Europol Dismantles Major Online Fraud Platform in Major Blow to Fraudsters
A European law enforcement operation took down a specialized online marketplace that operated as a central hub for the trade of illegally obtained information
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A European law enforcement operation took down a specialized online marketplace that operated as a central hub for the trade of illegally obtained information
At least 17 affiliate groups have used the "DroidBot" Android banking Trojan against 77 financial services companies across Europe, with more to come, researchers warn.
Orange Cyberdefense found that hacktivist gang Noname has almost exclusively targeted European countries since March 2022, with no attacks impacting the US
A new Android banking malware named 'DroidBot' attempts to steal credentials for over 77 cryptocurrency exchanges and banking apps in the UK, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal. [...]
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.
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.
Websites these days know everything about you — even some details you might not realize. Hackers can take advantage of that with a sharp-toothed attack that exploits Europe's GDPR-mandated data portability rules.