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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In 2010, someone with the username Pepyak on the Russian language affiliate forum GoFuckBiz[.]com

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more.

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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. In 2010, the hottabych_k2 address was used to register the domain name dedserver[.]ru Vpn-service[.]us

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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. .”

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Crooks leverages.htaccess injector on Joomla and WordPress sites for malicious redirects

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The features include the redirect functionality, content password protection or image hot link prevention. A warning message from endpoint antivirus software when users try to visit malicious site redirected by Joomla and WordPress sites. This code is responsible for injecting the malicious redirects into the .htaccess

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

Even is HPE has been hacked multiple times since 2010, most of the hack occurred between 2015 and 2017. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. ” continues the report.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

used the password 225948. According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. Constella finds that the email addresses webmaster@stairwell.ru and admin@stairwell.ru DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., For the remainder of this post, we’ll focus on the bolded domain names below: Domain Name Create Date Registrar.

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6 Dangerous Microsoft Office 365 Security Concerns for Business

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., For the remainder of this post, we’ll focus on the bolded domain names below: Domain Name Create Date Registrar.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

How Microsoft Excel is able to decrypt such a content if no password is requested to the end user? Using an encrypted payload is quite a common way to evade Antivirus, since the encrypted payload changes depending on the used key. And why the attacker used an encrypted payload if the victim cannot open it? Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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Protecting Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks – Part 1

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. The Dangers of ICS Memory-Based Attacks.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even if one managed to steal (or guess) a user’s DirectConnection password, the login page could not be reached unless the visitor also possessed a special browser certificate that the forum administrator gave only to approved members. According to leaked ChronoPay emails from 2010, this domain was registered and paid for by ChronoPay.

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Mystic Stealer

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

As a result, this technique may bypass static antivirus signatures and complicate malware reverse engineering. The obfuscation is polymorphic, and therefore, every sample will contain strings that are uniquely encrypted with simple mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, and XOR. Trojan.Mystic.KV 123:13219 185.252.179[.]18:13219

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Satori DataSecOps 2021 Private BluBracket Software supply chain 2021 Private Cape Privacy Data security 2021 Private ZecOps Digital forensics 2019 Private SecurityScorecard Risk ratings 2017 Private Carbon Black Security software 2015 Acquired: VMware AVG Antivirus software 2015 Acquired: Avast. Accel Investments.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. Viruses Get Their Name: 1974-1986.

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Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

Antivirus vendors detect it. The company behind it launched in 2010 , and it reportedly gained its first overseas customer just one year later. Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy. It erodes it. Digital forensics labs know how to catch it. This is not security work. This is surveillance. A dangerous industry.

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Cyber Security Roundup for April 2021

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

review Active Directory password policy. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). Microsoft Antivirus Now Automatically Mitigates Exchange Server Vulnerability. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The number of products connected to the internet surpassed the number of people on the planet somewhere between 2008 and 2010 and is expected to exceed 75 billion by 2025. When applied to a set of 43 million compromised LinkedIn passwords, it was able to crack them with 27 percent accuracy. At the beginning of 2020, U.S.

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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Crooks leverages.htaccess injector on Joomla and WordPress sites for malicious redirects

Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

6 Dangerous Microsoft Office 365 Security Concerns for Business

Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Protecting Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks – Part 1

Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Mystic Stealer

Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

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Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

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