly 15,000 compromised websites. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/operation-endgame-disrupts-socgholish-malware/
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Law enforcement hits SocGholish: 106 servers down, 15,000 sites cleaned
SocGholish, an operation that’s been delivering malware to users via fake software updates, has suffered a major blow: the international law enforcement coalition behind … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/law-enforcement-socgholish-operation-endgame/
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Police cleans nearly 15,000 SocGholish-infected sites tied to Evil Corp
International law enforcement agencies cleaned nearly 15,000 malware-infected WordPress websites and took down more than 100 servers linked to the SocGholish botnet and the Evil Corp Russian cybercrime group. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/law-enforcement-nukes-socgholish-malware-from-nearly-15-000-sites/
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Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems
Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644494/Amnesty-calls-for-ban-on-AI-risk-profiling-systems
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House fails to renew FISA surveillance law amid controversy
Tags: lawFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/house-fails-to-renew-fisa-surveillance-law-amid-controversy
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Major US surveillance program poised to lapse after legislative deadlock
It is the first lapse of the spy program, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), since it was passed into law in 2008. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/major-us-surveillance-program-set-to-lapse-702-fisa