{"id":10588,"date":"2023-08-07T11:15:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:15:34","slug":"gotcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=10588","title":{"rendered":"Gotcha!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]\n\n“GROUP-IB<\/a>” are a Singapore-based cyber-security provider.\u00a0 \u00a0They go deep into the cyber-crime sphere and it’s paid off.\n

After 30+ attacks, and over $US30M stolen, “OPERA1ER” have been caught!<\/h3>\nThey describe a bad actor who, from 2019, had used the same MO over and over, throughout Africa and South America, to steal millions through malware, spear-phishing and remote trojan attacks.\u00a0 Fake tax notices and hiring offers were common lures.\n\nThey picked up all the tools they need, free as open-source, on the dark web.\u00a0 They’d work mainly after hours on weekends and public holidays when their victims were most vulnerable.\n

16shop’s ‘Phishing As A Service’ operators arrested.<\/h3>\nA 21year old and two colleagues were running a phishing “service” . For US $60-120, they would set up a fake page for you and run a phishing campaign – and they did it over 150,000 times!\u00a0 \u00a0Attacks would mimic Amazon pages, American Express and the like, even tailored to the audience in different languages.\n\n \n
And now, thanks to GROUP-IB and Interpol , that’s all going to stop.\u00a0 You can read their report on Opera1er <\/a>and their report on 16shop<\/a><\/blockquote>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Caught.jpg” title_text=”Caught” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“GROUP-IB” are a Singapore-based cyber-security provider.\u00a0 \u00a0They go deep into the cyber-crime sphere and it’s paid off. After 30+ attacks, and over $US30M stolen, “OPERA1ER” have been caught! They describe a bad actor who, from 2019, had used the same MO over and over, throughout Africa and South America, to steal millions through malware, spear-phishing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}