Tag: criminal network
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The Register: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/modern_mafiosos_wield_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns Feedly Summary: PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more! Infosec In Brief Organized crime networks are now reliant on digital tech for most of their activities according…
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Hacker News: North Korea Launders Billions in Stolen Crypto
Source URL: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/07/here-s-how-north-korea-launders-billions-of-stolen-crypto Source: Hacker News Title: North Korea Launders Billions in Stolen Crypto Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the complex methods used by North Korea to launder cryptocurrency stolen through hacks, particularly focusing on their reliance on over-the-counter brokers and other methods due to compliance checks implemented…
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News: The DNA of organised crime is changing – and so is the threat to Europe
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/dna-of-organised-crime-changing-and-so-threat-to-europe Source: News Title: The DNA of organised crime is changing – and so is the threat to Europe Feedly Summary: A changing DNA: how organised crime is mutatingJust as DNA shapes the blueprint of life, the blueprint of organised crime is being rewritten. No longer bound by traditional structures, organised crime has…
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The Register: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/google_state_cybercrime_report/ Source: The Register Title: Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google Feedly Summary: Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what’s in it for us? Google says the the world’s lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal and state-sponsored…
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Slashdot: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/11/2156211/aukus-blasts-holes-in-lockbits-bulletproof-hosting-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The US, UK, and Australia have sanctioned Zservers, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, due to its involvement with the LockBit ransomware operations. This collaborative effort underscores the importance of disrupting criminal infrastructures that…
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The Register: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/aukus_zservers_lockbit_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider Feedly Summary: UK foreign secretary says Putin is running a ‘corrupt mafia state’ One of the bulletproof hosting (BPH) providers used by the LockBit ransomware operation has been hit with sanctions in the US, UK, and Australia (AUKUS), along with…
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News: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/key-figures-behind-phobos-and-8base-ransomware-arrested-in-international-cybercrime-crackdown Source: News Title: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown Feedly Summary: This follows a series of high-impact arrests targeting Phobos ransomware:An administrator of Phobos was arrested in South Korea in June 2024 and extradited to the United States in November of the same year. He is…