Category Archives: COLOMBIA

Months-long Interpol crackdown nets more than 1,000 online fraud arrests

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An Interpol operation to combat online fraud concluded with the arrests of 1,003 people and the interception of $27 million in illicit funds, according to the international police organization, which conducted the crackdown alongside 20 countries. Waged from June to September of this year, “Operation HAECHI-II” targeted online crime like romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering associated with illegal online gambling. But it also turned up a business email compromise scheme in Colombia and led to alerts about malware tied to the popular Netflix show “Squid Game.” Interpol said the crackdown demonstrated how cybercrime has risen to new levels since the outbreak of the coronavirus. It’s the latest international warning about how the pandemic has fueled a crime wave, even setting aside attacks targeting the health care sector or exploiting COVID-19 that have flourished over the past two years. “The results of Operation HAECHI-II show that the surge in […]

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Colombia arrests suspect wanted by US over Gozi virus

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The countries targeted by the Gozi virus included Finland, Germany, United States, and the United Kingdom with victims like NASA.
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Pablo Escobar’s brother says FaceTime flaw revealed his address, sues Apple for a publicity stunt (and $2.6 billion)

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As YouTubers warn the public not to buy smartphones from Escobar Inc, the notorious drug lord’s brother orchestrates a publicity stunt.
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Official Government COVID-19 Mobile Apps Hide a Raft of Threats

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Android apps launched for citizens in Iran, Colombia and Italy offer cyberattackers new attack vectors. Continue reading Official Government COVID-19 Mobile Apps Hide a Raft of Threats→

Scammers just posted 1.3 million payment card numbers on Joker’s Stash, a market for ID theft

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A database containing roughly 1.3 million credit and debit card numbers belonging primarily to Indian bank customers was uploaded this week to Joker’s Stash, an online market specializing in stolen personal data, according to new findings by security researchers. Group-IB, in a statement e-mailed Tuesday to CyberScoop, said the database was uploaded Oct. 28, and is worth more than $130 million, the equivalent value of roughly one dollar per record. Ninety-eight percent of the files belong to Indian banks, while 1% originate with a Colombian entity. Group-IB did not name any of the banks affected, victims included in the database or speculate on who may have uploaded the information. This addition of credit card information came just days after researchers determined that Joker’s Stash is growing. Over its four-year lifespan, the illicit card shop has become a dumping ground for financial information stolen from organizations like Hy-Vee, Sonic Drive-In and others. Now, […]

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‘Machete’ cyber-espionage group goes after military in Venezuela

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In March, there were massive, days-long power outages in Venezuela, causing several fatalities and pushing the South American country into turmoil that has continued to the present day. Around the same time as the first outages, a cyber-espionage group — dubbed “Machete” by ESET — began siphoning off gigabytes of confidential documents from Venezuela’s military in a successful campaign that is ongoing, according to new research from ESET. While there are some compromised computers in Ecuador, Colombia, and Nicaragua, the primary focus is Venezuela, as over half of the compromised computers in the campaign belong to the Venezuelan military, according to the Slovakian cybersecurity company. ESET researchers write that until May of this year, more than 50 computers were actively communicating with the attackers’ command and control server and bleeding gigabytes-worth of data each week. The toolset used by Machete is capable of stealing documents commonly used in the office […]

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Hypothetical "ploonets" would blur the lines between planets and moons

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You know what planets are. You’re familiar with moons. But what do you get when you cross the two? “Ploonets,” according to astronomers from Australia and Colombia. These weird, hypothetical objects start life as a moon circling a giant plane… Continue reading Hypothetical "ploonets" would blur the lines between planets and moons→

Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

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Andreessen Horowitz <3 Latin American startups.
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Blind Eagle, a new APT group, poses as Colombia’s Cyber Police to steal business secrets

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Cyberwar is intensifying in South America. A new hacking group researchers have dubbed Blind Eagle is carrying out targeted attacks against Colombian government agencies, financial companies and corporations with a presence in Colombia. Blind Eagle has been active since April 2018, posing as Colombian institutions like the National Cyber Police and the Office of the Attorney General to steal intellectual property, according to research published this week by the 360 Enterprise Security Group, which is affiliated with the Chinese security giant Qihoo 360. Researchers from 360 did not specifically identify the suspects who might be behind the group, which is also referred to as APT-C-36. But they suggested the attacks originated in South America, based on the timing the attacks were sent and the use of the Spanish language in the malware, among other factors. “[This] APT attack could probably be carried out by neighboring countries,” researchers said. “The background […]

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