I’ve written about this sort of thing before, but I keep seeing many “closing down” sob-stories on Facebook, so though it time to write another post showing how to tell if a site rea...
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...
Active Cyber Defence (ACD) is the title given to a range of technologies and processes set up by the NCSC to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. Active Cyber Defence (ACD...
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...
Watch any Hollywood movie that contains a scene where a nerd is tasked with hacking some IT system and its a flurry of fingers across a keyboard and then a few seconds later, the immortal shout of ...
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 ...
For many people, the ability to customise their computer work space is a wonderful thing – the ability to change colour schemes, sounds, wallpapers, etc. is something that allows them to express...
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...
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 &...