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Police
Massive online crime crackdown leads to 1,000 arrests

An operation coordinated by INTERPOL codenamed HAECHI-II saw police arrest more than 1,000 individuals and intercept a total of nearly $27 million of illicit funds, …

U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of the Treasury announces set of actions to counter ransomware

As part of the whole-of-government effort to counter ransomware, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a set of actions focused on disrupting criminal networks and …

world
Data-localization policies are spreading rapidly around the world

The global economy increasingly depends on data flowing freely across borders, yet the number of nations with regulatory barriers preventing that from happening has nearly …

criminal
CSAE: Guiding principles and best practices for data scientific investigations of organized crime

A white paper published by REPHRAIN, in collaboration with the Dutch National Police, offers a solution to big data problems that tend to hamper police probes into this type …

Emotet takedown
International law enforcement effort pulls off Emotet botnet takedown

Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have effected a global takedown of the Emotet botnet, Europol announced today. “The Emotet infrastructure essentially …

Face
Hackers helping communities: Leveraging OSINT to find missing persons

People, in general, like helping other people, no matter their degree of connection. And then there are people who go even further: they find a way to help people help people. …

Phishing
Europol: Spear phishing the most prevalent cyber threat affecting orgs across the EU

Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation or business for the purposes of distributing malware or extracting sensitive …

gamer
Targeted online messaging dissuading young gamers from getting involved in cybercrime

Highly-targeted messaging campaigns from law enforcement can be surprisingly effective at dissuading young gamers from getting involved in cybercrime, a new study has …

BEC scams
281 BEC scammers arrested in worldwide law enforcement action

Federal authorities announced a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from …

FileTSAR
FileTSAR: Free digital forensic investigations toolkit for law enforcement

Purdue University cybersecurity experts have created FileTSAR, an all-in-one digital forensic investigations toolkit for law enforcement. About FileTSAR FileTSAR, which stands …

Police
Sharp rise in email and social media hacking in the UK

Police forces across the UK are coming under increasing pressure to launch criminal investigations into incidents of social media and computer hacking, according to a new …

prison
Idaho inmates hacked prison system to add money to their accounts

364 inmates at five correctional facilities in Idaho have managed to add nearly a quarter million dollars worth of credit to their JPay accounts by exploiting a vulnerability …

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