Octopus is a threat campaign tracked across 2 threat clusters and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 18, 2025; most recent activity April 22, 2026.
Octopus is a threat campaign tied to fraudulent call centres operating from Ukraine, linked to a €10 million scam network that EU authorities recently dismantled. The operation demonstrates organized, large-scale social-engineering fraud conducted via call-center infrastructure, illustrating a significant cross-border financial crime vector in cyberspace.
Recent reports detail the tactics employed by various cyber adversaries to enumerate files and directories on compromised systems. Adversaries utilize command shell utilities and custom tools to gather sensitive…
European law enforcement agencies have dismantled a Ukraine-based fraud network that scammed consumers out of over €10 million ($11.7 million). Coordinated by Eurojust, the operation involved authorities from the Czech…