Category: Europol

  • Operation Endgame disrupts Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware

    Operation Endgame disrupts Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware International cybercrime-fighting agencies, co-ordinated by Europol, took down over 1000 servers and seized 20 domains earlier this month as part of Operation Endgame 3.0. Their target? Three major malware platforms: the infostealer known as Rhadamanthys, the VenomRAT remote access trojan, and the Elysium botnet. Read more in my article…

  • Europol says Telegram post about 50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake

    Europol says Telegram post about 50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake Some cybersecurity news outlets were duped a few days ago by a claim that Europol was offering a $50,000 bounty for information about two members of the Qilin ransomware group. Turns out it was all a hoax. Read more details about what happened in…

  • Who Got Arrested in the Raid on the XSS Crime Forum?

    Who Got Arrested in the Raid on the XSS Crime Forum? On July 22, 2025, the European police agency Europol said a long-running investigation led by the French Police resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old administrator of XSS, a Russian-language cybercrime forum with more than 50,000 members. The action has triggered an ongoing frenzy of…