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Police take down $249-a-month global phishing service used by 2,000 hackers

Law enforcement officials in 19 countries have shut down an online platform that earned at least $1 million by selling phishing kits to cybercriminals, helping them launch attacks on tens of thousands of people worldwide.

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cnn.com/2024/04/18/tech/labhos

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Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) provider LabHost was taken down in an international law enforcement operation on 18 April 2024. Chainalysis maps out LabHost's on-chain activity and use of cryptocurrency. This includes the likely payment of monthly fees by cybercriminals (for LabHost's phishing tools) to identified LabHost cryptocurrency wallets. "LabHost then sent most of those funds to a few mainstream exchanges, presumably to be cashed out, as well as to a popular mixer, likely to launder the funds and obfuscate their origins." LabHost also sent funds to a payment processor (merchant services provider) and an Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider (while not identified, Chainalysis alludes to other criminal organizations using these services for web hosting, email tools, proxy services, etc.). There are links to iSpoof, another illicit provider of tools used for fraud that was shut down by the Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement agencies in 2022. 🔗 chainalysis.com/blog/labhost-d

Chainalysis · Phishing-as-a-Service Provider LabHost DisruptedLondon's Metropolitan Police have announced the disruption of PhaaS provider LabHost. See analysis of LabHost's crypto transactions here.
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Group-IB also participated in the global takdown operation of LabHost Phishing-as-a-Service provider, a sophisticated criminal network offering stolen credit card data for sale. They dive into the operations of LabHost and its subsidiary, LabCVV. LabHost stands out due to its unique business model, which includes not only phishing services but also avenues for monetizing stolen credit cards and banking credentials through services like LabRefund. Grou-IB performs a source code analysis of the phishing template, analysis of cybercrime communications on Telegram and the dark web, of LabSend spam management service, and of LabCVV Card Shop. IOC provided 🔗 group-ib.com/blog/labhost-oper

Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud

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Police targeted the gang's site, #LabHost, which helped criminals send the messages and direct victims to fake websites appearing to be legitimate online payment or shopping services.

It had enabled the criminals to steal identity information, including 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 Pin codes, known in criminal slang as "fullz data", the police said.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68838977

BBC NewsPolice bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraudPolice took down the international scam on Tuesday and say there could be up to 70,000 UK victims.

Trend Micro reports that on Thursday 18 April 2024, the UK’s Metropolitan Police Service, along with fellow UK and international law enforcement, and several trusted private industry partners, conducted an operation that succeeded in taking down the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) provider LabHost. This move was also timed to coincide with a number of key arrests related to this operation. Trend Micro briefly explains what LabHost was, how it affected its victims, and the impact of this law enforcement operation. 🔗 trendmicro.com/en_us/research/

Trend Micro · The Fall of LabHost: Law Enforcement Shuts Down Phishing Service ProviderOn April 18, 2024, the UK’s Metropolitan Police Service and others conducted an operation that succeeded in taking down the Phishing-as-a-Service provider LabHost.