A cyber crime collective is threatening to wipe millions of Apple devices linked to compromised iCloud accounts unless the tech giant coughs up a $700,000 (€647,950) ransom. A London-based group... read more →
US prosecutors have charged a cyber scammer from Lithuania with conning two tech firms into wiring him $100 million (€92.5 million) The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Evaldas... read more →
A Dutch man has been jailed for nearly 11 years after being found guilty of a number of sextortion offences against young girls and gay men in multiple countries. The... read more →
A huge cyber attack on a company that allegedly provided hosting services for a large number of child pornography forums on the dark web may have been responsible for a... read more →
A hacker is offering the login details of one million Gmail and Yahoo! Mail accounts for sale on a dark web marketplace. SunTzu583 is hawking decrypted files of usernames, email... read more →
Europol and a number of its partner law enforcement agencies have launched a new initiative to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The Police2Peer scheme will see forces in... read more →
Paedophiles who look at indecent images of children online but do not physically assault minors should be spared prosecution, one of Britain’s most senior police officers said yesterday. Speaking with... read more →
Cyber attacks on emerging financial services firms and new online lenders rose significantly last year, netting hackers an estimated €9.37 billion, according to a report from internet security firm ThreatMetrix.... read more →
Embattled Swiss engineering company ABB has uncovered a “sophisticated criminal scheme” at its South Korean subsidiary which has left a $100 million (€94.6 million) black hole in the technology conglomerate’s... read more →
Romanian and Polish police have taken part in a joint operation that led to the arrest of a man suspected of online child sexual exploitation. Supported by Europol, officers discovered... read more →
