Four European cyber security agencies have agreed to increase collaboration in five key areas Warwick Ashford Four European Union agencies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a…
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Cyber-attack website Webstresser taken down
Dominic Casciani A website blamed for launching more than four million cyber-attacks around the world, including attempts to crash banks in the UK, has been taken down in a major…
Billion euro cyber-suspect arrested in Spain
A cyber-crime mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) has been arrested in Spain. The individual is alleged to be the head of the organised crime gang that ran the…
Euro ransomware probe: Five Romanians cuffed
Alleged extortionists wielded CTB-Locker aka Critroni and Cerber file-scrambling nasties By Richard Priday Five people suspected of infecting Windows PCs with ransomware – and extorting money from more than 170…
Europol Boss Warns of 4000 Ransomware Attacks Per Day
Europol boss Rob Wainright has warned that ransomware attacks now number as many as 4000 per day, with cybercrime operations large and sophisticated enough to threaten critical infrastructure. Speaking at…
AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets shut down
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Two of the largest dark web marketplaces have been shut down following a “landmark” international law enforcement investigation. The AlphaBay and Hansa sites had been…