Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2026
Operation Endgame disrupted malware services like StealC and Amadey that enable ransomware, fraud, and attacks on critical infrastructure. Between June 15 and 19, 2026, Europol coordinated a two-week law enforcement operation involving agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US, alongside private firms like Microsoft, Bitdefender, IBM X-Force, Proofpoint, Infoblox, Shadowserver, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2026
International Operation KRATOS led by Europol dismantled illegal streaming networks, leading to 29 arrests and nine crime groups taken down. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation KRATOS and involving 13 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, the UK, and the US), spent seven months quietly dismantling the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2026
Operation PowerOFF shut down 53 DDoS-for-hire domains, arrested four suspects, and exposed data on over 3 million criminal user accounts. Operation PowerOFF is an international law enforcement action that dismantled 53 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services used by over 75,000 cybercriminals. Authorities arrested four suspects, seized infrastructure, and gained access to databases containing more than […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2026
Authorities in the US and Europe disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service, which used the AVrecon botnet and infected about 360,000 devices since 2020. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe have disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service powered by the AVrecon botnet. Active since 2020, the service hijacked roughly 360,000 devices and allowed cybercriminals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2026
Europol’s Project Compass led to 30 arrests targeting ‘The Com’ network, identifying 62 victims and protecting four children from harm. A yearlong operation, code-named Project Compass, led by Europol has dealt a major blow to The Com,’ a cybercrime network known for targeting children and teenagers. The joint effort, called Project Compass and coordinated by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2026
Europol announced the arrest of 34 suspected Black Axe members in Spain during a joint operation with Spanish and European law enforcement. Europol announced the arrest of 34 suspects in Spain linked to the Black Axe criminal network, following a joint operation by Spanish police, Bavarian authorities, and Europol, with most arrests in Seville. “The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2025
An international law enforcement operation shuts down Kidflix, a child sexual abuse material (CSAM) streaming platform with 1.8M users. An international operation, codenamed Operation Stream, against child sexual exploitation shuts down one of the largest streaming platforms that offered child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the world, Kidflix. The investigation was led by the State […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2025
An international law enforcement operation targeted several major cybercrime websites, including Cracked, Nulled, Sellix, and StarkRDP. An international law enforcement operation led by Europol, code-named Operation Talent, dismantled several major cybercrime sites, including Cracked, Nulled, Sellix, and StarkRDP. The message displayed on the targeted cybercrime websites states that authorities have seized the platforms, along with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2024
Operation PowerOFF took down 27 DDoS stresser services globally, disrupting illegal platforms used for launching cyberattacks. A global law enforcement operation codenamed Operation PowerOFF disrupted 27 of the most popular platforms (including zdstresser.net, orbitalstress.net, and starkstresser.net) to launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. “Law enforcement agencies worldwide have disrupted a holiday tradition for cybercriminals: launching Distributed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2024
An international law enforcement operation code-named Operation Morpheus led to the takedown of 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by crooks. An international law enforcement operation, code-named Operation Morpheus, aimed at combatting the criminal abuse of an older, unlicensed version of the Cobalt Strike red teaming tool. The Cobalt Strike platform was developed for Adversary Simulations […]
