Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

UK authorities charged five people following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. [...]

UK, US and Canadian authorities have identified over 20,000 victims of approval phishing scams that trick users into handing over full crypto wallet access

Cops bust latest scam, return $12m to bilked victims US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement Thursday said that they disrupted a $45 million global cryptocurrency scam, freezing $12 million in stolen funds and identifying more than 20,000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to fraud victims across 30 countries.…

The UK government has sanctioned Xinbi, described as “the second-largest illicit online marketplace ever”

The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency-based online marketplace that sells stolen data and satellite internet equipment to scam networks in Southeast Asia. [...]

Little Progress Made to Mandate Customer Reimbursement for Financial ScamsFinancial scams and synthetic identity fraud showed no signs of slowing in 2025, as regulators focused on fraud prevention over reimbursement for victims. But some countries joined the United Kingdom in advancing new anti-scam measures that focus on prevention and industry accountability.

Also: Trader Loses $50M in USDT in Address Poisoning ScamThis week, the U.K. FCA mapped a path to U.K. crypto regulation, iComTech promoter sentenced in Ponzi case, the U.S. SEC sought public company bans for former FTX and Alameda executives, a trader lost $50M in USDT in an address poisoning scam and a Brooklyn man indicted over $16M Coinbase phishing scam.

Judge says former most-wanted fugitive Mark Acklom will likely never return to the UK The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says a fraudster who claimed to be part of MI6 must repay £125,000 ($168,000) to a former love interest that he conned.…

The UK’s tax office has received 135,500 reports of suspected scams in the past 10 months including 4800 related to self assessment filings

Civil recovery order targets PlugwalkJoe's illicit gains while he serves US sentence British prosecutors have secured a civil recovery order to seize crypto assets worth £4.11 million ($5.39 million) from Twitter hacker Joseph James O'Connor, clawing back the proceeds of a scam that used hijacked celebrity accounts to solicit digital currency and threaten high-profile individuals.…

The UK’s National Crime Agency is warning men under 45 that crypto dreams can soon become a scam nightmare

Investigations found that the network operates scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar and across Southeast Asia

Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime BustThis week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said "writing code" alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission expanded crypto engagement.

Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime BustThis week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said "writing code" alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission expanded crypto engagement.

The sophisticated campaign aims to steal credentials of sponsor license holders to facilitate immigration fraud, extortion and other monetization schemes

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced that it has taken steps to dismantle what it said was a transnational cybercrime syndicate that carried out "sophisticated" tech support scams targeting citizens of Australia and the United Kingdom

Britain's Tax Collector HMRC Lost $63 Million to Fraudsters Wielding Taxpayer DataPolice on Thursday arrested 13 individuals in Romania and one in England on suspicion of engaging in a massive tax fraud scheme against Britain. The arrests appear to be tied to a gang that used phishing attacks against British taxpayers to steal $63 million via fraudulent tax claims.

In the wake of high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op, Scattered Spider has been all over the media, with coverage spilling over into the mainstream news due to the severity of the disruption caused — currently looking like hundreds of millions in lost profits for M&S alone.  This coverage is extremely valuable for the cybersecurity community as it raises

Barclays found that romance scam victims lost £8000 on average in 2024, a significant increase from the previous year

A rise in smishing campaigns impersonating toll service providers has been linked to China’s Smishing Triad