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13 Chinese-run scam compound dismantled in Madagascar by Scam Center Strike Force
The Strike Force team, which was in country for two weeks, supported the local authorities related to the take down of 13 scam centers that were being operated by Chinese organized crime syndicates. The Strike Force team assisted in the processing of more than 3,200 electronic devices. The Strike Force team has also opened their own investigations on the basis of interviews conducted of the nearly 400 arrestees, at least approximately 30 of whom where Chinese leaders
Booking.com Reservation Scam: How the Fake 'Confirm Your Booking' Links Work
Guests are getting messages with real booking details and a link to confirm their reservation. We took one link apart: how the kit hides, who it targets, what to do.
India seizes 5,13,847 Gmail IDs Sold As 'Crime-as-a-Service' for sending bomb threats
One threat mail to the Gujarat Secretariat led police to two men in Bihar and Jharkhand; 5,13,847 e-mail accounts with passwords recovered. The funding and the instructions, investigators allege, came from Bangladesh.
Amazon Law Enforcement Request Tracker (emea.ler.amazon.com): EU & UK Police Guide
How EU and UK police submit requests to Amazon, AWS and Ring through the ALERT portal at emea.ler.amazon.com: legal process, emergencies and what data you get.
Buying the Hype: The Rise of Fake iPhone 18 Pro Pre-order Portals
Fake iPhone 18 Pro pre-order sites promise cheaper, faster phones and deliver nothing. How they work, the red flags, and how to check a site before you pay.
Buying the Hype: The Rise of Fake iPhone 18 Pro Pre-order Portals
Fake iPhone 18 Pro pre-order sites promise cheaper, faster phones and deliver nothing. How they work, the red flags, and how to check a site before you pay.
Skill Poisioning turning AI agents into malware droppers - warns China's National CERT
National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center warns that fake plugins for popular AI agents can steal files and open a back door — and the problem is growing fast. Several IOCs of skill poisoning were also published in the advisory.
Anthropic says China-based operators used Claude to copy its AI, track dissidents and run dating scams
Anthropic said its threat intelligence team spotted the activity by watching how accounts behaved, not by reading every chat. Investigators grouped related users into internal clusters, then matched language, time zones, shared proxy servers, fake identities, virtual cards and stolen API keys. Sudden spikes in traffic — in some cases millions of exchanges a day — and the reuse of the same account pools after bans pointed to organised campaigns rather than isolated users. The company said it then
IP geolocation APIs, at APNIC 62, the IAB’s workshop report highlights why model is broken and possible fixes
Commercial IP-to-geolocation APIs sit behind fraud checks, geo-blocking, tax rules, CDN steering and content licences. They return a city, a pair of coordinates and an air of certainty. This week’s APNIC 62 Cooperation SIG in Mumbai, drawing on the IAB Workshop on IP Address Geolocation, argued that certainty is the product defect: an IP address was never a location, and treating the API as one creates bad routing, weak security and a quiet privacy leak.
I4C Recruitment 2026: 30 Cyber Forensics, OSINT and AI/ML Jobs at Up to ₹2.5 Lakh a Month, Apply by 30 September
F1 InfoTech is hiring 30 cyber forensics, OSINT and AI/ML professionals for I4C (MHA). New Delhi and Assam postings, up to ₹2.5L a month. Apply by 30 Sep 2026.
Pakistan's Cybercrime Investigation Agency nabs 15 in back-to-back raids, Canada work-visa fraud
Faisalabad officers arrest eight more suspects a month after a 14.4-million-rupee case, as NCCIA steps up action against fraud targeting Pakistanis seeking jobs in Canada. The action targets scams that exploit Pakistanis seeking overseas employment opportunities, part of NCCIA's broader efforts to combat cyber-enabled immigration fraud through its Faisalabad regional unit.
Spacex Starlink Gen3 recovered from Zambia's scam facility, 79 apprehended including foreign nationals
79 suspects were apprehended in a transnational cybercrime scam centre operating in Lusaka, Zambia. Multiple Starlink terminals were seized in the operations. Authorities have indicated that the illegal setup was a national security threat. 11 Chinese nationals were apprehended in the operation.