Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Image: Spur.us.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. Russian vehicle registration records have also been hacked and leaked online over the years.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The answer involved Bitcoin, but also Taleon’s new service.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , that dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com address has been used in conjunction with the handle “ DCReavers2 ” to register user accounts on a half-dozen English-language cybercrime forums since 2008, including Hackforums , Blackhatworld, and Ghostmarket. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

com , a wildly popular service that sold access to more than 12 billion usernames and passwords stolen from thousands of hacked websites. For several years, WeLeakInfo was the largest of several services selling access to hacked passwords. That’s about when AOL sold the platform in 2010 to Russian investor DST for $187.5

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2019

Djevair Ametovski was sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Macedonian national Djevair Ametovski (32) was sentenced to 90 months in prison by US DoJ authorities for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Codeshop.su Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Denis Emelyantsev , as the apparent owner of RSOCKS, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. ” Kloster’s blog even included a group photo of RSOCKS employees.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft has taken control of 42 web domains that a hacking group was using to try to breach its targets. Sadly, any setback to the Chinese hacking group or others will likely be temporary as the hackers will find and build new infrastructure to use in forthcoming attacks. An overview of Chinese hacking groups and their aliases.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft has taken control of 42 web domains that a hacking group was using to try to breach its targets. Sadly, any setback to the Chinese hacking group or others will likely be temporary as the hackers will find and build new infrastructure to use in forthcoming attacks. An overview of Chinese hacking groups and their aliases.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Wanted Ukrainian cybercrime suspect Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov (right) was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. Ultimately, Penchukov’s political connections helped him evade prosecution by Ukrainian cybercrime investigators for many years. This was enough to positively identify Tank as Penchukov, Warner said.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The organization confirmed that it was the victim of the massive hacking campaign targeting Progress MOVEit transfer systems that was conducted by the Clop ransomware group. In June, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

“In one year, people who worked with us have earned over US $2 billion,” read the farewell post by the eponymous GandCrab identity on the cybercrime forum Exploit[.]in in threads asking for urgent help obtaining access to hacked businesses in South Korea. in , where the group recruited many of its distributors.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

” MRMURZA Faceless is a project from MrMurza , a particularly talkative member of more than a dozen Russian-language cybercrime forums over the past decade. MrMurza’s Faceless advertised on the Russian-language cybercrime forum ProCrd. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com. In 2013, U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2020

VPN bulletproof services are widely adopted by cybercrime organizations to carry out malicious activities, including ransomware and malware attacks, e-skimming breaches, spear-phishing campaigns, and account takeovers. ” The three services were advertised on both Russian and English-speaking cybercrime forums. day to $190/year.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Department of Justice, the Chinese intelligence officers recruited hackers and insiders to hack aerospace and tech firms. The campaign was carried out at least from January 2010 to May 2015. State-sponsored hacking is a direct threat to our national security. According to the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. com and wwwpexpay[.]com.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

A threat actor has sold almost 900,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards on a cybercrime forum on the dark web. A crook has sold 895,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards, for a total of US$38 million, on a top-tier Russian-language hacking forum on the dark web. SecurityAffairs – hacking, dark web).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. BEGINNINGS.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In 2010, Volvo Cars became a subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Geely Holding Group, which confirmed that it “has become aware that one of its file repositories has been illegally accessed by a third party.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, IKEA). percent in Stockholm, to 72.44 kronor ($8.00, 7.06 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2020

Chiochiu was a member of the Infraud global cybercrime organization involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The group is active since 2010, when it created in Ukraine by Svyatoslav Bondarenko. The main website was a crime forum that was founded in 2010, it first operated at infraud.cc

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach) The post Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These VHD files are disguised as applications and hacks or cracks for popular Nintendo and Steam games, including ELDEN RING, Dark Souls 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty Deluxe Edition, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon Ultra Moon, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Microsoft Office 2010 and more.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“Today, the United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, is designating seven individuals who are part of the Russia-based cybercrime gang Trickbot.” The operation aimed at disrupting Russian cybercrime and ransomware. ” reads the press release published by the US Treasury. and allies and partners.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

According to IBM , the cost of cyber hacks in 2020 is about $3.86 Oftentimes, a cyber attack or cyber hack happens when people don’t know what’s happening in their gadgets. According to the Message Anti-Abuse Working Group , about 88–92% of total email messages in 2010 are spam. million confidential corporate information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2020

Matthew Keys, a former Reuters journalist, who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for hacking attacks on California media is now charged with an attack on a magazine. When Keys left Tribune Company-owned Sacramento KTXL Fox 40 in 2010, he shared login credentials of the CMS used by the website with members of Anonymous.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Cybercrime gangs under the Magecart umbrella continue to compromise e-commerce platforms to steal payment card data from users worldwide. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. SecurityAffairs – software skimmers, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“Court documents and government contracting records show the agencies tasked with monitoring the Mexican border have spent record sums on car hacking tools, while talking up the extraordinary amount of valuable evidence that can be reaped from onboard computers.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, infotainment systems).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Researchers from MalwareBytes and HYAS Threat Intelligence linked one of the hacking groups under the Magecart umbrella to the notorious Cobalt cybercrime Group. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. ” reads the blog post published by MalwareBytes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. The Magecart group used a generic phishing technique to gather and sell full sets of an individual’s personally identifying information along with financial data (identified with the slang term fullz in the cybercrime underground).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Uyghurs). ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Security experts linked the Magecart group 5 to the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and the Carbanak cybercrime group. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. . SecurityAffairs – Magecart Group 5, cybercrime ). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

According to the cyber intelligence company Intel 471 , a user named Acidut with the email address iulyan87_4u@gmail.com had an active presence on almost a dozen shadowy money-making and cybercrime forums from 2010 to 2017, including BlackHatWorld , Carder[.]pro pro , Hackforums , OpenSC , and CPAElites.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. issued international arrest warrant for his extradition.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

Bulgaria has extradited a Russian hacker that was indicted by a US court for mounting a sophisticated hacking scheme to the United States. Zhukov, aka Nastra, was arrested in Bulgaria, where he had lived since 2010, in November. ” reported the AFP. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2022

.’ In February 2008, the US authorities dismantled the global cybercrime organization tracked as Infraud Organization, which was involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The group has been active since 2010 and was created in Ukraine by Svyatoslav Bondarenko. Pierluigi Paganini.

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