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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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

The BTC-e virtual currency is popular in the cybercrime underground because it was used by crooks to launder funds for illegal activities. In accordance with these requests, between in or about March 2012 and in or about April 2013, the New York Bitcoin Broker allegedly transferred more than approximately $6.6 ” reads the DoJ.

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Hacking Cryptocurrency Advertising Banking 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

A second round of puzzles began one year later on January 4, 2013, and then a third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014. Since June, the operators behind Cicada3301 have started recruiting affiliates on the RAMP cybercrime forum. The third puzzle has not been solved yet.

Ransomware 136

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 136

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

Mike Barlow , information security manager for the City of Memphis, confirmed the Memphis Police’s systems were sharing their Microsoft Windows credentials with the domain, and that the city was working with Caturegli to have the domain transferred to them. .” Caturegli said setting up an email server record for memrtcc.ad

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2019

million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group over a 2013 data breach. million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group LLC over a data breach suffered by the company in 2013 and disclosed earlier 2014. billion in the Q4 2013. Security Affairs – settlement, cybercrime ). ” reported the Associated Press.

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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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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2024

Telegram Messenger is a cloud-based, cross-platform instant messaging service launched in 2013 for iOS and Android. Over the years, Telegram has become the privileged communication channel for cybercriminals and other threat actors. Telegram and the French Interior Ministry have not yet commented on the news.

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Media Encryption Hacking Cybercrime 137

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2020

The man operated the Cardplanet site between at least early 2009 through at least August 2013. Burkov was also operating another invite-only cybercrime forum, to obtain membership prospective members needed three existing members to “vouch” for their good reputation in the cybercrime community.

Marketing 116

Marketing Cybercrime Advertising Insurance 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Darknet marketplace was a crucial service for drug trafficking in the cybercrime underground for several years. . ” The DiDW Darknet marketplace first appeared on the threat landscape in 2013. . ” The DiDW Darknet marketplace first appeared on the threat landscape in 2013.

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Marketing Cybercrime Mobile Internet 109

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. companies for customers’ personal information.” platform since October 2013. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, DEER.IO). appeared first on Security Affairs. “A Russian-based cyber platform known as DEER.IO Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cybercrime Advertising Hacking Accountability 144

Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2019

The man, who is also known as Libertas also provided customer support to Silk Road users in 2013, for this job he received a weekly salary. According to FBI, between February of 2011 and July 2013, Silk Road managed $1.2 SecurityAffairs – Dark Web, cybercrime). The FBI also seized about $33.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Marketing Advertising Cybercrime Information Security 103

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

The man is active at least since 2013 and already earned at least $100,000 US from his ‘work,’ but researchers believe he has earned several times that amount. Dton’s history demonstrates that it is quite easy, even for relatively unskilled individuals, to enter in the cybercrime arena. SecurityAffairs – Dton, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. Near the holiday season of 2013, hackers exposed the credit and debit card information of over 110 million Target customers. Here are three of the worst data breaches that could have been avoided: Yahoo. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Passwords Social Engineering Encryption 108

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

CDHE provides free access to the identify theft monitoring Experian IdentityWorks SM for 24 months.

Education 98

Education Data breaches Ransomware Hacking 98

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC said that under First American’s remediation policies, if the person responsible for fixing the problem is unable to do so based on the timeframes listed above, that employee must have their management contact the company’s information security department to discuss their remediation plan and proposed time estimate.

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Insurance Risk Financial Services CISO 308

Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

The malware has been under active development since at least 2013 and it is offered for sale on various hacking forums as a keylogger and stealer. It allows to monitor systems and exfiltrate information. The latest variant appeared in the cybercrime underground in December 2018, it was named HawkEyeReborn v9.

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Cybercrime Malware Advertising Healthcare 106

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Talos researchers believe that the group was able to remain under the radar using crypters that it bought on cybercrime forums. ” Evidence collected by the experts suggests that the threat actor has been active at least since 2013. Microsoft 365 Defender detects the multiple components of this attack. .”

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Malware Phishing DNS Cybercrime 124

Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

CARBANAK cybercrime gang was first uncovered in 2014 by Kaspersky Lab that dated its activity back to 2013 when the group leveraged the Anunak malware in targeted attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks. Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak.

System Administration 137

System Administration Penetration Testing Malware Hacking 137

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 Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier CVE-2016-1555 Netgear WN604 before 3.3.3 CVE-2016-6277 NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta,

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IoT Firmware Malware Wireless 140

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2023

DDoSecrets said it was limiting the distribution of the data to journalists and researchers, given the amount of personally identifiable information in the cache.” India, and Africa.

