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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. account on Carder[.]su

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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

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The consensus seems to be that the ZIP file currently harbors a malware threat known as Ramnit , a fairly common but dangerous trojan horse that spreads by appending itself to other files. He said Saicoo did not address his concern that the driver package on its website was bundled with malware. Image: Virustotal.com.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. ” Once inside of a target organization, the hackers stole source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data and other information they could use or resell.

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The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware

Malwarebytes

2006 Turin. All of a sudden we have infectious email attachments, and compromised third-party sites serving up malware. The most interesting incident was probably a fake opening ceremonies website serving infections , via promotion from a bogus Twitter account. Things began early, with Twitter account compromises in February.

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“FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

Krebs on Security

The Web site in 2015 for the “Manipulaters Team,” a group of Pakistani hackers behind the dark web identity “Saim Raza,” who sells spam and malware tools and services. Also we are running business since 2006.” ” and a Gmail account beginning with “bluebtc.” Image: Facebook.

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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

The university was notified by an undisclosed third party, who provided information to help the team find and identify the malware. Together, CWRU and the FBI were able to identify that an IP address with which the malware was communicating had also been used to access the alumni email account of a man called Phillip Durachinsky.

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Ransomware news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

But came to the discovery of the staff when some senior graduates of Sapir College received text messages that their digital accounts were hacked. The incident took place on Thursday last week.