Collaborate Disseminate
Three men have been arrested in Nigeria, suspected of being members of an organised cybercrime gang that has targeted over 500,000 government agencies and private sector companies around the world.
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An Interpol-helmed operation led to the arrest of three suspected cybercriminal gang members in Nigeria whose outfit has allegedly targeted victims in more than 150 countries, including schemes that involved offering COVID-19 aid. The sting, announced Wednesday, was part of Operation Falcon, a year-long investigation that teamed with cybersecurity company Group-IB and the Nigeria Police Force. “This group was running a well-established criminal business model,” said Craig Jones, Interpol’s cybercrime director. “From infiltration to cashing in, they used a multitude of tools and techniques to generate maximum profits.” The gang, dubbed TMT, is divided into numerous subgroups, according to Vesta Matveeva, head of Group-IB’s APAC Cyber Investigations Team. The three suspects arrested in Lagos tallied 50,000 victims in government and industry, the company said. Matveeva said via email that TMT overall might have compromised more than 500,000 victims since 2017. TMT’s speciality is business email compromise (BEC), where the attackers pose […]
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Some 50,000 targeted victims have been identified so far in a massive, global scam enterprise that involves 26 different malwares. Continue reading Major BEC Phishing Ring Cracked Open with 3 Arrests
An INTERPOL assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime has shown a significant target shift from individuals and small businesses to major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure. With organizations and businesses rapidly deployin… Continue reading Cybercriminals are developing and boosting their attacks
Fresenius, Europe’s largest private hospital operator and a major provider of dialysis products and services that are in such high demand thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hit in a ransomware cyber attack on its technology systems. The company said the incident has limited some of its operations, but that patient care continues. Continue reading Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Operator Fresenius Hit by Ransomware
By Deeba Ahmed
The operation was carried out by Europol, NSA, and Interpol, etc., busting 1.5 million Euro Coronavirus face mask scam.
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The current upsurge in hackers looking to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented, be they scammers and financially motivated hackers or well-funded and skilled state-sponsored groups. This in itself does not say much about th… Continue reading Hospitals Forced to Fight Another Pandemic
Police in Indonesia have arrested three men accused of inserting malicious code into e-commerce websites to steal shoppers’ payment data, an emerging hacking technique that scammers have used to pilfer victims’ information while avoiding detection. Interpol announced Monday it coordinated a law enforcement operation that identified hundreds of websites that had been infected with malicious software used to collect customers’ financial data and personal details. Three men, identified only by their initials, were arrested on Dec. 20 in Jakarta and Yogyakarta, for allegedly using the stolen data to purchase electronics and other luxury items, then reselling that merchandise for a profit. By relying a malicious tool that attacked the JavaScript programming language, this group used a technique known as a Magecart-style attack to carry out the digital equivalent of a smash-and-grab robbery. At least a dozen so-called Magecart groups use similar techniques to steal data from victims that have included […]
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Operation Goldfish Alpha was a six-month effort to secure hacked devices across Southeast Asia.
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An alleged top boss of a Romanian crime syndicate that U.S. authorities say is responsible for deploying card-skimming devices at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) throughout North America was arrested in Mexico last week on firearms charges. The arrest comes months after the accused allegedly ordered the execution of a former bodyguard who was trying to help U.S. authorities bring down the group’s lucrative skimming operations. Continue reading Alleged Chief of Romanian ATM Skimming Gang Arrested in Mexico