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Data breaches Spyware Hacking Accountability 98

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them to elevate privileges to run PowerShell in the context of the system and gain arbitrary or remote code execution on vulnerable servers. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: CVE-2022-41040 – Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

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Ransomware Authentication Hacking Cybercrime 140

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The OceanLotus APT group is a state-sponsored group that has been active since at least 2013. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors. ” Microsoft said.

Cryptocurrency 137

Cryptocurrency Antivirus Manufacturing Government 137

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

CERT-UA attributed the campaign to the financially motivated threat actor UAC-0006 which has been active since at least 2013. SmokeLoader acts as a loader for other malware, once it is executed it will inject malicious code into the currently running explorer process (explorer.exe) and downloads another payload to the system.

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Malware Phishing VPN Accountability 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

She was also a member of the team supporting the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of the Voluntary Cybersecurity Framework called for in President Obama’s 2013 Executive Order 13636 on cybersecurity.

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Small Business Government Cybersecurity Hacking 116

Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2021

.” “ MAB5 was described in gushing terms and with incredible detail, even naming the military leader – a Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) in the Royal Corps of Signals, who was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2013 when he was a Major. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Computers and Electronics Hacking Engineering Mobile 106

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2022

The site was launched in 2013 and according to the Elliptic Threat Intel about $358 million (across Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Dash) in purchases were made through the platform. One of the biggest underground carding marketplaces, UniCC, announced it’s shutting down its operations.

Marketing 115

Marketing Retail Cryptocurrency Banking 115

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” The defendants are accused to have defrauded the victims between December 2013 and August 2019, they operated with other co-conspirators residing in Estonia, Belarus, and Switzerland. . “In reality, Polybius was never actually a bank, and never paid out the promised dividends.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Marketing Hacking 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

million) were provided before 2013. million records include some, but not all of the following personal information: name, address, telephone, and date of birth. The statement also reported that approximately 6.1 million records dating back to at least 2005 were also compromised in the data breach. 94% of these records (5.7

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Data breaches Financial Services Passwords Hacking 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In 2013, AT&T implemented a new system to monitor the activity of the employees, for this reason, the Pakistani man corrupted the employees to install malware and other tools on the infrastructure of the company to unlock the devices remotely.

Hacking 139

Hacking Malware Cybercrime Information Security 139

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

In a classified report cited by Chosun, the US National Intelligence Service (DNI) found that North Korea was financing its ‘priority policies’, such as nuclear and missile development, through cybercrime. The 110th Research Center was also involved in the theft of sensitive government information from entities in South Korea.

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Government Cryptocurrency Media Technology 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them to elevate privileges to run PowerShell in the context of the system and gain arbitrary or remote code execution on vulnerable servers. The ProxyNotShell flaws are: CVE-2022-41040 – Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

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Ransomware Data breaches Authentication Hacking 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2020

Keys was accused of providing Anonymous login credentials that allowed the group to deface access and deface the website of the Los Angeles Times in 2013. When Keys left Tribune Company-owned Sacramento KTXL Fox 40 in 2010, he shared login credentials of the CMS used by the website with members of Anonymous.

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Hacking Advertising Accountability Media 129

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

platform since October 2013. The Russian man also advertised the platform on other hacking forums. Firsov was arrested at the John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York, on March 7, the man is accused of running the Deer.io “The suspect, named Kirill Victorovich Firsov, was arrested on Saturday, March 7, at the John F.

Accountability 144

Accountability Advertising Passwords Hacking 144

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

The intrusions into the competitor’s systems took place repeatedly between 2013 and 2015. The attacks aimed at stealing information to gain an advantage over CrowdSurge, which was acquired by Warner Music Group (WMG) in 2017.

Hacking 120

Hacking Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 120

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. The UPnP communication protocol is widely adopted even if it is known to be vulnerable.

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Internet Internet Firmware Hacking 98

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In April 2013, I received via U.S. But the plan failed and the Ukrainian mastermind behind it soon after was imprisoned for unrelated cybercrime offenses. After the heroin showed up, I gave the drugs to the local police and wrote about the experience in Mail From the Velvet Cybercrime Underground.

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Cybercrime Identity Theft Accountability Passwords 212

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2022

A malware campaign spreads ZLoader malware by exploiting a Windows vulnerability that was fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix. The threat actors exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2013-3900, that was discovered and fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix.

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Malware Banking Software Cybercrime 145