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Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020

Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

Operation Pangea is the name of a joint international operation lead by the Interpol that seized €13 million in counterfeit drugs for care. The Coronavirus outbreak is sustaining an unprecedented demand in hygiene products, surgical masks, and drugs that could care the COVID infection. The Europol announced the result of an international operation, dubbed Operation Pangea, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2019

Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014. The success is the result […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2019

International law enforcement operation shuts down Imminent Monitor RAT operations

A successful new operation was announced by Europol, it announced to have dismantled the global organized cybercrime ring behind Imminent Monitor RAT. Europol announced to have dismantled the global organized cybercrime ring behind the Imminent Monitor RAT, The Imminent Monitor RAT is a hacking tool that allows threat actors to remotely control the victim’s computers, it could […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019

Law enforcement agencies arrested 79 people involved in fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets

Law enforcement agencies arrested 79 people worldwide as part of the Global Airline Action Days operation to fight fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets An international operation of law enforcement to fight fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets resulted in the arrest of 79 people as part of the Global Airline Action Days (GAAD). Crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2019

A joint operation by international police dismantled GozNym gang

A joint effort by international law enforcement agencies from 6 different countries has dismantled the crime gang behind the GozNym banking malware. GozNym banking malware is considered one of the most dangerous threats to the banking industry, experts estimated it allowed to steal nearly $100 million from over 41,000 victims across the globe for years. “An […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2019

EU adopts EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol for massive cyberattacks

Europol announced the EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol new protocol for law enforcement agencies in the European Union and abroad to handle major cross-border cyberattacks. Europol announced the adoption of a new protocol for law enforcement bodies in the EU and abroad to respond to major cyber cross-border cyberattacks. The protocol dubbed EU Law […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019

Authorities shut down XDEDIC marketplace in an international operation

A joint operation conducted by law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe allowed seizing the xDedic marketplace. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace, an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. “On 24 January, the U.S. Prosecutor’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2018

Europol identified 1504 money mules under EMMA 4 operation

Europol announced the arrest of 168 people under the European Money Mule Action ‘EMMA 4′, a massive operation that resulted in the identification of 1,504 money mules. Europol announced that 168 people have been arrested under the ‘EMMA 4’, an international operation conducted by law enforcement. EMMA 4 lasted from September to November 2018. Law enforcement in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2018

Europol dismantled the Rex Mundi hacker crew, it arrested another member of the gang

The Europol announced that several French nationals were arrested in the past year on suspicion of being involved with notorious Rex Mundi crime gang. Another success of the Europol made the headlines, the European police announced that several French nationals were arrested in the past year on suspicion of being involved with notorious hacker group […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2018

Police shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service (webstresser.org) and arrested its administrators

The European police have shut down webstresser.org, the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service, that allowed crooks to launch over 4 million attacks. An international operation dubbed conducted by the European law enforcement agencies led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch Police, with the help of Europol, has taken down the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire […]

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Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement

International law enforcement operation shuts down Imminent Monitor RAT operations

Law enforcement agencies arrested 79 people involved in fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets

A joint operation by international police dismantled GozNym gang

EU adopts EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol for massive cyberattacks

Authorities shut down XDEDIC marketplace in an international operation

Europol identified 1504 money mules under EMMA 4 operation

Europol dismantled the Rex Mundi hacker crew, it arrested another member of the gang

Police shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service (webstresser.org) and arrested its administrators

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