Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers at NCC Group reported that in November they observed the return of the infamous banking malware Carbanak in ransomware attacks. The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks. ” reads the report published by NCC Group.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

“Emotet has been one of the most professional and long-lasting cybercrime services out there,” according to Europol. It was thought the malware, first discovered in 2014, had been vanquished by law enforcement agencies from eight countries in January 2021. However, it reportedly resurfaced this past November.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator , the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. “My nickname was MikeMike, and I worked with Dmitri Golubov and made technologies for him,” Shefel said.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

A new piece of PoS malware appeared in the threat landscape, the malicious code dubbed GlitchPOS has been found on a crimeware forum. The GlitchPOS malware is able to steal credit card numbers (Track1 and Track2) from the memory of the infected system, it uses a regular expression to perform this task. ” concludes Talos.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Two Romanians arrested for running three malware services. Two Romanians have been arrested for running two malware crypter services called CyberSeal and DataProtector, and the CyberScan malware testing service. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The prices for this service varied between US$7 to US$40.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis that was designed to steal information from infected systems. This week, Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis, that was distributed in the wild to steal information from infected systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2024

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was sentenced to prison for his role in Zeus and IcedID malware operations. DoJ sentenced the Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (37) to prison and ordered him to pay millions of dollars in restitution for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. Experts reported that brute-force cracking tools and account checkers are available on cybercrime marketplaces and forums for an average of $4. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A suspected leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Tank), was arrested by Swiss police. Swiss police last month arrested in Geneva Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (40), also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The previously undetected LOBSHOT malware is distributed using Google ads and gives operators VNC access to Windows devices. Threat actors are using an elaborate scheme of fake websites through Google Ads to spread their malware, the backdoors are embedded in installers for apparently legitimate applications, such as AnyDesk.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Perhaps the single biggest and most dangerous change in threats came in the world of malware delivery. For years, hackers and malware authors had used the same ways to deliver and spread their malware. So hackers had to choose a new way to deliver and spread malware. Email and spam were by far the most popular.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns, has now using news tactics to evade detection. Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke, that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns in past , has now using news tactics to evade detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Multiple members of QQAAZZ multinational cybercriminal gang were charged for providing money-laundering services to high-profile malware operations. According to law enforcement bodies, the gang provides services to multiple malware operations, including Dridex , GozNym , and Trickbot. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Malware has infected roughly a third of the world’s computers , costing companies across the globe trillions of dollars each year. Unfortunately, this rise in cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down. But first we’ll answer a basic question: What is malware? A Brief History of Malware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. Experts pointed out that the malware is being actively developed. Gafgyt is a popular choice for launching large-scale DDoS attacks, it first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014. LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

Denis Emelyantsev , a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer crime violations in a California courtroom this week. A copy of the passport for Denis Emelyantsev, a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Cicada 3301 is the name given to three sets of puzzles posted under the name “3301” online between 2012 and 2014. 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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Cybercriminals continue to exploit the fear in the coronavirus outbreak to spread malware and steal sensitive data from victims. Experts from cybersecurity Reason reported cybercrimnals are using new coronavirus -themed attacks to deliver malware. To make sure the malware can persist and keep operating, it uses the “Task Scheduler”.”

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 7, 2024

The US Justice Department has dismantled an enormous botnet: According to an indictment unsealed on May 24, from 2014 through July 2022, Wang and others are alleged to have created and disseminated malware to compromise and amass a network of millions of residential Windows computers worldwide.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 6, 2022

During the pandemic, lockdowns forced people to stay at home and do their shopping online, which was mirrored in point-of-sale (PoS) and ATM malware activity, as certain regions saw malicious transactions drop significantly. Perpetrators continue to spread already-existing, widely used malware to attack PoS terminals and ATMs.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT Group has used a new multi-platform malware framework, dubbed MATA, to target entities worldwide. The MATA malware framework could target Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. The malware framework implements a wide range of features that allow attackers to fully control the infected systems.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2019

The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The Cobalt hacking group has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2020

A 30-year-old Moldovan man pleaded guilty this week for creating the FastPOS malware that infected PoS systems worldwide. The Moldovan citizen Valerian Chiochiu (30), aka Onassis, pleaded guilty on Friday for creating the infamous FastPOS Point-of-Sale (POS) malware. and infraud.ws. Chiochiu will be sentenced on December 11.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The four malware families are named Guildma, Javali, Melcoz, and Grandoreiro, experts believe are the result of a Brazilian banking group/operation that is evolving its capabilities targeting banking users abroad. Experts noticed that the malware uses the BITSAdmin tool to download the additional modules. ” continues Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

According to experts at Sonicwall, scanning of random ports and the diffusion of encrypted malware are characterizing the threat landscape. In 2018, global malware volume recorded by SonicWall hit a record-breaking 10.52 Most of the attacks targeted non-standard ports and experts observed a spike in the number of encrypted malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Nations on Friday have approved a Russian-sponsored and China-backed resolution to create a new convention on cybercrime. The United Nations on Friday has approved a Russian-sponsored and China-backed resolution to create a new convention on cybercrime. It will only serve to stifle global efforts to combat cybercrime.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

British malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015. The popular British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the Kronos banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 16, 2021

While CLOP as a moneymaking collective is fairly young organization, security experts say CLOP members hail from a group of Threat Actors (TA) known as “ TA505 ,” which MITRE ‘s ATT&CK database says is a financially motivated cybercrime group that has been active since at least 2014.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The financially-motivated hacking group FIN7 is back and used a new piece of malware in a recent hacking campaign. Security experts at Flashpoint revealed that the financially-motivated cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Anunak and Carbanak ) used new malware in a recent hacking campaign. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

were leaked online , earlier this month experts from CheckPoint discovered in the Dark Web an online builder, dubbed Gazorp, that allows crooks to create customized binaries for the Azorult malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Securi ty Affairs – Azorult , malware).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by threat actors since July 2020. The Agency’s EINSTEIN Intrusion Detection System has detected persistent malicious activity associated with the LokiBot malware. ” reads the CISA’s advisory. .”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7 , Anunak or Cobalt ) stole over a billion euros from banks across the world, the name “Carbanak” comes with the name of the malware they used to compromise computers at banks, other financial institutions, restaurants, and other industries. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Palo Alto Network researchers discovered a new malware, tracked as XBash, that combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new piece of malware, dubbed XBash piece that is targeting both Linux and Microsoft Windows servers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

” The researchers consider this gang as one of the most advanced Magecart groups, they argue it originates from another crime business involved in malware distribution and hijacking of banking sessions using web injects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. However, there’s more to it.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The experts also detected two malware samples used in the campaign, a JavaScript backdoor and another malicious code tracked as COOLPANTS, a reconnaissance backdoor associated with the group. Pierluigi Paganini.

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