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History made as MI6 appoints first female Chief
The UK government has appointed Blaise Florence Metreweli as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6. Metreweli will take up the role, …
Police shut down long-running dark web drug market
Law enforcement authorities across Europe have dismantled Archetyp Market, the most enduring dark web drug market, following a large-scale operation involving six countries, …
Cybercriminals are turning stolen data into a thriving black market
Cybercriminals are stealing data and running full-scale businesses around it. Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report reveals how personal …
Infostealer crackdown: Operation Secure takes down 20,000 malicious IPs and domains
More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains used by information-stealing malware were taken down during an international cybercrime crackdown led by INTERPOL. Called …
145 criminal domains linked to BidenCash Marketplace seized
Approximately 145 darknet and conventional internet domains, along with cryptocurrency funds linked to the BidenCash marketplace, have been seized by the U.S. Attorney’s …
How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts
In this Help Net Security interview, William Lyne, Deputy Director of UK’s National Crime Agency, discusses the cybercrime ecosystem and the threats it enables. He …
DanaBot botnet disrupted, QakBot leader indicted
Operation Endgame, mounted by law enforcement and judicial authorities from the US, Canada and the EU, continues to deliver positive results by disrupting the DanaBot botnet …
Why EU encryption policy needs technical and civil society input
In this Help Net Security interview, Bart Preneel, Full Professor at University of Leuven, unpacks the European Commission’s encryption agenda, urging a balanced, technically …
Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals
US and Dutch law enforcement, with the help of Lumen Technologies researchers, have disrupted 5socks and Anyproxy, two proxy-for-rent services that were used by criminals for …
Cybercriminal groups embrace corporate structures to scale, sustain operations
In this Help Net Security interview, Sandy Kronenberg, CEO of Netarx, discusses how cybercriminal groups are adopting corporate structures and employee incentives to scale …
How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld
Europol has released its 2025 report on serious and organized crime in the EU. The EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is based on intelligence from EU …
8Base ransomware group leaders arrested, leak site seized
The Thai police has arrested four individuals suspected of being the leaders of the 8Base ransomware group and of stealing approximately $16 million from 1,000+ victims they …
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