Collaborate Disseminate
In the main DOJ Operation Wire Wire press release, the South Florida cases are described like this:
Following an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, 23 individuals were charged in the Southern District of Florida with laundering at l… Continue reading Operation Wire Wire: the South Florida Cases Part 3
The Second South Florida case is linked to the first because this entire conspiracy also is part of the work of Roda Taher, AKA Ressi, AKA Rezi, the top recruiter in the first case. However, in this 30 count indictment, the only one NOT named is… Continue reading Operation Wire Wire: the South Florida Cases Part 2
The operation also resulted in the seizure of nearly $2.4 million and the recovery of about $14 million in fraudulent wire transfers, said the FBI. Continue reading FBI’s BEC Crackdown Leads To 74 Arrests Globally
Yesterday we started a series of posts about Operation Wire Wire, where the Department of Justice announced charges against 74 people for Business Email Compromise and related scams.
The South Florida cases are so huge, we’re actually going to break th… Continue reading Operation Wire Wire: The South Florida Cases, Part 1
Operation Wire Wire Cases
Operation Wire Wire was announced June 11, 2018 by the Department of Justice. This Operation led to the arrest of 42 people in the United States and 29 others in Nigeria, Poland, Canada, Mauritius, Indonesia, and … Continue reading 74 (Mostly Nigerians) Arrested in Business Email Compromise Action
They say that life imitates art, which in modern parlance basically means if you see something cool in a video game, movie or TV show, you might be inclined to try and build your own version. Naturally, such things generally come in the form of simple props, perhaps with the occasional embedded LED or noise making circuit. It’s not as if you can really build a phaser from Star Trek or a phone booth that’s bigger on the inside.
But after seeing the hacking quadcopter featured in the video game Watch Dogs 2, [Glytch] was inspired to start work …read more
Continue reading “Watch Dogs” Inspired Hacking Drone Takes Flight
Wait, Mother’s Day was last week? We promise, we didn’t forget, but we did have just a tiny bit of news to announce and that took center stage. But we’re back, and we’re shaking things up!
The post Is it a Phish? Slightly D… Continue reading Is it a Phish? Slightly Delayed Mother’s Day Edition
Nigerian-based cybercriminals are growing more dangerous as they add sophisticated tools to their arsenal, including complex remote access trojans, a new report reveals. Continue reading Nigerian BEC Scammers Growing Smarter, More Dangerous
ID theft, a report on child sexual abuse images, and BEC (Business Email Compromise) fraud.
The post UK ID Theft, IWF report on child abuse, Gold Galleon BEC appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading UK ID Theft, IWF report on child abuse, Gold Galleon BEC
Researchers have identified a hacking group behind several widescale maritime shipping industry business email compromise (BEC) attacks since June. Continue reading Gold Galleon Hacking Group Plunders Shipping Industry