Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Three hacking forums Nulled.ch, Sinfulsite.com, and suxx.to have been hacked and their databases have been leaked online. Researchers from intelligence firm Cyble made the headlines again, this time they have discovered online the databases of three hacking forums. The databases appear to have been leaking in May 2020.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

File encryption 2013 – 2015. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift. RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. Another fundamental tweak was the onset of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) in May 2015. pharma giant ExecuPharm.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2024

An international law enforcement operation coordinated by the FBI led to the seizure of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum. BreachForums is a cybercrime forum used by threat actors to purchase, sell, and exchange stolen data, including credentials, and personal and financial information. In March 2023, U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Alas, cybercrime bazaars like Joker’s Stash have continued plying their trade, undeterred by a push from the credit card associations to encourage more merchants to install credit card readers that require more secure chip-based payment cards. .”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. ”] Kislitsin was hired by Group-IB in January 2013, nearly six months after the Formspring hack. Department of Justice.

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Security Affairs

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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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums , a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely show up for sale. Pompompurin has been something of a nemesis to the FBI for several years. In April 2022, U.S.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI). 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 -->.

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Security Affairs

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. Now, Kanishk Tagade from Quickcyber confirmed the hack of the Indian video streaming giant. . “A person or a hacking group claiming to have gained access to the network of ZEE5.com,

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , that dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com address has been used in conjunction with the handle “ DCReavers2 ” to register user accounts on a half-dozen English-language cybercrime forums since 2008, including Hackforums , Blackhatworld, and Ghostmarket. ” The U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. Cloud Router was previously called 911 S5.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7 hacking group created fake cybersecurity companies to hire experts and involve them in ransomware attacks tricking them of conducting a pentest. The FIN7 hacking group is attempting to enter in the ransomware business and is doing it with an interesting technique. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 has been hacked by a hacking group identifying themselves as “Korean Hackers” and “Team Johnwick”that asked for a “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities they have exploited in the attack. SecurityAffairs – hacking, E27). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

During the first day of the Pwn2Own 2020 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $180,000 for exploits targeting Windows 10, Ubuntu Desktop and macOS. The hack exploits an improper input validation bug. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Part of Megatraffer’s ad. Image: Ke-la.com.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Racoon malware , Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. The Raccoon stealer is written in C++ by Russian-speaking developers that initially promoted it exclusively on Russian-speaking hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The scandal is the latest fallout stemming from a three-part investigation into the organized crime group by KrebsOnSecurity in 2015. According to prosecution documents, Marcu and The Shark spotted my reporting shortly after it was published in 2015, and discussed what to do next on a messaging app: The Shark: Krebsonsecurity.com See this.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. Russian vehicle registration records have also been hacked and leaked online over the years.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware , is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. ” concluded ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest. Kivimäki was ultimately convicted of orchestrating more than 50,000 cybercrimes.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Babam has authored more than 270 posts since joining Exploit in 2015, including dozens of sales threads. com and wwwpexpay[.]com.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. Its [sic] confirmed that the recharge system was also hacked the same way.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

FIN7 is a Russian criminal group (aka Carbanak ) that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces. They then use OpenSSH and Impacket to move laterally and deploy Clop ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. The login page for the criminal reshipping service SWAT USA Drop. “SwatVerified.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

23, one of the cybercrime underground’s largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. According to stats released in September by Visa , 80 percent of U.S. storefronts now accept chip cards.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zeus).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

“In one year, people who worked with us have earned over US $2 billion,” read the farewell post by the eponymous GandCrab identity on the cybercrime forum Exploit[.]in in threads asking for urgent help obtaining access to hacked businesses in South Korea. in , where the group recruited many of its distributors. of GandCrab.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Sentinel Labs found evidence that links the Black Basta ransomware gang to the financially motivated hacking group FIN7. On the other end, FIN7 is a Russian financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2015. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN7). ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

The illegal dark web marketplace RaidForums has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of the international law enforcement Operation TOURNIQUET coordinated by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. 1, 2015, and on or about Jan. ” said the Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, Edvardas Šileris.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Affiliates are essential to spread malicious code through hacking operations against businesses. The selection of affiliates is a crucial process in the success of the cybercrime scheme, for this reason, REvil operators personally select each people they want to include in their program. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REvil ransomware).

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Sodinokibi ransomware, hacking). The post Sodinokibi gang hacked law firm of the celebrities and threatens to release the docs appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later. The 911 S5 botnet-powered proxy service, circa July 2022. 911 built its proxy network mainly by offering “free” virtual private networking (VPN) services.

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