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Infoblox Threat Intel

Infoblox Threat Intel had the opportunity to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (#UNODC) for their latest report on South East Asian Crime. The report is titled "Inflection Point". It is a great in-depth analysis of the triads and how they fuel the current scam epidemic.

Organized crime is booming - as you can see with the picture below which shows the growth in the physical footprint of the compounds they operate.

Our part of the collaboration (pages 37-42 of the 90+ page report) were around a single actor that we can track in #dns -- naturally!

We analysed a number of illegal Chinese-operated gambling websites and soon found out they were operated by the same 'gambling provider' we named Vault Viper. Vault viper develops its very own "secure gambling browser". Of course it's #malware.

Through DNS, we discovered the companies behind Vault Viper were in fact controlled by Suncity - a criminal junket whose founder has been convicted of laundering billions of dollars.

unodc.org/roseap/en/2025/04/cy

Illegal gambling is not harmless fun. It fuels some of the largest criminal networks in the world.

The entire report is worth reading to get the latest view from experts on the world of organized crime in Asia that is running #scam, #pigbutchering, #humantrafficking, #cybercrime, #malware, #illegalgambling, illegal porn and who knows what else. The image below shows just how much it has grown in a few years from physical footprints.

We'll be releasing a detailed report on Vault Viper in the coming months.

#infobloxthreatintel #infoblox
#organizedcrime #china

satellite imagery showing the growth of crime compounds in south east asia over a few year period
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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

Via #ANSA @ 11:10am ET on Apr 01, 2025

#Italian and #German police on Tuesday arrested a total of 29 people in the two countries accused of belonging to or helping the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia, Italy's richest and most powerful criminal organisation.
Some 20 people including lawyers and accountants were arrested in Italy and the other nine in the German land of #BadenWürttemberg.

#Ndrangheta #Mafia #OrganizedCrime #CriminalOrganisation #Calabria #Italy

ansa.it/english/news/general_n

Agenzia ANSA · 29 arrests in Italy-Germany 'Ndrangheta op - General News - Ansa.itItalian and German police on Tuesday arrested a total of 29 people in the two countries accused of belonging to or helping the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia, Italy's richest and most powerful criminal organisation. (ANSA)
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@signalapp no it's not.

Being a #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solution subject to #CloudAct makes you inherently vulnerable by your own choice and thus trivial to shutdown compared to real #E2EE with #SelfCustody of all the keys and true #decentralization as well as #SelfHosting (i.e. #PGP/MIME [see @delta / #deltaChat et. al.] and #XMPP+#OMEMO [see @monocles / #monoclesChat et. al.]!)

And don't even get me started on you collecting #PII (espechally #PhoneNumbers) for no valid reason, (thus violating #GDPR & #BDSG)...

But yeah, I'll be patient to shout "#ToldYaSo" to your annoying cult of fanboys!

YouTubeWe Tried Signal's MobileCoin So You Never Have To...By Techlore
#toldyaso
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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

#AI is turbocharging #organizedcrime, #EU #police agency warns🧐⚖️
"States seeking geopolitical advantage r also using criminals as contractors, e report said, citing #cyberattacks against critical #infrastructure & #public institutions.. AI & other #technologies “are a catalyst for crime, & drive #criminal operations’ efficiency by amplifying their speed, reach, & sophistication,” the report said.. EU aims to provide enough funds in coming years to double #Europol's staff"
apnews.com/article/europe-crim

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Thor A. Hopland

Ah yes. It's never the fault of the #strongman. It's always those who follow orders. Surely there isn't a crap ton of #judicial precedent regarding #organizedcrime, #economic crime, #war crimes, #cult crimes, etc that proves with finality that #ElonMusk is an idiot....oh wait.

Union rages after Elon Musk shares [Twitter] post that ‘Hitler didn’t murder millions, public sector workers did’ | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

The Independent · Union rages after Elon Musk shares X post that ‘Hitler didn’t murder millions; public sector workers did’By The Independent
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