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Poker player who won $1.5 million charged with running Android malware ring

A man who has won about $ 1.5 million in poker tournaments has been arrested and charged with running an operation that combined spam, Android malware, and a fake dating website to scam victims out of $ 3.9 million, according to Symantec.

Symantec worked with investigators from the Chiba Prefectural Police in Japan, who earlier this week “arrested nine individuals for distributing spam that included e-mails with links to download Android.Enesoluty—a malware used to collect contact details stored on the owner’s device,” Symantec wrote in its blog.

Android.Enesoluty is a Trojan distributed as an Android application file. It steals information and sends it to computers run by hackers. It was discovered by security researchers in September 2012.

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Cybercrime ring attacks video game companies for years-researcher – NBCNews.com

Cybercrime ring attacks video game companies for years-researcher
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The Moscow-based security firm has discovered significant malicious software campaigns in the past, including one known as "Flame" that spied on industrial facilities in Iran. The security firm was first called in to investigate in 2011 when malware

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Researcher: Cybercrime ring attacks videogame companies for years – Asahi Shimbun

Researcher: Cybercrime ring attacks videogame companies for years
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The Moscow-based security firm has discovered significant malicious software campaigns in the past, including one known as "Flame" that spied on industrial facilities in Iran. The security firm was first called in to investigate in 2011 when malware

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Watching the crooks: Researcher monitors cyber-espionage ring – CNET


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Watching the crooks: Researcher monitors cyber-espionage ring
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LAS VEGAS — Researchers have uncovered a huge amount of malware and registered domains being used by criminals linked to China who are conducting cyber-espionage on a wide range of government, industry, and human rights activists. The growing
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