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| Interpol has arrested three fraudsters who have targeted 500,000 companies |
The International Criminal Police Organization, known as INTERPOL, has arrested three Nigerian fraudsters on suspicion of being members of the organized cybercrime organization responsible for spreading malware and carrying out phishing and phishing activities via e-mail.
The investigation, titled Operation Falcon, was conducted jointly with the International Criminal Police Organization, the International Group and the Nigerian Police.
To date, nearly 50,000 victims have been identified through criminal conspiracies and investigations are continuing to track down other suspected gang members and monetization methods used by the organization.
Group-IB participated in this (year-long) operation that is part of the INTERPOL project portal, which provides agreements with select partners and receives threat intelligence directly.
The International Criminal Police Organization said: The suspects had developed phishing links, domain names, and large-scale email campaigns impersonating the organization.
She added, "They used these activities to spread 26 types of malware, including AgentTesla, Loki, Azorult, Spartan, Nanocore, and Remco's Remote Access Trojans."
In addition to running phishing campaigns and sending emails with malicious attachments, these attacks are also used to infiltrate and monitor victims and individuals' systems.
Since 2017, this has led to the penetration of at least 1.5 million public and private companies in more than 150 countries.
According to Group IB, the three people are members of a group of cybercriminals linked to TMT.
Large phishing email campaigns use Gammadyne Mailer and Turbo Mailer to send out phishing emails.
The team also relies on MailChimp to determine if the recipient opened the email.
Group IB indicated that the ultimate goal of the attack was to steal identity verification data from browsers and email from companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan. Nigeria and other countries.
Craig Jones (Craig Jones), INTERPOL's Director of Cyber Crime Prevention, said the organization runs a sophisticated model of criminal activity and uses various tools and technologies to maximize profits.