The law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime in 2023
In 2023, we saw numerous law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime operations, including cryptocurrency scams, phishing attacks, credential theft, malware development,…
Police cracks down on DDoS-for-hire service active since 2013
Polish police officers part of the country's Central Cybercrime Bureau detained two suspects believed to have been involved in the operation…
Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What…
Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying…
UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information…
UK creates fake DDoS-for-hire sites to identify cybercriminals
The U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed today that they created multiple fake DDoS-for-hire service websites to identify cybercriminals who utilize…
Cloudflare blocks record-breaking 71 million RPS DDoS attack
This weekend, Cloudflare blocked what it describes as the largest volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date. [...]
Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.
Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire services attempt to hide their true identities and location. Proprietors of these so-called “booter” or…
DDoS Attack Platforms Shut Down in Global Law Enforcement Operation
Sweeping operation took down around 50 popular DDoS platforms, just one of which was used in 30M attacks, Europol says.
FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms
The US Department of Justice has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running 'Booter'…