"Police Arrest Suspected OPERA1ER Cybercrime Kingpin"

Police have recently announced the arrest of an individual they believe to be a key figure in a prolific cybercrime group that has stolen at least $11m from banks and telcos over a four-year period.  Interpol stated that it worked with the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire, alongside Afripol, Group-IB, and the Orange CERT Coordination Center (Orange-CERT-CC) to make the arrest as part of Operation Nervone.  The group in question, OPERA1ER (aka NX$M$, DESKTOP Group, and Common Raven), may have actually stolen as much as $30m from dozens of attacks across 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Group-IB first discovered the group in 2018 after the threat intelligence firm spotted spear-phishing emails containing remote access Trojans (RATs) and other malware like password sniffers and dumpers.

Infosecurity reports: "Police Arrest Suspected OPERA1ER Cybercrime Kingpin"