Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2020

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

Cryptocurrency 143

Cryptocurrency Malware Hacking Phishing 143

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

The BeagleBoyz APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

Banking 143

Banking Malware Advertising Hacking 143

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The United States Department of Justice sentenced two individuals that were providing bulletproof hosting to various malware operations. The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015.

System Administration 123

System Administration Malware Accountability Marketing 123

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign delivering the Qbot malware to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 138

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

Malware 126

Malware System Administration Hacking Media 126

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

IDA Pro is widely used by malware researchers to translate machine-executable code into assembly language source code for purpose of debugging and reverse engineering. . The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. Win64/NukeSped.JS : devguardmap[.]org

Cybersecurity 122

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

“Once the malicious document is opened, the malware is dropped and proceeds to the next stage of the deployment process. The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT already used at least two macOS malware in previous attacks, now researchers from Malwarebytes have identified a new Mac variant of the Linux-based Dacls RAT. The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

Malware 127

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Thrip group used both custom malware and legitimate tools to hit its targets that continue to include defense contractors, telecoms companies, and satellite operators. Security experts at Symantec speculate that Thrip is a sub-group of Billbug. This malware appears to be an evolution of an older Billbug tool known as Evora.”

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Government Advertising Telecommunications Malware 106

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Not all visitors to the site were infected. . ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

Manufacturing 127

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

billion Aadhaars issued by the UIDAI since this ID service launched in 2009, this system represents one of the largest biometric ID programs on the planet, according to a report published by think tank Brookings Institution. With roughly 1.4

Identity Theft 144

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

“It’s worth pointing out that the wallet address is the miner reward receiving address of the Bitcoin Genesis Block , which occurred on January 3, 2009, and is believed to be held by Nakamoto.” The bot allows operators to deploy additional malware onto the infected machine and execute commands received from the C2 server.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The APT10 group has added two new malware loaders to its arsenal and used in attacks aimed at government and private organizations in Southeast Asia. The recent attacks were uncovered by experts at enSilo, they also noticed that the APT group used modified versions of known malware. ” reads the analysis published by enSilo.

Advertising 109

Advertising Malware Government Hacking 109

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2021

According to Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence team, the suspect, dubbed Dr HeX by Group-IB based on one of the nicknames that he used, has been active since at least 2009 and is responsible for a number of cybercrimes, including phishing, defacing, malware development, fraud, and carding that resulted in thousands of unsuspecting victims.

Cybercrime 104

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Telecommunications 104

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group uses Windows Update client to deliver malware on Windows systems. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The use of Github as a C2 aims at evading detection.

Malware 98

Malware Hacking Phishing Ransomware 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

” The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The researchers spotted more macOS malware similar to the one that was involved in Operation AppleJeus.

Cryptocurrency 139

Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Accountability 139

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

. “A collaborative investigation with two of the affected European companies allowed us to gain insight into the operation and uncover previously undocumented malware.” The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

Advertising 116

Advertising Malware Passwords Accountability 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network.

Mobile 134

Mobile Manufacturing Internet Internet 134

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

User information on online trading platforms should be well secured to prevent similar data leaks. Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Who is FBS.

Passwords 137

Passwords Accountability Media Identity Theft 137

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2020

The man operated the Cardplanet site between at least early 2009 through at least August 2013. In 2019, Burkov was accused of running the online criminal marketplace, Cardplanet, according to the investigators, the site helped crooks to organize more than $20 million in credit card fraud.

Marketing 116

Marketing Cybercrime Advertising Insurance 116

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

.” The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts that investigated on the crew consider it highly sophisticated.

Cyber Attacks 106

Cyber Attacks Hacking Cryptocurrency Banking 106

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

-based financial institutions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, predating his involvement in Dyre or the Trickbot Group. Valentin Karyagin has been involved in the development of ransomware and other malware projects. Maksim Mikhailov has been involved in development activity for the Trickbot Group.

Banking 98

Banking Ransomware Cybercrime Malware 98

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Beazley also reported that SMBs, which tend to spend less on information security, were at a higher risk of being hit by ransomware than larger firms, and that the healthcare sector was hardest hit by ransomware attacks, followed by financial institutions and professional services. million – the equivalent of 3,000 Bitcoin at the time.

Ransomware 196

Ransomware Internet Internet Hacking 196

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Passwords Scams Government 124

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. . ” continues the report.

Identity Theft 109

Identity Theft Hacking Advertising System Administration 109

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

CDHE provides free access to the identify theft monitoring Experian IdentityWorks SM for 24 months.

Education 98

Education Data breaches Ransomware Hacking 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

and Israel get Stuxnet onto the highly secured Natanz plant? For years, experts speculated the involvement of a spy that infiltrated the Iranian plant and installed the malware. That mole physically spread the malware inside the plant using a USB flash drive. The unanswered question is, how did the U.S.

Malware 110

Malware Engineering Advertising Hacking 110

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

The malicious code within the bitmap image file was used by threat actors to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on the victims’ systems that allow them to steal sensitive information. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

Phishing 101

Phishing Hacking Cryptocurrency Malware 101

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed to be a malware in the arsenal of the Lazarus North-Korea linked APT group.

Malware 65

Malware Encryption Advertising Internet 65

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

Cyber Attacks 131

Cyber Attacks Hacking Advertising Government 131

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

According to the researchers, almost any mobile phone model is vulnerable to the SimJacker attack because it leverages a component on SIM cards and its specifications are the same since 2009. ” states the post.

Hacking 112

Hacking Mobile Spyware Manufacturing 112

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The group (also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , MenuPass group, Bronze Riverside, and Cloud Hopper ) has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

Technology 102

Technology Hacking Passwords Software 102

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Krebs reported that Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, noted in 2014 that Tank told co-conspirators in a JabberZeus chat on July 22, 2009 that his daughter, Miloslava, was and told him Miloslava birth weight.

Cybercrime 107

Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft Hacking 107

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new backdoor, tracked as Titanium, that was used by the Platinum APT group in attacks in the wild, the malicious code implements sophisticated evasion techniques. “The malware hides at every step by mimicking common software (protection related, sound software , DVD video creation tools).”

Encryption 72

Encryption Passwords Malware Software 72

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast.

Encryption 103

Encryption Advertising Government Cyber Attacks 103

SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables. Therefore, it is critical that those who work in this area are aware of the security dangers. The HIPAA Journal , which is focused on leaks in the U.S. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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