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U.S. to launch anti-scam center task force as world targets Southeast Asia cybercrime

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Southeast Asian governments and businesses have been rocked by a renewed focus on the region’s notorious scam centers, compounds where workers—often themselves victims of human trafficking—try to defraud individuals in wealthier economies like Singapore and Hong Kong. In mid-October, the U.S. and UK slapped sanctions targeting individuals and entities within the Cambodia-based Prince Group, which … Read more

Police take down three cybercrime operations in latest round of ‘whack-a-mole’

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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 … Read more

Europol Cracks Latvian Cybercrime Ring, Bags $330,000 in Crypto

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Europol has joined forces with law enforcement in Latvia and other European countries to dismantle a massive cyber-fraud network that had been operating out of Latvia. The takedown led to the seizure of around $330,000 in cryptocurrency from the suspects. Authorities also froze roughly $500,000 across various bank accounts linked to the operation. The raid … Read more

Cybercrime forum Leak Zone publicly exposed its users’ IP addresses

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A self-styled “leaking and cracking forum” where users advertise and share breached databases, stolen credentials, and pirated software was leaking the IP addresses of its logged-in users to the open web, security researchers have found. Leak Zone left an Elasticsearch database exposed to the internet without a password, according to researchers at UpGuard. In a … Read more

Cybercrime is big business in Asia, and AI could be about to make things worse

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Southeast Asia has become a global epicenter of cyber scams, where high-tech fraud meets human trafficking. In countries like Cambodia and Myanmar, criminal syndicates run industrial-scale “pig butchering” operations—scam centers staffed by trafficked workers forced to con victims in wealthier markets like Singapore and Hong Kong.  The scale is staggering: one UN estimate pegs global … Read more

Prolific cybercrime gang now targeting airlines and the transportation sector

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Cybersecurity firms are warning that the prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is now targeting airlines and the transportation sector. Executives from Google’s cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks’ security research division Unit 42 say they have observed cyberattacks targeting the aviation industry resembling Scattered Spider. Scattered Spider is a collective of mostly … Read more

A DOGE staffer working as a ‘senior advisor’ in the government’s cybersecurity agency once provided tech support to a cybercrime ring

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A member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appears to have provided tech support to a cybercrime group known as EGodly. Edward Coristine, also known by his nickname “Big Balls,” has been linked to the cybercrime group through a company he ran called DiamondCDN. According to corporate and digital records reviewed by Reuters and … Read more

Hyperliquid whale denies cybercrime claims, ZachXBT to release evidence

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Key Takeaways The Hyperliquid whale is defending against allegations by ZachXBT of using illicit funds. ZachXBT plans to release further evidence detailing the origins of the trader’s funds. Share this article An infamous trader known as the ‘Hyperliquid whale’ has publicly defended himself against cybercrime allegations made by on-chain investigator ZachXBT. ZachXBT on Tuesday accused … Read more

Online scams easy as ever, as cybercrime markets flourish

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“Looking back to the 1990s and early 2000s, you needed to have a reasonable level of technical competence to pull off these types of crimes,” Nicholas Court, assistant director of Interpol’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre, told CNBC. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images An expanding network of cybercrime marketplaces is making it easier than … Read more

International police coalition takes down two prolific cybercrime and hacking forums

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An international coalition of law enforcement agencies took down two hacking forums that had more than 10 million users, according to Europol, one of the agencies involved in the operation.  On Thursday, Europol and Germany’s police the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) announced the seizures of Cracked and Nulled. The BKA called them “the world’s two largest trading … Read more

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