Major phishing-as-a-service platform disrupted – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

One of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) platforms known as LabHost has been disrupted in a global law enforcement operation, Europol has announced. Authorities from no fewer than 19 countries joined the year-long operation led by the UK’s London Metropolitan Police, and arrested 37 suspects, including those allegedly linked to the service's operations and its original developer.

Some 10,000 people across the world used the service, with the monthly fee averaging $249. The investigation uncovered at least 40 000 phishing …

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