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Nigeria arrests dev of Microsoft 365 'Raccoon0365' phishing platform
The Nigerian police have arrested three individuals linked to targeted Microsoft 365 cyberattacks via Raccoon0365 phishing-as-a-service.
- December 19, 2025
- 02:05 PM
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Hacker extradited to US for stealing $3.3 million from taxpayers
Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu has been extradited from France to the U.S. to face charges of hacking, fraud, and identity theft for suspected spearphishing attacks on U.S. tax preparation businesses.
- August 06, 2025
- 12:09 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Nigerian gets 10 years for laundering millions stolen from elderly
A Nigerian man was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiring to launder millions stolen from elderly victims in internet fraud schemes.
- January 09, 2024
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Nigerian hacker arrested for stealing $7.5M from charities
A Nigerian national was arrested in Ghana and is facing charges related to business email compromise (BEC) attacks that caused a charitable organization in the United States to lose more than $7.5 million.
- January 03, 2024
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Nigerian Police dismantle cybercrime recruitment, mentoring hub
The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams.
- October 26, 2023
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Three Nigerians arrested for malware-assisted financial crimes
Interpol has announced the arrest of three Nigerian men in Lagos, who are suspected of using remote access trojans (RATs) to reroute financial transactions and steal account credentials.
- May 30, 2022
- 11:07 AM
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Nigerian hacker pleads guilty to stealing payroll deposits
A Nigerian national named Charles Onus has pled guilty in the District Court of the Southern District of New York to hacking into a payroll company's user accounts and stealing payroll deposits.
- February 23, 2022
- 01:47 PM
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Interpol arrests 11 BEC gang members linked to 50,000 targets
Interpol, in coordination with the Nigerian Police Force, have arrested eleven individuals who are suspects of participating in an international BEC (business email compromise) ring.
- January 19, 2022
- 07:16 AM
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CEO tried funding his startup by asking insiders to deploy ransomware
Likely inspired by the LockBit ransomware gang, a Nigerian threat actor tried their luck with a $1 million payment lure to recruit an insider to detonate a ransomware payload on the company servers.
- August 19, 2021
- 03:32 PM
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SilverTerrier BEC scammers target US govt healthcare agencies
Government healthcare agencies, COVID-19 response organizations, and medical research facilities from across the globe were the targets of Business Email Compromise (BEC) phishing campaigns coordinated by multiple Nigerian BEC actors during the last three months.
- May 07, 2020
- 06:00 AM
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Scattered Canary Evolves From One-Man Operation to BEC Giant
A Nigerian cybercriminal group dubbed Scattered Canary has evolved from one-man Craigslist and romance scams to a large scale criminal business running multiple types of frauds concomitantly and coordinating at least 35 threat actors.
- June 05, 2019
- 09:05 AM
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US Arrests 74 BEC Scammers, Including 29 Nigerians
US law enforcement announced today the arrests of 74 individuals accused of orchestrating BEC (business email compromise) scams through which they stole millions from users across the world.
- June 11, 2018
- 04:42 PM
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Lone Nigerian Hacker Behind Attempted Hacks at 4,000 Organizations
One lone hacker operating out of Lagos, Nigeria was able to hack into over 4,000 organizations across the globe using basic techniques and antiquated tools, according to an investigation by researchers at Check Point.
- August 16, 2017
- 04:20 AM
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The Nigerian Spammers From the 90s Have Moved on to Keyloggers and RATs
Each day, countless of security researchers are fighting the good fight in an effort to help companies remove malware from infected computers and servers.
- June 17, 2017
- 04:20 AM
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