Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. The very first discussion thread started by the new user Microleaves on the forum BlackHatWorld in 2013 sought forum members who could help test and grow the proxy network.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com com 2013-10-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. File encryption 2013 – 2015.

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Hacker Combat

AUGUST 6, 2021

The disclosure cantered on the Mail-O malware when the attackers attempted to access Russian federal officials’ emails. Then, SentinelOne thought it was related to a malware variant called manager or PhantomNet created by TA428. Group-IB performed an in-depth analysis of the malware families used by the attackers.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. This user said they specialize in developing malware, creating computer worms, and crafting new ways to hijack Web browsers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000 CVE-2018-10561, CVE-2018-10562 GPON home routers CVE-2013-3307 Linksys X3000 1.0.03 d26m CVE-2013-5223 D-Link DSL-2760U Gateway CVE-2020-8958 Guangzhou 1GE ONU V2801RW 1.9.1-181203 “To deliver its exploit, the malware first queries the target with a simple “GET” request. A2pvI042j1.d26m

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com com 2013-10-09 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2019

With all the talk of escalating cyber warfare , the spread of counterfeit smartphones and new forms of self-replicating malware , I came away from Black Hat USA 2019 (my 15 th ) marveling, once more, at the panache of modern cyber criminals. Mainstreaming EDR EDR came along to supplement signature-based antivirus.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Security experts from Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web have discovered a new strain of Linux cryptominer tracked as Linux.BtcMine.174. 174 Linux cryptominer uses one of two privilege escalation exploits CVE-2016-5195 (aka Dirty COW) and CVE-2013-2094 to get root permissions on the infected system. The Linux.BtcMine.174 Linux.BtcMine.174

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

According to the telemetry logs collected by the Russian firm, the staffer temporary switched off the antivirus protection on the PC, and infected his personal computer with a spyware from a product key generator while trying to use a pirated copy of Office. On September 11, 2014, Kaspersky antivirus detected the Win32.GrayFish.gen

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2019

A new variant of the HawkEye data stealer emerges in the threat landscape as part of ongoing malware distribution campaigns. New malware campaigns leveraging a new variant of the HawkEye data stealer have been observed by experts at Talos. has been under active development since at least 2013. ” continues the analysis. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Ulrich noted that hackers could provide a stream of bad information by, say, flooding a target organization with malware designed to refine ML detection away from the techniques they actually plan to use for the main attack. Data poisoning has been involved signature-based antivirus in the past.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ransomware is a cyberattack that uses malware – software created to infiltrate a computer system and damage or disrupt it. An AIDS researcher named Joseph Popp put malware on floppy discs and handed them out to over 20,000 people at a conference. The malware demanded over $500 from each person who inserted the floppy disk.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

That’s exactly the news Target is dealing with, as security researchers suggest that at least one of the hackers behind the malware used to attack Target is barely 17 years old. Yet this teen was apparently able to develop a pretty sophisticated piece of malware, known as BlackPoS , that was used to infiltrate Target’s systems undetected.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In such attacks, malware places a spoofed malicious DLL file in a Windows’ WinSxS directory so that the operating system loads it instead of the legitimate file. The technique was already employed by other Chinese APT groups since 2013, later it was also adopted by other cybercrime gangs in attacks in the wild. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The OceanLotus APT group is a state-sponsored group that has been active since at least 2013. ” According to Microsoft, the APT group started using the crypto-mining malware to trick the defense staff of the targets into believing their attacks are not highly targeted intrusions. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Web site in 2015 for the “Manipulaters Team,” a group of Pakistani hackers behind the dark web identity “Saim Raza,” who sells spam and malware tools and services. ” The IT network of The Manipulaters, circa 2013. One of several current Fudtools sites run by The Manipulaters. Image: Facebook.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

AT&T Alien Labs™ has found new malware written in the open source programming language Golang. The malware creates a backdoor and waits to either receive a target to attack from a remote operator through port 19412 or from another related module running on the same machine. VirusTotal scanning results of BotenaGo malware.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

So many malware threats, so little time. We’ve rounded up the eight most dangerous malware threats every business needs to be aware of. From Citadel to Zeus, banking Trojans have proven to be some of the most potent and profitable malware tools. Banking Trojans. Ransomware. Advanced Persistent Threats.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

While reporting for USA Today in 2009, I wrote about how fraudsters launched scareware campaigns to lock up computer screens as a means to extract $80 for worthless antivirus protection. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To exfiltrate data and deliver next-stage malware, the attackers abuse cloud-based data storage, such as Dropbox or Yandex Disk, as well as a temporary file sharing service. The postinst script contains comments in Russian and Ukrainian, including information about improvements made to the malware, as well as statements by activists.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

It was founded in 2013 and operates worldwide but mainly in Ukraine and Russia. Scams, Phishing, and Malware: It is common for unethical hackers and criminals on the Internet to use personal data to create trustworthy phishing emails. A good antivirus program can also aid in protection from malware, trojans, and other dangers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

Bitdefenders consumer and business products consistently earn top rankings in independent security tests, reflecting exceptional malware detection and overall protection. billion in revenue, Trend Micro continues growing steadily past its first-gen antivirus vendor status. Founded: 2013 Annual Revenue: $0.5 Visit Bitdefender 4.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Origins of EDR The term “Endpoint Detection and Response” found its roots in the need for a comprehensive solution beyond traditional antivirus measures. Gartner introduced this category in 2013, recognizing the imperative for tools that could provide visibility into the often overlooked endpoints within a network.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis. Darktrace DETECT Features.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. Low AV detection of SFX malware. cmd” , which firstly checks for the presence of malware analysis tools. Fake document to divert attention on malware execution. Content of malicious e-mail.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” Ransomware is pretty simple: malware is installed covertly on a system and executes a cryptovirology attack that locks or encrypts valuable files on the network. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Update Anti-Ransomware Software.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

OPSWAT makes a variety of other products beyond NAC for application security, industrial cybersecurity, email security, malware analysis, zero trust access, and more. The Windows client adds capabilities to protect against malware, key-loggers, screen capture, and malicious removable media.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Over the years, it has built up a wide range of security products, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), UTM, malware protection and cloud protection. Founded: 2013. Cisco’s roots are in networking but by necessity it has expanded into security and storage. Learn more about Cisco. Visit website. Founded: 1984.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

It would be easy to chalk up this increase to the development and introduction of new advanced types of malware, but the surprising fact is that many of the same threats and exploits used in data breaches in 2013 are still being successfully employed 10 years later. The malware itself wasn’t particularly sophisticated, either.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

The security market is a deep one, however, and our list contains everything from recent startups to first-generation antivirus vendors that are still going strong, 30 names in all. See our full list of the Top Cybersecurity Companies. Top Cybersecurity Startup: Abnormal Security. Winner : Abnormal Security.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. The victim is sent an email with an attachment, and once they click on the link, the malware file downloads. The developer has fewer risks, and the buyer does all of the work.

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