Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

” The DOJ’s statement doesn’t mention that RSOCKS has been in operation since 2014, when access to the web store for the botnet was first advertised on multiple Russian-language cybercrime forums. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,”

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AUGUST 13, 2020

A threat actor has released the databases of Utah-based gun exchange and hunting sites for free on a cybercrime forum. On August 10th, a hacker has leaked online the databases of Utah-based gun exchange for free on a cybercrime forum. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Avaddon ransomware operators, like other cybercrime groups, decided to launch a data leak site where publish data of victims who refuse to pay a ransom demand. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 14, 2020

. “The information on cyber attack was confirmed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who was informed by Jaroslav Šmíd, who now manages the National Office for Cyber ??and and Information Security.” Our cybercrime specialists are already in place. SecurityAffairs – COVID-19, cybercrime).

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JANUARY 14, 2025

The malware was operated by a China-linked threat actor, known as Mustang Panda (aka Twill Typhoon, to steal sensitive information from victim computers. According to court documents, the Chinese government paid Mustang Panda to develop PlugX malware, used since 2014 to target U.S., European, and Asian entities.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

An American was charged with money laundering while operating the dark web Helix Bitcoin mixer service between 2014 and 2017. Larry Dean Harmon (36), from Akron, Ohio, was charged with laundering more than $310 million worth of Bitcoin while he was operating a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service between 2014 and 2017.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. The figure that most of all capture our attention is that victims of cybercrime activities lost $3.5 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The post Hackers stole a six-figure amount from Swiss universities appeared first on Security Affairs.

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MAY 25, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime group as a result of an international operation. The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime gang (aka TMT ) after a year-long investigation codenamed “Operation Delilah.”

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APRIL 10, 2020

“Lockheed Martin has made and continues to make significant investments in cybersecurity, and uses industry-leading information security practices to protect sensitive information. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the statement published by El Reg.

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MARCH 21, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Heathcare, cybercrime). About the author: OSINT Unit a division of the Orange Epidemiology Lab March 20th 2020 recommendations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 13, 2024

In October 2022, Swiss police arrested Penchukov in Geneva, also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. In 2012, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was accused of being a member of a cybercrime gang known as JabberZeus crew. Since May 2019, Penchukov had a prominent role in the Zeus operation.

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MARCH 22, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – COVID19 , cybercrime). The post Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Wall Street Market marketplace was considered one of the most important points of aggregation in the cybercrime underground for trading in cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines as well as digital goods (i.e. ” the Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) , Edvardas Šileris said.

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MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. companies for customers’ personal information.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, DEER.IO).

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MAY 25, 2020

These cybercrime forums are places of aggregations for hackers and cybercriminals, that could use them to participate in general discussion and sharing related resources. ” reads the post published by security firm Cyble. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. A change of the bank account). Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering. Police in Ukraine announced the arrest of the members of a cybercrime gang composed of three individuals who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges used in money laundering activities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The OLB bank confirmed that the incident is not the result of a data breach, it also speculates the involvement of an “organized cybercrime involving counterfeit cards and terminals.” This issue derived from a scam involving organized cybercrime using counterfeit cards and terminals.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The government agencies receive information about imminent attacks, threat actors are using the TrickBot botnet to deliver the infamous ransomware to the infected systems. “CISA, FBI, and HHS have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The Maze cybercrime gang is shutting down its operations, it was considered one of the most prominent and active ransomware crew since it began operating in May 2019. The gang was the first to introduce a double-extortion model in the cybercrime landscape at the end of 2019. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Maze).

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MARCH 13, 2020

European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Dton’s history demonstrates that it is quite easy, even for relatively unskilled individuals, to enter in the cybercrime arena. The model of sale known as Cybercrime-as-a-Service, makes it easy to arrange criminal activities such as massive malspam campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. The data stolen by Nikulin were available on the cybercrime underground between 2015 and 2016, they were offered for sale by multiple traders.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

.” “Cybercriminals are constantly exploring new possibilities to abuse technology and financial frameworks to victimise millions of users in a moment from anywhere in the world,” said Edvardas Šileris, Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Between 2014 and 2024, the duo operated the dark web marketplace WWH Club (wwh-club[.]ws) WWH Club had over 353,000 users by 2023 and offered courses on fraud and cybercrime, generating profits through membership and tuition fees. ws) which focused on selling stolen personal data and conducting illegal activities.

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

The cybercrime gang published some screenshots showing directories and files from the systems of the breached company. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Source Databreaches.net. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

pw has been registered and abandoned by several parties since 2014, but the most recent registration data available through DomainTools.com shows it was registered in March 2020 to someone in Krasnodar, Russia with the email address edgard011012@gmail.com. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw I waited until it expired and forgot to buy it.

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APRIL 11, 2020

Italian police also warned of an increase in cybercrime and recommended citizens to remain vigilant, especially when received COVID-19-themed emails. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 7, 2020

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The KPOT Stealer was written in C/C++, it was offered in the cybercrime underground as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). The malware communicates with the C2 infrastrcuture via HTTP requests and supports multiple commands to steal any kind of information from the infected systems. The auction was related to the source code of KPOT 2.0,

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MAY 30, 2022

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

On October 2022, Swiss police arrested Penchukov in Geneva, also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. In 2012, the Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was accused of being a member of a cybercrime gang known as JabberZeus crew.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The international cooperation activities were carried out through the EMPACT Cybercrime Attacks Against Information System program and with the support of the Join Action Crime Task Force (J-CAT). ” The Romanian duo had been active in the cybercrime underground at least since 2014 when they launched CyberSeal.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

The malicious code also targets older computers by uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials. Experts noticed that the TA505 cybercrime group has been using the CryptoMix ransomware after compromising a network in similar attacks as Ryuk , BitPaymer , and DoppelPaymer. These are encrypted under the suffix. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

According to BleepingComputer, in July, systems at the toymaker were infected with the TrickBot malware which was used by several cybercrime gangs to deliver malware like Ryuk or Conti. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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MARCH 22, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Google Chrome, cybercrime). The post Google addresses high severity bugs in Chrome appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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