Google fires sueball at alleged Chinese phishers over AI-powered fraud ops
Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands
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Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands
A coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses
A joint international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine cryptocurrency investment fraud centers. [...]
Telegram-Based Marketplace Closes After Prince Group Founder's ArrestTelegram marketplace Tudou Guarantee, which processed over $12 billion in fraud transactions, has ceased operations following the arrest of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi, who was extradited to China in January. Elliptic said it was the third-largest illicit marketplace of all time.
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two service providers that supply online criminal networks with the necessary tools and infrastructure to fuel the pig butchering-as-a-service (PBaaS) economy
Also: ToolShell Hits South Africa, Most Americans Are Online Fraud VictimsThis week: Did China sneak a peek into ToolShell? ToolShell hacking in South Africa, Cisco flaws, an Arizona woman sentenced for aiding North Korea. Most Americans scammed online, a NASCAR data breach and a claimed data leak at France's Naval Group. Orange telecom disrupted. Dating app Tea breach.
Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China.
Phony call center company conducted online fraud and other Internet scams.
A new large-scale smishing campaign is targeting the U.S. by sending iMessages from compromised Apple iCloud accounts with an aim to conduct identity theft and financial fraud