Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The police forces from seven nations, with Europol and Eurojust have broken up and arrested members of a ransomware gang that has been attributed with cyber-attacks in 71 countries. Police dismantle ransomware group behind attacks in 71 countries (bleepingcomputer.com) The operation based primarily in Ukraine with assistance for investigators from …
Bitdefender, in conjunction with Europol, the Zürich Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Zürich Cantonal Police and the NoMoreRansom Project, has created a decryptor for the LockerGoga ransomware. Bitdefender, Europol, Swiss police publish decryptor for LockerGoga ransomware – The Record by Recorded Future This will help you is you are infected with …
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Working together is one of the best ways to beat the threat actors. Europol has had another success in closing down a phishing gang, arresting suspects and seizing assets: Phishing gang behind several million euros worth of losses busted in Belgium and the Netherlands | Europol (europa.eu) Phishing and social …
International co-operation between law enforcement agencies in eleven countries has put a stop to FluBot mobile malware which was spreading rapidly rapidly by text messaging between Android devices. This malware was stealing sensitive data such as passwords and banking information from infected Android devices around the world. The complex investigation …
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As you can see from the image above this was a worldwide effort, including the National Crime Agency and Europol, to close the doors on RaidForums, a resource that cyber criminals used to buy and sell stolen information. Unusually this site was on the internet – you and I could …
Respecting privacy is a good start to an effective security policy – it is why thinking about clarifying and classifying your data is one of the first things I cover in my Cyber Security Master Class. Here are a couple of privacy articles I thought were interesting: Europe Is Building …
