Interpol Busted 11 Members of Nigerian BEC Cybercrime Gang

A coordinated law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 11 members allegedly belonging to a Nigerian cybercrime gang notorious for perpetrating business email compromise BEC attacks targeting more than 50,000 victims in recent years. The disruption of the BEC network is the result o...

Activities of a Nigerian Cybercriminal Uncovered

Ever wonder who’s behind one of those Nigerian cyber-crime email campaigns asking you to enter into a shady business deal and how they’re enacted? In a unique profile, researchers pulled back the curtain on such an attack with a report outlining how a Nigerian cybercriminal made hundreds of...

ThreatList: Nigerian Cybercrime Surged 54 Percent in 2018

In 2018, Nigeria-based cybercrime jumped 54 percent over the previous year, as groups of scammers expanded their operations adding new tactics and reaching a wider breadth of targets. The increase, outlined in a report released Thursday by Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42, shows that Nigerian scammers...