Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In just a year, they were able to steal a total of 11.72M USD (10M EUR) from hundreds of victims of phishing attacks and other fraudulent activities such as SIM swapping (also known as SIMjacking ), business email compromise (BEC) , and money muling. Cyber mafia” is not an unknown concept in the cybersecurity world.

Cybercrime 93

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Cryptocurrency Phishing 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

They were used to access the internal workplace systems for BMW dealers and could have been useful to attackers for spear-phishing campaigns or malware distribution. This exploit could also be used for mass phishing campaigns, targeting customers,” our researchers said.

Phishing 137

Phishing Manufacturing Firewall Cybercrime 137

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It was easy to buy hundreds of millions of email addresses, pack them with phishing messages, and attach a nasty malware payload. bank accounts in 2012 by cybercrooks using malware like keyloggers. For years, hackers and malware authors had used the same ways to deliver and spread their malware.

Cybercrime 87

Cybercrime Small Business Antivirus Malware 87

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. The logic of the raid mainly comes down to using unsecured RDP ports or spear-phishing to infiltrate networks and gain a foothold in them. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets. million in 2022. of attacks.

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Phishing Banking Mobile Scams 134

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

Over the last few years, ransomware attacks have become one of the most prevalent and expensive forms of cybercrime. RaaS : Mirroring the Legitimate SaaS Models In mid-2012, the ransomware ecosystem evolved with the introduction of Reveton , the first Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). She is also a regular writer at Bora.

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Ransomware Cryptocurrency Insurance Cybercrime 141

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Attacks on bank customers: The decline of Android Trojans and the triumph of phishing. This trend aimed at reducing threats from banking Trojans for PCs has been continuing in Russia since 2012. Using web phishing, criminals have managed to steal $3.7 On average, approximately $15 are stolen in each phishing attack.

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Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 108

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. What’s more the FBI reports that Business Email Compromise (BEC) accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses over a three year period.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Probably, the infection vector was a phishing mail containing a specific attachment. Finally, all the loot is sent to the remote command and control hosted at 66.154.98.108, operated by “Total server solutions LLC”, an US hosting provider operating since 2012. Technical Analysis. Figure 9: C2 connection.

Cyber Attacks 142

Cyber Attacks Malware Social Engineering Advertising 142

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. ” continues the blog post.

DNS 106

DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 106

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. com from Archive.org in 2012 redirects to the domain qksnap.com , which DomainTools.com says was registered to a Jordan Bloom from Thornhill, ON that same year. A copy of pictrace[.]com

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Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 230

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The global cost of cybercrime is projected to reach $10.5 Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. Even so, the UAE saw 166,667 victims of cybercrime who lost a combined US$746 million. Well look at the crime, its cost, and what it means for the future of cybercrime in the region.

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Cybersecurity Banking Education Antivirus 52

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance is a protocol that was first proposed in January 2012 and widely adopted in 2018 by the U.S. BEC phishing emails and other malicious emails will fail DMARC and prevent unauthorized senders from sending or spoofing emails that attempt to impersonate another organization.

Technology 96

Technology Authentication DNS Phishing 96

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Are both linked to Evil Corp? worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Malware Encryption Phishing 52

SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

It consists of sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. com/s/esh1ywo9irbexvd/COVID-19%20Case%2012-11- 2020.rar?dl=0&file_subpath=%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020%2FCOVID-19+Case+12-11-2020(2).docx. hxxps://www.dropbox[.]com/s/esh1ywo9irbexvd/COVID-19%20Case%2012-11-

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Malware Phishing Technology Encryption 145

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The evolution of Iran's cybercrime objectives. The DDoS campaign began in approximately December 2011, and the attacks occurred only sporadically until September 2012, at which point they escalated in frequency to a near-weekly basis, between Tuesday and Thursdays during normal business hours in the United States. and Israel.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Government DDOS Engineering 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The victims are targeted with spear-phishing emails that trick them into mounting a malicious ISO file and double-clicking an LNK, which starts the infection chain. First, the actor sends a spear-phishing email to the potential victim with a lure to download additional documents. We believe the attacks occur in several stages.

Malware 145

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 145

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Whether they’re nation-state actors, cybercrime groups, or hacktivists, understanding who these groups are and how they operate is the first step in fortifying your cybersecurity posture. The ransomware’s open-source nature also serves as a gateway for budding threat actors to enter cybercrime.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Encryption Technology Malware 88

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 2, 2021

Herjavec Group’s award-winning Managed Security Services Practice defends global, enterprise-level organizations from increasingly sophisticated, targeted cybercrime threats. HG Phishing HG Vulnerability Management . Cyber Defense Magazine was founded in 2012 by Gary S. Winner: 2021 Top 10 MSSPs – Herjavec Group.

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InfoSec Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Technology 52

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Whether they’re nation-state actors, cybercrime groups, or hacktivists, understanding who these groups are and how they operate is the first step in fortifying your cybersecurity posture. The ransomware’s open-source nature also serves as a gateway for budding threat actors to enter cybercrime.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Encryption Technology Malware 52

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. had some personal problems and checked himself into rehab.

Cryptocurrency 308

Cryptocurrency Government Internet Internet 308

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2020

A hack-for-hire group, tracked as DeathStalker, has been targeting organizations in the financial sector since 2012 Kaspersky researchers say. DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012.

Malware 114

Malware Hacking Advertising Cybercrime 114

SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The initial attack vector was a phishing email disguised as an email from a government entity or service. The group targets its victims by sending spear-phishing emails with Microsoft Office documents attached. StrongyPity (aka PROMETHIUM) is a Turkish-speaking threat actor known to have been active since at least 2012.

Malware 141

Malware Government VPN Manufacturing 141

SecureList

AUGUST 13, 2024

Middle East Gaza Cybergang has been active since at least 2012, targeting the Middle East and North Africa. The malware is delivered via spear-phishing emails as a ZIP file containing one of two types of dropper – a PE64 executable with an.SCR extension or a Windows Script File with a.WSF extension.

Social Engineering 142

Social Engineering Malware Government Engineering 142

NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Remember Shamoon, the malware that disabled some 35,000 computers at one of the world’s largest oil companies in 2012? The attack vectors have broadened past spear phishing and vulnerable software. SCADA Access As A Service (SAaaS) Cybercrime is a business. More often, though, it is spread indiscriminately via spam networks.

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