InfoSec News Nuggets 01/30/2023
New 'Pig Butchering' Scam in West Africa Impersonates US Financial Advisors A malicious campaign impersonating American financial advisors has been spotted targeting several hundred individuals in West Africa. Recently discovered by cybersecurity experts at DomainTools, the 'pig butchering' operation uses a complex network of social engineering techniques to defraud victims. Describing the activity in an advisory shared with Infosecurity, DomainTools said most attacks from the unnamed threat actor used professional network services such as LinkedIn to identify, research and contact potential…