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A law enforcement view of emerging cybercrime threats

Cybercriminals are adopting creative new techniques to target their victims at an unprecedented pace and are constantly seeking methods to avoid law enforcement detection. To …

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Masterminds behind prolific CEO fraud ring arrested

It took two years and a collaborative effort of French, Belgian, Romanian and Israeli law enforcement agencies to take down an organised crime group that was behind at least …

Police
20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million banking phishing scam

A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action …

Europol
Gang leader behind malware attacks targeting 100 financial institutions arrested in Spain

The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante, Spain, after a …

Europol
Investigation uncovers Luminosity Link RAT distributors, victims are in the thousands

A hacking tool allowing cybercriminals to remotely gain complete control over a victim’s computer is no longer available as a result of an UK-led operation targeting hackers …

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Andromeda botnet dismantled in international cyber operation

On 29 November 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in close cooperation with the Luneburg Central Criminal Investigation Inspectorate in Germany, Europol’s …

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Europol wants ISPs to aid law enforcement by dropping CGN technologies

Europol is urging ISPs to stop using Carrier Grade Network Address Translation technologies, because they make identifying and tracking criminals a lot harder. What is Carrier …

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The global impact of huge cyber security events

The past 12 months have seen a number of unprecedented cyber-attacks in terms of their global scale, impact and rate of spread. Already causing widespread public concern, …

ATM
ATM hackers switch to network-based attacks

More and more attacks against ATMs are network-based, Trend Micro researchers have found. Since the discovery of the first ATM malware back in 2009, criminals have …

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International operation targets customers of counter anti-virus and crypter services

Between 5 and 9 June, 6 suspects were arrested and 36 were interviewed during an internationally coordinated operation in 6 European countries. The targets are all suspected …

ATM
Cross-border action dismantles network of payment card fraudsters

A successful operation that took down an international criminal network of payment card fraudsters was carried out thanks to cross-border cooperation in Europe. 31 suspects …

Police
Police dismantle organised crime network suspected of online payment scams

The Polish National Police, working in close cooperation with its law enforcement counterparts in Croatia, Germany, Romania and Sweden, alongside Europol’s European Cybercrime …

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