The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) published its 2026 National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) in March, and the message is unequivocal: technology is no longer just an ena...
A British Transport Police (BTP) investigation has resulted in four men being sentenced to jail for their parts in a sophisticated scam that involved SMS blasters, tricking people into divulging perso...
Almost a year to the day (30 & 31st June 2024) I posted about Operation Endgame – the operation, spearheaded by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to takedown several high-profile botnets, incl...
In an operation spanning multiple years, and multiple jurisdictions, one of the worlds most wanted cyber criminals has finally been taken to the US to face justice for crimes committed that stretch ba...
This week, the National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the successful takedown of a Crimeware As A Service (CaaS) platform that offered the ability to spoof telephone numbers which was used by criminals...
Checkmate Cyber-crims! The NCA (National Crime Agency) in association with the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) and the US FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) have announced this week the ...
The FBI’s Cyber Division Assistant Director – Bryan Vorndran announced on Wednesday that they were now in the possession of in excess of 7,000 encryption keys used by LockBit in their rans...
In the fast moving world of cyber crime, updates often come thick and fast – Operation Endgame seems to be one of those times. Since my original post yesterday, some of the law enforcement agenc...
This week has seen the launch of a new approach to tackling cyber crime from law enforcement agencies across the globe. Operation Endgame is the name given to a series of ongoing actions to close down...
Friday (24th May 2024) saw the online posting of the Ring video doorbell footage of the arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (A.K.A. Pompompurin) – The administrator of the online data-leak forum &...