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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

ru , a cost-per-acquisition (CPA) program launched in 2012 that paid handsomely for completed application forms tied to a variety of financial instruments, including consumer credit cards, insurance policies, and loans. New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint found that Megatraffer’s ICQ was the contact number for Himba[.]ru

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Only 17% of organizations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data

SC Magazine

A woman speaking on a mobile phone walks past a cloud computing presentation ahead of the CeBIT technology trade fair in 2012. While this raises some concerns, the Thales 2021 Data Threat Report , based on a study by 451 Research, pointed to some improvement in regulated industries. Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 355

Security Affairs

Researchers shared technical details of NSA Equation Group’s Bvp47 backdoor Sophos linked Entropy ransomware to Dridex malware. Are both linked to Evil Corp? worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware.

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The Prevalence of DarkComet in Dynamic DNS

Security Boulevard

It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis? Follow HYAS on LinkedIn Follow HYAS on X Read recent HYAS threat reports: Caught in the Act: StealC, the Cyber Thief in C HYAS Protects Against Polyfill.io

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APT trends report Q3 2022

SecureList

While its activities have been observed since 2012, its presence was only revealed in 2015 (Kaspersky was among the first to report it) and no public activity was recorded until January 2021. We have been tracking this threat actor for several years and previously published an APT threat report describing its malicious operations.

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