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SentinelLabs has uncovered a cluster of activity by threat actor , Aoqin Dragon , dating at least as far back as 2013 . Aoqin Dragon ’ s primary focus is assessed to be espionage , targeting government , education and telecommunication organisations in south-east Asia and Australia . The threat actor has a history of using document lures with pornographic themes to infect users and makes heavy use of USB shortcut techniques to spread malware and infect additional targets .
A worldwide crackdown on social engineering fraud has seen scammers identified globally , substantial criminal assets seized and new investigative leads triggered in every continent .
The two-month ( March 8 – May 8 , 2022 ) operation , codenamed First Light 2022 , saw 76 countries take part in an international clampdown on the organised crime groups behind telecommunications and social engineering scams .
Police in participating countries raided national call centres suspected of telecommunications or scamming fraud , particularly telephone deception , romance scams , email deception and connected financial crime .
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