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#OrganizedCrime

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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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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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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 Mary Papenfuss
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Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

Hundreds of Shoes, Personal Items and a List of Victims Found In Cartel Crematorium in Mexico

Among some of the most disturbing items found during the search was a letter written by one of the victims that read: "My love, if I do not return, I want you to remember how much I love you"

#Mexico #cartels #DrugTrafficking #OrganizedCrime

latintimes.com/hundreds-shoes-

Latin Times · Hundreds of Shoes, Personal Items and a List of Victims Found In Cartel Crematorium in MexicoBy Héctor Ríos Morales
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John Refior

It's a great time to be a money launderer.

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce a Biden-era small business rule intended to curb money laundering and shell company formation.

"In a Sunday evening announcement, Treasury said in a news release that it will not impose penalties now or in the future if companies fail to register for the agency’s beneficial ownership information database...

"On Sunday, President Donald Trump on his Truth Social media site praised the suspension of enforcement of the rule and said the database is 'outrageous and invasive.'"
apnews.com/article/treasury-be

#OrganizedCrime#TheOrganizedCrimePresident#MoneyLaundering
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