Authorities across 19 African countries also dismantled their infrastructure and networks, thanks to cooperation between global law enforcement and private firms.

Parasitic advanced persistent threat (APT) Secret Blizzard accessed another APT's infrastructure, and stole the same kinds of info it targets in South Asian government and military victims.

The emerging threat actor, potentially a Chinese state-sponsored APT, is using the known exploit kit Moonshine in cross-platform attacks that deliver a previously undisclosed backdoor called "DarkNimbus" to ethnic minorities, including Tibetans.

A local government resource for helping Japanese citizens cut ties with organized crime was successfully phished in a tech support scam, and could have dangerous consequences.