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Myanmar covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Myanmar, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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Some 29 people were charged, including a Cambodian senator, and authorities seized more than 500 Web domains tied to fake investment sites.
Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal HitThis week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro Cites Trump Goal in Making Crypto 'Safe' for InvestorsThe U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced the launch of the Scam Center Strike Force, to dismantle criminal networks behind pig butchering scams. The initiative targets sophisticated transnational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos and Burma.
Criminal outfits had been using Musk's broadband beacons to run cyber-slavery scams across Southeast Asia SpaceX says it has shut down thousands of Starlink terminals that were powering Myanmar's notorious scam compounds after its satellite network was found to be keeping human trafficking and cyber-fraud operations online in the country's lawless border zones.…
Investigations found that the network operates scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar and across Southeast Asia
Firms cooperating with cybercrime syndicates in Burma and Cambodia face sanctions by the US government and enforcement actions by China, but the scams continue to grow.
The region offers attractive conditions: a large pool of tech workers, economic disparity, and weak enforcement of cybercrime laws — all of which attract businesses legitimate and shady.
The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an unspecified organization in Myanmar with previously unreported tooling, highlighting continued effort by the threat actors to increase the sophistication and effectiveness of their malware
An Indian disaster-relief flight delivering aid is the latest air-traffic incident, as attacks increase in the Middle East and Myanmar and along the India-Pakistan border.
Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt in 2024
A controller linked to BPF backdoor can open a reverse shell, enabling deeper infiltration into compromised networks. Recent attacks have been observed targeting the telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors across South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt.
It comes amid a major crackdown on the abusive industry that started during COVID Thailand is preparing to receive thousands of people rescued from scam call centers in Myanmar as the country launches a major crackdown on the pervasive criminal activity across its border.…
More than half of attacks on Indian businesses come from outside the country, while 45% of those targeting consumers come from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos.
Officials Hope to Curb Global Fraud by Targeting Border Operations in MyanmarIn a drastic move to curb fraud along the Myanmar border, Thailand announced plans to cut power and telecommunications in border areas of Myanmar linked to scam operations. The move is aimed at crippling criminal syndicates running notorious call centers that orchestrate scams, financial fraud and human trafficking.
Paint a target on Myanmar, pledge more info-sharing to get the job done A group established by six Asian nations to fight criminal cyber-scam slave camps that infest the region claims it’s made good progress dismantling the operations.…
Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024
Greater collaboration between financial and law enforcement officials is needed to dismantle cybercrime scam centers in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, which rake in tens of billions of dollars annually — and affect victims worldwide.
Opponents of Myanmar’s internet-nobbling military government don't like when Facebook asks for their real names Big Tech isn't much help if you're an activist trying to work against a military junta, and FOSS tools aren't a great alternative either, according to opponents of Myanmar's military regime.…
Report claims Beijing is most displaced by junta's failure to address slave labor scam settlements The military junta controlling Myanmar has struggled to control all of its territory thanks in part to China backing rebel forces as a way of expressing its displeasure about cyberscam centers operating from the country.…
Heads of top crime syndicates extradited to China are implicated in pig-butchering "fraud dens," but four individuals on China's most-wanted list still remain at large.