Featured Public Safety Sality Botnet Disrupted After Two Decades September 2, 2026 News Team An international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the Sality peer-to-peer botnet, a criminal network linked to more than 11 million infected IP addresses worldwide. The coordinated action, led by…
Public Safety Experts Tackle Online Child Exploitation August 24, 2026 News Team Nearly 400 delegates from 11 countries are meeting on Queensland’s Gold Coast for the 11th annual Youth, Technology and Virtual Communities Conference, focused on strengthening efforts to combat online child…
Tech OpenAI Targets Cambodia Scam Network July 31, 2026 News Team OpenAI said it disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal operation that used ChatGPT to support a range of online scams, including investment fraud, romance scams, gambling schemes and impersonation campaigns. According to…
Featured Public Safety Cybercriminal VPN Taken Offline May 21, 2026 News Team Authorities have dismantled First VPN, a virtual private network service allegedly used by ransomware groups and other cybercriminals to conceal attacks, fraud and data theft. The international operation was led…
Featured Public Safety Digital Threats Surge in 2026 April 28, 2026 News Team Europol’s latest edition of the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) for 2026, published on April 28, reveals a worrying escalation in cybercrime sophistication and the challenges posed by new…
Public Safety Dark Web Crackdown Nets Big Wins March 20, 2026 News Team In a sweeping international law enforcement effort, over 373,000 dark web sites have been shut down in an operation dubbed “Operation Alice.” The crackdown, led by German authorities and backed…
Featured Public Safety SocksEscort Proxy Cracked Down March 12, 2026 News Team In a significant international law enforcement operation, Europol, along with agencies from multiple countries, successfully disrupted the notorious ‘SocksEscort’ proxy service, as confirmed in a recent announcement. The coordinated crackdown,…
Public Safety Tycoon 2FA Phishing Ring Busted March 4, 2026 News Team In a landmark crackdown on cybercrime, a major phishing-as-a-service platform known as Tycoon 2FA, notorious for bypassing multi-factor authentication and compromising vast numbers of accounts globally, has been dismantled. This…
Public Safety Officer Charged in Hacking Scandal November 25, 2025 News Team A 23-year-old male constable from Logan District in Queensland has been formally charged with multiple counts of misconduct and computer misuse, as announced by Queensland Police Service (QPS). The charges…
Public Safety Cybercrime Crackdown Success November 13, 2025 News Team A significant blow to international cybercrime was delivered between November 10 and 14, 2025, as Europol led a massive coordinated operation resulting in the dismantling of key cybercrime infrastructure. Known…