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National Crime Agency (NCA)

UK-led police operation quashes Luminosity Link RAT

A hacking tool that was able to give full remote control of a victim’s computer to anyone with nefarious intentions has been taken down in an international law-enforcement operation, according to announcements by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and by Europol. The remote access Trojan (RAT), called Luminosity Link, was peddled on a dedicated website for as […]

Lizard Squad cyber-attackers disrupt National Crime Agency website

Cyber-attackers launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) violation on law enforcement agency in apparent revenge for previous arrests. Cyber-attackers have taken down the website of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in apparent revenge for arrests made last week. The NCA website was temporarily down on Tuesday morning, four days after six teenagers were released on […]