SecureWorks uncovers Nigerian WWG1 threat group
Aug 4, 2016 18:00 GMT · By Catalin Cimpanu The Nigerian cyber-crime scene, famous for its Nigerian Prince and 419 scam tactics, has evolved to using malware and is now actively targeting enterprises using BEC (Business Email Compromise) techniques, a SecureWorks investigation has revealed.
For many years, the Internet has been plagued by massive spam floods, in most instances carrying emails from Nigerian cyber-crime crews that were trying to extort and fool home users into sending them money via various methods. Historically, these crews have been calling themselves "yahoo-yahoo boys," "yahoo boiz," or "G-boys."
As time passed and as the Internet population got more educated, their tactics became known and entered the Internet lore. As such, a change was needed.
http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/fitted/620x/nigerian-scammers-evolve-with-the-times-move-on-to-bec-and-rats-506983-2.jpg Typical BEC process Full Article