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Dutch spies flag large-scale campaign to hijack secure messaging accounts Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.…
Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats A Dutch appeals court has kept a seven-year prison sentence in place for a man who hacked port IT systems with malware-stuffed USB sticks to help cocaine smugglers move containers, brushing off claims that police shouldn't have been reading his encrypted chats.…
Also: Gootloader Malware, GCHQ Intern Pleads Guilty, Check Point Breach UpdateThis week, a "Fast Flux" warning, Gootloader malware, an GCHQ intern pleaded guilty to stealing top secret data and Check Point undercuts hacking claim. Also, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption for some Gmail users, Apple backported patches and Dutch prosecutors cut internet access.
Four distributors of the encrypted communications service Sky ECC, used extensively by criminals, were arrested in Spain and the Netherlands. [...]
Europol on Tuesday announced the takedown of an invite-only encrypted messaging service called MATRIX that's created by criminals for criminal purposes
Platform Used for Drugs, Arms Trafficking and Money LaunderingFrench and Dutch police led the takedown of an encrypted messaging platform used in international drug and arms trafficking. Dutch police discovered the app, named Matrix, on the phone of a criminal convicted in 2021 of murdering a journalist.
They took the red pill French and Dutch police have taken down the Matrix chat app, which was designed by criminals for criminals to be a secure encrypted messaging tool.…
Platform Used for Drugs, Arms trafficking, and Money LaunderingFrench and Dutch police led the takedown of an encrypted messaging platform used in international drug and arms trafficking. Dutch police discovered the app, named Matrix, on the phone of a criminal convicted in 2021 of murdering a journalist.
A law enforcement operation executed by Dutch and French authorities resulted in the main servers used by Matrix being taken down
A decryptor for the Tortilla variant of the Babuk ransomware has been released by Cisco Talos, allowing victims targeted by the malware to regain access to their files