A total of 8 criminals were arrested on February 9 as a result of an international investigation into a series of sim swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims in the United States. Keep Reading
As the Covid-19 pandemic has acutely demonstrated, cyber fraud and related misconduct is increasing. So too are the abilities to utilize under-regulated crypto assets while systems of law around the world make their mind up about the nature of such ‘property’ and its regulation. Keep Reading
DarkMarket, the world's largest illegal marketplace on the dark web, has been taken offline in an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Keep Reading
The large-scale criminal network, implicated in a number of other criminal activities including murder, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, trafficking of human beings and extortion was active across Europe, South America and the United States. Keep Reading
The conference agenda included trends and investigations on cryptocurrency crime, exploring criminal flows and operations in dark markets, ransomware and sextortion case studies, money laundering involving virtual assets, and the transfer of drug proceeds using cryptocurrencies. Keep Reading
Europol has found that 98.9% of estimated criminal profits are not confiscated and remain at the disposal of criminals. Keep Reading
INTERPOL is launching its Virtual Academy to provide online training opportunities for the global law enforcement community during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
ISIS has encouraged the use of cryptocurrency for direct fundraising, transfers and illegal side operations that generate income for the group. Keep Reading
Time is the most merciless adversary of the cybersecurity professional, especially with this hack. Keep Reading
Rocke actively engages in distributing and executing cryptomining malware using a varied toolkit that includes Git repositories, HttpFileServers (HFS), and myriad different payloads. Keep Reading
Japan has been liberal in regard to cryptocurrencies and was the first major economy to recognize Bitcoin as a legal tender in April 2017. Keep Reading
Coinciding with the rising interest in stealing cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, has also provided cyber criminals with a unique means of hosting their malicious content. Keep Reading
Study calls for urgent action by government and the policing and security services to step up intelligence gathering and action to counter online extremist activity. Keep Reading