Neowin News Feed for: Europol

Europol helps nations go after jihadists on gaming platforms

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:44:01 +0000

Europol and European law enforcement agencies recently joined forces to go after people spreading violent extremism on gaming platforms. Here are the results from a single day of action. Read more...

Fugitive wanted for global cyberattacks is now on EU's most wanted list

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:02:02 +0000

A Ukrainian male has been added to the EU's most wanted list for helping to lead a cybercrime network that has done billions of dollars worth of damage. Read more...

Game over: Global sting takes down LockBit cybercriminals

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:40:01 +0000

An international task force has nabbed two actors involved with the LockBit ransomware that has been causing a major headache for companies around the world since 2019. Infrastructure was seized too. Read more...

Criminals arrested after police crack encrypted messages

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:44:01 +0000

The National Crime Agency and international agencies have punched holes in UK criminal networks after an encrypted messenger app, EncroChat, was decrypted. Over 700 arrests have been made in the UK. Read more...

Europol says it has taken Islamic State presences offline

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:02:01 +0000

Europol has announced that it knocked Islamic State offline. It worked with nine firms including Telegram which was hosting a large amount of terrorist content, including the Amaq propaganda outlet. Read more...

Europol targeting users of major DDoS-for-hire website with legal action

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:38:01 +0000

Europol is going after the 151,000 registered users of the biggest DDoS-for-hire website. The law enforcement authority has warned that these people will "face action for the damage they have caused." Read more...

Android's Tap & Go feature suspected to be compromised by fraudsters

Cage Appleby — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:16:01 +0000

Europol has reason to suspect Google's Tap & Go service has been used by criminals to instigate fraudulent NFC payments. Thieves are able to exploit contactless credit cards, despite being deactivated Read more...

'No More Ransom' initiative seeks to turn the tables on ransomware extortionists

Boyd Chan — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:38:01 +0000

In response to the escalating threat from ransomware, Europol has worked with the Dutch Police, Intel Security, and Kaspersky Lab to develop a new portal to help victims decrypt their data for free. Read more...

Microsoft announces new partnerships to combat cybercrime

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:50:51 +0000

Microsoft has announced it has entered into partnerships with three groups (The Organization of American States, Europol and FIS) in its continued efforts to help combat international cybercrime. Read more...

Microsoft disrupts ZeroAccess botnet in collaboration with FBI and Europol

Andy Weir — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 04:09:54 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that it has disrupted a "rampant botnet" known as 'ZeroAccess' - which has so far infected almost two million PCs - in collaboration with the FBI, Europol and industry partners. Read more...