Two of the biggest heavyweight scam TTPs - malvertising and pig butchering - have combined. In our latest research, we track hundreds of investment‑scam campaigns using this one-two punch to target Japan and the wider Asia region.
The hybrid approach kicks-off with malvertising ads that impersonate well‑known financial experts, funnel victims through lure sites on RDGA‑generated domains, before finally pulling them into messaging chats run by tireless AI‑style pig butcher bots. The result: an industrial‑scale long con, with individual victims reporting losses of up to ¥10M (~US$63k).
This model is reused across different campaigns and, by pivoting on DNS, we've so far been able to map out an ecosystem of over 23,000 domains.
In our latest blog we talk about our first‑hand experience going through the scheme, break down the entire flow, and share all the related IOCs: https://www.blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/banners-bots-and-butchers-an-automated-long-con-targeting-japan-asia-and-beyond/
#Infoblox #InfobloxThreatIntel #dns #threatintel #threatintelligence #malvertising #pigbutchering #rdga #dga #lookalikes #crypto #investment #scam #fraud #cybercrime #cybersecurity #infosec #Japan #Asia #AI
La Chine exécute 11 chefs d’un réseau d’arnaques et de piratage informatique
--> https://www.zataz.com/la-chine-execute-11-chefs-dun-reseau-darnaques-et-de-piratage-informatique/
// 11 exécutions liées à des centres de cyber arnaques.
#cybercrime #arnaque #pigbutchering #traiteHumaine #Myanmar #Chine #scams #zataz
#PigButcheringScams are huge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A
#PigButchering #Scams #Scammers #Scam #OrganizedCrime #HumanTrafficking #Slavery #ModernSlavery #ForcedLabour #Exploitation #GoldenTriangle #Triads #Laos #Cambodia #Burma #Myanmar #China #PRC
This person shared a link to a wired article I’d heard about but couldn’t read because of the paywall. Thankfully he has a thread going where a lot of the article is shared in posts. From Zhi Zhu
#Crypto #Scam #Scammers #Myanmar #China #PigButchering
"Red Bull explained that he’d tried reaching out to #US and Indian #law enforcement agencies and Interpol, as well as the tip lines for a few #news outlets, but no one had responded other than me. He asked me to tell him more about myself—and then cut me off as soon as I’d said two sentences about my work covering #crypto #crime. “So you are the person I share everything with,” he said hurriedly. “And you will help me to expose this, right?”" https://www.wired.com/story/he-leaked-the-secrets-southeast-asian-scam-compound-then-had-to-get-out-alive/ #Journalism #Press #Media
Mass Exodus from Alleged Scam Compounds in Cambodia After Chen Zhi Arrest
Viral videos show mass exodus of Chinese nationals from hotspot scam compounds in Sihanoukville, Kandal, Battambang, Kampot and other border towns as an analyst likened the fears to major crackdowns linked to scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s arrest and extradition to China.
Viral videos show mass exodus of Chinese nationals from hotspot scam compounds in Sihanoukville, Kandal, Battambang, Kampot and other border towns as an analyst likened the fears to major crackdowns linked to scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s arrest and extradition to China.
I blocked "pig butchering" accounts. The signs of these accounts include these template messages: "Hi." "How are you doing?" The accounts looked too successful and too pretty.
#scam #pigbutchering #crypto #scamalert #staysafe #onlinesafety #fraud #cybersecurity #block #redflags #awareness #security
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