Author: Immnuniweb

Summary: Law enforcement agencies have successfully dismantled the Ghost encrypted communications platform, which was reportedly utilized by organized crime groups across several countries. The operation, known as ‘Operation Kraken’, led to numerous arrests and targeted the secure communication methods used by transnational criminal syndicates.

Threat Actor: Organized Crime Groups | organized crime groups

Key Point :

Operation Kraken involved coordinated police raids in Canada, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden, resulting in dozens of arrests.…
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Summary: A software engineer named Shubhang Jain was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly stealing $6.67 million in cryptocurrency from his former employer, a Bengaluru-based management company. Jain had been on the run for two years after exploiting his access to the company’s digital wallets to transfer funds to private wallets he created under false identities.…

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Summary: Vitalii Antonenko, a 32-year-old from New York, has admitted to multiple cybercrime offenses, including hacking, credit card trafficking, and money laundering. His criminal activities involved exploiting vulnerable computers to steal sensitive data, which was then sold online and laundered through various financial methods.

Threat Actor: Vitalii Antonenko | Vitalii Antonenko

Key Point :

Antonenko and his accomplices targeted vulnerable computers to steal credit card information and personally identifiable information (PII).…
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Summary: German authorities have arrested ten individuals linked to an online harassment group called the ‘New World Order’ (NWO), which is accused of various cybercrimes including cyberbullying and doxing. The arrests are part of a broader investigation into the group’s targeted harassment campaigns against victims, particularly in the streaming community.…

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Summary: The Singapore Police Force has arrested six individuals, including five Chinese nationals, for their alleged roles in a global cybercrime syndicate. The suspects are believed to have engaged in activities that threaten international networks and businesses, with significant evidence seized during the arrests.

Threat Actor: Cybercrime Syndicate | cybercrime syndicate

Key Point :

Six individuals, including five Chinese nationals, were arrested for their involvement in a global cybercrime operation.…
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Summary: Two Romanian nationals have been sentenced in Australia for their roles in an ATM shimming scam that defrauded victims of $36,000. The criminals used devices to capture ATM card data, enabling unauthorized withdrawals and transfers.

Threat Actor: Romanian nationals | Romanian nationals

Key Point :

Scammers installed ATM shimmers to steal financial data from victims’ cards.…
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Summary: Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, a Nigerian national, was sentenced to over five years in prison for his role in a hacking and business email compromise scheme that caused more than $5 million in losses. His co-defendant, Ebuka Raphael Umeti, received a ten-year sentence for similar crimes, and both were ordered to pay restitution to their victims.…

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Summary: Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP[.]Agency, a website that allowed criminals to bypass banking anti-fraud measures, specifically multi-factor authentication. The operation was uncovered by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), leading to charges of conspiracy and money laundering against the individuals involved.

Threat Actor: Callum Picari, Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan, Aza Siddeeque | OTP[.]Agency…

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Summary: A US court has sentenced three individuals for their roles in a scheme that sold tens of thousands of pirated Avaya Direct International software licenses, valued at over $88 million. The sentences included prison time and significant financial forfeitures for the convicted parties.

Threat Actor: Raymond Bradley “Brad” Pearce, Dusti Pearce, and Jason Hines | Raymond Bradley “Brad” Pearce

Key Point :

Brad Pearce, a former system administrator at Avaya, was sentenced to four years in prison for generating unauthorized software license keys.…
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Summary: US authorities have indicted Rim Jong Hyok, a member of the North Korean hacking group Andariel, for cyberattacks against various American and international entities, including healthcare providers and NASA. The indictment details efforts to steal sensitive data and deploy ransomware, as well as laundering the proceeds through a Chinese bank to fund further cyber operations.…

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Summary: French police, in collaboration with cybersecurity experts, have initiated an operation to remove the PlugX malware from infected personal computers. This effort targets a remote access trojan linked to Chinese nation-state threat actors and aims to clean devices across multiple European countries.

Threat Actor: Chinese nation-state actors | PlugX

Key Point :

The operation has successfully disinfected devices from around a hundred organizations in France and several other European countries.…
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Summary: Bamidele Omotosho, a Nigerian citizen, has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison for his involvement in a wire fraud and money laundering scheme that exploited stolen personal information. He was found guilty of orchestrating fraudulent activities, including hacking into the Employees Retirement System of Texas and compromising accounting firms to file false tax returns.…

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Summary: Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the LockBit ransomware group, which has executed numerous high-profile ransomware attacks globally. They admitted to compromising systems, deploying ransomware, and extorting victims for ransom payments.

Threat Actor: LockBit Ransomware Group | LockBit

Key Point :

Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev participated in deploying LockBit ransomware against multiple victims.…
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Summary: Spanish authorities have arrested three individuals linked to cyber-attacks by the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16), which targeted government institutions and strategic sectors in Spain and NATO countries. These attacks were part of a broader campaign against nations supporting Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression.

Threat Actor: NoName057(16) | NoName057(16)

Key Point :

Three suspects were arrested for cybercrimes with terrorist intentions, following a series of DDoS attacks.…
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