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Bloke copped to $25m spear-phishing scheme A Nigerian man will be spending the next five years in a US prison after pleading guilty to operating a phishing scheme targeting businesses around the world.…
ATLANTA (AP) — A jury in Atlanta has convicted a Nigerian man on federal charges related to hacking universities. read more
The Nigerian prince never showed up but the victim's $110,000 did, eventually.
The United States Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of 74 email fraudsters across three continents in a global crackdown on a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) scheme....
Agari, a firm that offers protection against email-borne threats, has spent the last 10 months analyzing the targets, tactics and identities of 10 separate criminal organizations. All ten...
Nigerian-based cybercriminals are growing more dangerous as they add sophisticated tools to their arsenal, including complex remote access trojans, a new report reveals.
Secureworks has recently discovered a threat actor whose business email compromise (BEC) campaigns focus solely on global maritime shipping companies and their customers. read more
A Nigerian national has been sentenced by a United States court to 41 months in prison for his role in business email compromise (BEC) scams, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. read more
A single Nigerian national working on his own has orchestrated numerous malware infection campaigns targeting more than 4,000 organizations globally over the past four months, Check Point security...
Industrial companies from around the world have been targeted in phishing attacks believed to have been launched by cybercriminals located in Nigeria, Kaspersky Lab reported on Thursday. read more