Global takedown hits network behind 1 billion phishing messages
- On Wednesday, Microsoft and Japan's National Police Agency dismantled a vast ecosystem of Chinese-language cybercrime tools responsible for more than 1 billion phishing messages sent since January.
- Investigators traced global scam activity back to a marketplace called YAM Store and two phishing kits, CoGUI and Iron Man, which cybercriminals purchased from an interconnected network first investigated in early 2025.
- Resecurity found 2,360 templates impersonating banks and police departments across 130 countries, while the platforms enabled more than 750 million messages targeting Microsoft customers alone from over 75,000 organizations.
- Microsoft disabled over 20,000 accounts connected to YAM Store and blocked more than 100,000 domains used for fraud, while seizing infrastructure powering CoGUI and Iron Man.
- Health-ISAC reported the campaign targeted businesses in more than 150 countries, generating tens of millions of dollars, as Steven Masada, general counsel of Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, wrote "these messages are relentless.
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destentor.nlMicrosoft, together with Japanese police services, has shut down a global cybercrime network responsible for large-scale internet fraud. Criminals ran an illegal online marketplace where scammers could buy ready-made phishing sites. Among the items for sale was a professional-looking fake website of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.
Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages
We've all gotten a scam text about a nonexistent parking ticket or a fake package delivery, but hopefully you'll start seeing fewer of them. Microsoft says it helped dismantle a marketplace for scammers sending phishing messages like those around the world. Through an investigation with Japan's National Police Agency, it tracked scam activity back to […]
This website is Cedarnews.net. We are the first to learn more about the internet and the internet. The National Police Agency announced on the 14th that it had forcibly shut down the domains of websites selling accounts used in "phishing scams" that steal credit card information through fake emails impersonating companies, as well as tools for creating fake websites. This measure was taken in cooperation with Microsoft (MS) and others. Cedarnew…
Microsoft and partners disrupt vast Chinese-language phishing kit ecosystem
In less than 10 months, cybercriminals used the arsenal of customized, targeted phishing kits to send more than 1 billion malicious messages to more than 75,000 organizations globally.
Global takedown hits network behind 1 billion phishing messages
A massive cybercriminal ecosystem facilitating more than a billion malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organizations across 150 countries has been disrupted by law enforcement agencies and partners worldwide.
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