The National Crime Agency has dismantled the servers of prominent malware ‘droppers’ which have enabled cyber criminals to conduct ransomware attacks around the world. Droppers are a type of malicious software which, when downloaded onto a victim’s system, allow criminals to bypass security measures and deploy additional harmful malware, including ransomware. The activity was part
A man wanted in relation to a multi-million pound NCA bribery investigation has been charged alongside the company of which he is a director. Peter Virdee, 50, also known as Hardip Singh, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today (23 May 2024) where he was charged with bribing a foreign public official. It is alleged that
The National Crime Agency has released new audio clips exposing bribery in action after today’s sentencing of the former Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar and her associate, French national Philippe Tabuteau. Romy Andrianarisoa, 47, from Madagascar, and Tabuteau, 54, were charged in August 2023 after requesting substantial sums of money in exchange
A leader of what was once the world’s most harmful cyber crime group has been unmasked and sanctioned by the UK, US and Australia, following a National Crime Agency-led international disruption campaign. The sanctions against Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev (pictured), the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware group, are being announced today by the
