Underground Market Pays $20K a Month for Crypto Vishing Scams
News Source : Decrypt
News Summary
- Cybercriminals are recruiting teams of professional voice impersonators to target high-level U.S. crypto executives.
- operatives earn up to $20,000 monthly in what researchers call "vishing" campaigns.
- Threat actors reportedly deploy Voice over Internet Protocol systems, direct inward dialing numbers, and SMS capabilities to impersonate banks, crypto services, and government agencies.
- North Korean operatives have created fake companies and used deepfakes during job interviews to infiltrate crypto firms, with attackers stealing $1.34 billion across 47 incidents in 2024 alone.
In briefGK8 researchers have discovered threat actors recruiting professional voice impersonators on underground forums to target U.S. crypto executives.The personalized vishing [+5187 chars]
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