Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov, a 35-year-old Russian national, is accused of forming and running the ransomware outfit since 2022. He’s now on Europol and Interpol’s most-wanted lists.

The service became a prolific tool for cybercriminals in the past year, as it facilitated thousands of attacks involving credential theft, account takeovers, mass phishing and payment…

The criminal organization specialized in business email compromise scams and generated billions of dollars in criminal proceeds annually from many small-scale operations, officials said.

The cryptocurrency mixing service helped cybercriminals launder more than $1.5 billion in Bitcoin since it began operations in 2016, Europol said.

Officials shared indicators of compromise observed as recently as this month to help organizations hunt for and defend against the ransomware group, which has pocketed $244 million…

Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and the Elysium botnet were targeted in the takedowns.

Authorities arrested seven people allegedly involved in the operation and seized 1,200 SIM boxes containing 40,000 active SIM cards.

Officials accuse the unnamed suspect of running XSS.is, a key and long-running marketplace with more than 50,000 registered users. The suspect allegedly made more than $8.2 million.

Over a dozen law enforcement agencies took action earlier this week, resulting in multiple arrests.

Archetyp Market facilitated high-volume sales of fentanyl, cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines and synthetic opioids since 2020, according to authorities.