Tag: Africa
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Operation Sentinel: Interpol Arrests 574 in Sweeping African Cybercrime Bust
A coordinated cybercrime crackdown across Africa has culminated in hundreds of arrests and the seizure of millions of dollars. As part of a sweeping international investigation, authorities not only detained hundreds of suspects but also averted substantial financial losses tied to online fraud. Operation Sentinel, carried out from October 27 to November 27 under Interpol’s…
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APT41’s New Frontier: Chinese Cyberespionage Group Targets African Governments
The China-linked cyber-espionage group APT41 has launched a new surveillance campaign targeting government IT services in Africa—an unexpected turn for a region previously considered an unlikely target. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab uncovered the operation after detecting anomalous activity on the workstations of an unnamed organization. The attackers employed remote administration tools and executed commands to…
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African Financial Institutions Targeted: “CL-CRI-1014” IAB Uses Open-Source Tools & Forged Signatures for Covert Access
For nearly a year, a hacker collective has been orchestrating a large-scale campaign targeting the financial sector across Africa. Experts from Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks have sounded the alarm, tracking this operation under the designation CL-CRI-1014. According to the company, the abbreviation denotes a “criminally motivated cluster,” highlighting the attackers’ clear commercial intent.…