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Police Hijack Sality Botnet's Own Network to Kill It Off
A four-country operation used the malware's peer-to-peer design against it, blocking infected computers from receiving fresh criminal payloads.
Malware Rode Into a Texas Police Server Inside Body Camera Footage
A hidden virus hitched a ride on police body-cam video and spread through the justice chain. The real problem is a funding gap that leaves front-line officers without the cyber basics they need.
Ukrainian police shut down 94 scam call centres, seize $2 million in cash
A joint operation with German investigators dismantled fake investment platforms and bank-impersonation scams targeting victims across the EU.
Cybercriminals Now Run Like Franchises. Law Enforcement Still Fights Like It's 2015.
At Black Hat 2026, a former White House cybersecurity adviser laid out why coordinated ransomware gangs and scam networks are winning, and what it would take to actually slow them down.
UK Police Legal Database Leaked to Dark Web After July Breach
Names, work emails and organisational details of officers, criminal justice staff and government partners were posted online after intruders hit the Police National Legal Database.
Police shut down Kratos, the phishing kit built to hijack Microsoft 365 logins
German and US investigators dismantled the kit's servers, and Indonesian police arrested its alleged creator, ending a service that helped criminals slip past two-factor login checks.
German and US police pull the plug on Kratos, a phishing kit rented to 1,800 crooks
Investigators seized more than 200 servers and arrested the developer in Indonesia, ending a service that ran roughly 15,000 fake Microsoft login campaigns every month.
Suspected Chinese and Indian Spies Both Targeted Pakistani Police, Researchers Say
A two-year campaign hit Balochistan Police and other law enforcement bodies, with servers holding criminal records among the compromised assets.
Interpol Sweep Nets 5,811 Fraud Arrests and $293 Million Across 97 Countries
Operation First Light 2026 identified more than 142,000 victims of romance, investment and business email scams between January and April.
Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Shield to Cell-Site Location Data
A geofence warrant case gives the Court a vehicle to rule that historical location records tied to a phone are constitutionally protected, full stop.
Law Enforcement and Microsoft Tear Down Command Infrastructure Behind Amadey and StealC
Hundreds of C2 servers went dark in a coordinated takedown targeting the shared hosting backbone used by two prolific infostealer families.
CSIS Got a Warrant to Reach Into Canadian Routers and Kill Two Botnets
A Federal Court ruling unsealed June 15 is the first public use of CSIS threat-reduction warrant powers against infected infrastructure on Canadian soil.
Operation Endgame Sweep Takes Down SocGholish Loader Infrastructure
Dutch-led coalition disrupts servers and remediates 14,971 compromised WordPress sites, in the latest tranche of the multinational takedown effort.
Justice Department Charges Ottawa Man With Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnet
Federal prosecutors say Jacob Butler, 23, developed and rented out a variant of the AISURU botnet for paid denial-of-service attacks.