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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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

On the other end, FIN7 is a Russian financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2015. The post Experts link the Black Basta ransomware operation to FIN7 cybercrime gang appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

The experts reported that the SSNDOB’s Bitcoin payment processing system has been active since April 2015. The post US dismantled and seized SSNDOB cybercrime marketplace appeared first on Security Affairs. Since then, the service has received nearly $22 million worth of Bitcoin across over 100,000 transactions.

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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. ” RaidForums was launched in 2015, its community reached over half a million users.

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Security Affairs

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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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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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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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

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 -->. Let’s wait for new entries on the leak site! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

A Ukrainian man was sentenced in the US to 5 years in prison for his criminal activity in the cybercrime group FIN7. for high-level hacking activity in the cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Carbanak Group and the Navigator Group). Iarmak is the third member of the FIN7 cybercrime group to be sentenced in the U.S. in May 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

FIN7 cybercrime gang used weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript backdoor. Anomali Threat Research experts have monitored recent spear-phishing attacks conducted by financially motivated threat actor FIN7. The attack chain began with a Microsoft Word document (.doc)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2020

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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Heathcare, cybercrime). The post Healthcare sector targeted : what you need to know about the hackers very unusual strategy appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 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. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Security experts at Kaspersky have published a report on a targeted cybercrime malware campaign, tracked as RevengeHotels, that hit hotels, hostels, hospitality and tourism companies. According to the experts, the threat actor has been active since 2015, but its activity peaked in 2019. ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 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. If you are interested in COVID19-themed attacks from February 1 – March 15, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2023

A database belonging to the now-defunct RaidForums cybercrime platform has been leaked on a new hacking forum called Exposed. RaidForums was launched in 2015, its community reached over half a million users. The data are related to members registered between March 20th, 2015, and September 24th, 2020.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

The seizure of the Hydra Market is the result of an international investigation conducted by the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) in partnership with U.S. Hydra was a top Russian Darknet market famous among Russian-speaking users that have been active since 2015. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

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 -->. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, DEER.IO). appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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 -->. A change of the bank account). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2024

BreachForums is a cybercrime forum used by threat actors to purchase, sell, and exchange stolen data, including credentials, and personal and financial information. The authorities also seized the Telegram page for the hacking forum The website currently displays a message that informs visitors it was seized by law enforcement.

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Security Affairs

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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, QQAAZZ cybercrime gang).

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Security Affairs

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. ” states BleepingComputer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2024

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.

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