Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North… Continue reading
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Presentation of the KTU Consortium Mission ‘A Safe and Inclusive Digital Society’ at the Innovation Agency event ‘Innovation Breakfast: How Mission-Oriented Science and Innovation Programmes Will Address Societal… Continue reading
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a “coordinated legal action” in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has… Continue reading
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two service providers that supply online criminal networks with the necessary tools and infrastructure to fuel the pig butchering-as-a-service (PBaaS) economy. At… Continue reading
Jan 10, 2026Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Crime Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal… Continue reading
Dec 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Crime / Law Enforcement The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Monday announced the seizure of a web domain and database that it said was… Continue reading
The threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application (HTA) files and PDFs… Continue reading
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India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and Misuse
Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananRegulatory Compliance / Online Safety India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to ensure that the platforms cannot be… Continue reading
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananSurveillance / National Security India’s telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar Saathi on all… Continue reading
A new Android malware named Albiriox has been advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model to offer a “full spectrum” of features to facilitate on-device fraud (ODF), screen manipulation,… Continue reading
