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Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in partnership with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia
PLUS: Japan woos Micron, again; China launches chip dumping probe; Mitsubishi expands opsec empire; and more! Criminals appear to be moving cyber-scam centers to vulnerable countries.…
With the continued success of North Korea's IT worker scams, Asia-Pacific nations are working with private firms to blunt the scheme's effectiveness.
Google said it's implementing a new policy requiring developers of cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets to obtain government licenses before publishing apps in 15 jurisdictions in order to "ensure a safe and compliant ecosystem for users." The policy applies to markets like Bahrain, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand,
PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more! Asia In Brief Huawei chair Liang Hua last week told a conference in China that the company expects to meet its revenue targets for 2024, meaning it earned around ¥860 billion ($118.25 billion) – 22 percent growth compared to its 2023 result.…
New phishing kit Xiu Gou, featuring a unique “doggo” mascot, targets users in US, UK, Spain, Australia and Japan with 2000+ scam websites
Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more ASIA IN BRIEF It's not often The Register writes about a cryptocurrency outfit being on the right side of a scam or crime, but last week crypto exchange Binance claimed it helped Indian authorities to investigate a scam gaming app.…
X has always had a bot problem, but now scammers are utilizing the Ukraine war and earthquake warnings in Japan to entice users into clicking on fake content warnings and videos that lead to scam adult sites, malicious browser extensions, and shady affiliate sites. [...]
You've probably never heard of "16Shop," but there's a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. Last week, the international police organization INTERPOL said it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. INTERPOL said authorities in Indonesia arrested the 21-year-old proprietor and one of his alleged facilitators, and that a third suspect was apprehended in Japan.
Interpol warns of growing role of money mules