The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2018

Cryptojacking, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission , is the use of JavaScript code to capture cryptocurrencies in users’ browsers without asking permission. Bilogorskiy: Before 2013 a lot of malware was focused on spam, DDoS and monetizing through malicious advertising and ad fraud. Bilogorskiy: Exactly.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 years in a Russian penal colony for convincing one of his top affiliates to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a competitor that shut down the ticketing system for the state-owned Aeroflot airline.

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Banking Marketing DDOS Risk 233

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

“Installing SpyEYE, ZeuS, any DDoS and spam admin panels,” NeroWolfe wrote. ” In April 2013, NeroWolfe wrote in a private message to another Verified forum user that he was selling a malware “loader” program that could bypass all of the security protections on Windows XP and Windows 7. “P.S. .

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to Elliptic , a company that offers risk solutions for cryptoassets, the unknown UniCC administrators have made an estimated $358M USD in cryptocurrency for selling stolen credit card details. UniCC opened shop in 2013, and specialized in credit card fraud and the sale of card details to criminals, collectively called carding.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. One of the most notorious one being the BlackPOS spyware that compromised the data of over 40 million Target customers in 2013. Warning signs. Ransomware.

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Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113