TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

FRAUDULENT GAMBLING NETWORK MAY ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING MORE NEFARIOUS

arstechnica.com6 min read

Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

A long‑running online gambling operation targeting Indonesian users is built on hundreds of thousands of owned and hijacked domains, compromised WordPress/PHP sites, and malicious Android apps. Its cost, scale, and advanced tradecraft point to an APT-style, possibly state-aligned group that uses the gambling infrastructure as both a revenue stream and cover for stealthy access to Western government and industry networks.