"An international coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol targeted and took down three cybercrime operations in its latest round of what authorities call "Operation Endgame." In a press release, Europol said that the police operation targeted the infostealing malware Rhadamanthys, a botnet called Elysium, and the remote access trojan VenomRAT. The authorities say all three "played a key role in international cybercrime." Police seized more than 1,000 servers as part of the operation."
"Europol said police arrested the unnamed "main suspect" behind VenomRAT in Greece on November 3. "The dismantled malware infrastructure consisted of hundreds of thousands of infected computers containing several million stolen credentials," the press release read. "Many of the victims were not aware of the infection of their systems." According to Europol, the main suspect behind Rhadamantys had access to over 100,000 crypto wallets, "potentially worth millions of euros.""
Europol led an international law enforcement operation that dismantled three cybercrime infrastructures: Rhadamanthys, Elysium, and VenomRAT. Police seized more than 1,000 servers and arrested the unnamed main suspect behind VenomRAT in Greece. The dismantled infrastructure included hundreds of thousands of infected computers and several million stolen credentials, with many victims unaware of their system infections. The main Rhadamantys operator had access to over 100,000 crypto wallets potentially worth millions of euros. Rhadamantys, launched in 2022, steals passwords and cryptocurrency wallet keys and spread initially through malicious Google advertisements and underground forums. Rhadamantys usage surged after the Lumma takedown, illustrating criminal adaptation to lesser-known tools.
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