Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“According to the indictment, between 2011 and July 2017, Aliaksandr Klimenka, 42, allegedly controlled BTC-e, a digital currency exchange, with Alexander Vinnik and others.” BTC-e was popular in the cybercrime ecosystem, it was an illegal platform because it was not registered as a money services business with the U.S.

Cryptocurrency 136

Cryptocurrency Spyware Cybercrime Hacking 136

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The list also includes criminals, suspected terrorists, intelligence operatives and a European spyware firm. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

Risk 142

Risk Spyware Hacking Accountability 142

Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. NFT theft and a new brand of cybercrime. That’s a claim from the highly respected “techno-geek” bible Ars Technica in it’s wonderful explainer on NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. It’s certainly been speculated that they’re driving up the price of Etherium.

Cryptocurrency 95

Cryptocurrency Marketing Phishing Authentication 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Lower.exe, a sample of “GCleaner” spyware, historically, this piece of malware was initially faking CCleaner to drop additional malware ( link ). He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

Malware 98

Malware Social Engineering Encryption Marketing 98

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

Cybercrime 205

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 205

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

H2 2019 has proved the tendency of past several years: mail remains the main method of delivering ransomware, spyware, backdoors and other malware, being used by cyber crooks in 94 percent of cases. They, in turn, let spyware and backdoors move ahead and become the second most popular malware with a 35-percent share.

Phishing 89

Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 89

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145