Operation Red Card 2.0, led by INTERPOL, disrupted multi-country cybercrime syndicates operating phishing, investment fraud, and mobile money scam infrastructure.

Key enforcement outcomes:
• 651 suspects arrested
• 2,341 devices seized
• 1,442 malicious domains/servers dismantled
• $4.3M recovered
• $45M+ in linked financial losses

This highlights operational maturity in cross-border cyber enforcement - particularly around infrastructure seizure and coordinated intelligence sharing.

From a defensive standpoint:
How can SOC teams better detect early-stage fraud campaigns originating from emerging regions?

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrests-651-suspects-in-african-cybercrime-crackdown/

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Security researchers have revealed a phishing campaign that abused Google Cloud’s email automation to deliver legitimate-looking enterprise notifications from trusted domains.

The attack chain demonstrates how cloud trust, familiar formatting, and multi-stage redirection can work together to bypass both technical controls and user skepticism.

This raises broader questions about how defenders evaluate risk in automated cloud workflows.

What lessons should security teams take from this case?

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Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/cybercriminals-abuse-google-cloud-email.html

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Phishing Campaigns Exploit RMM Tools to Sustain Remote Access
https://gbhackers.com/rmm-tools/

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Threat Actors Exploit Government Website Vulnerabilities for Phishing Campaigns
https://securityboulevard.com/2025/01/threat-actors-exploit-government-website-vulnerabilities-for-phishing-campaigns/

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