Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka “das” or “AronaXus,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated group FIN7 , aka Carbanak. Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak.

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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. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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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. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Since 2016 , Microsoft has been alerting users of nation-state activity, now the IT giant added the same service to the Defender for Office 365 dashboard. The alerts are also sent to system administrators and security teams, who can directly contact the affected employees and take action to prevent their accounts take over.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But it does fix four dozen flaws, including several that Microsoft says will likely soon be exploited by malware or malcontents. The change will also be enabled for all currently supported standalone versions of Office, including versions 2021, 2019, 2016, and 2013.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The Malware Threat behind CurveBall. Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

The China-linked hacking group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. Upon its initialization, the malware removes itself from the loaded modules list and updates the last_module_id with the previously loaded module to delete any trace of its presence.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

According to an internal report drown up after the 2016 data breach that led to the ‘ Vault 7 ‘ data leak, a specialized CIA unit involved in the development of hacking tools and cyber weapons failed in protecting its operations and was able to respond after the leak of its secrets. ” reported The Washington Post.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 24, 2022

Although it’s closely associated with the world of Windows administration, PowerShell is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration tool which, by design, is optimized for dealing with structured data. This feature requires AMSI-aware anti-malware products (such as Malwarebytes ). Reduce abuse.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For many years, Dye was a system administrator for Optinrealbig , a Colorado company that relentlessly pimped all manner of junk email, from mortgage leads and adult-related services to counterfeit products and Viagra. ” A slide from an ARIN presentation in 2016 that referenced Adconion.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. The group operates out of military unity 26165 of the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

ESET researchers discovered a new malware associated with the Stealth Falcon APT group that abuses the Windows BITS service to stealthy exfiltrate data. Security researchers from discovered a new malware associated with the Stealth Falcon cyber espionage group that abuses the Windows BITS service to stealthy exfiltrate data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. But what kind of malware is this Elknot Trojan? This malware is an update and reuse from the Elknot’s malware source code.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

I first spoke to Kumar Saurabh, LogicHub’s co-founder and CEO, not long after the company launched in 2016. Today there exists a widening shortage of security analysts talented and battle tested enough to make sense of the rising tide of data logs inundating their SIEM systems. based LogicHub. billion, and later co-founded SumoLogic.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

New research reveals that websites experience 63 attacks per day , per website on average–this is an upsurge from the reported 22 attacks per day in 2016. Website scanning and malware removal – A website scanner is used to check for malware and vulnerabilities on a website. Website Security Solutions.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Consequently, when different sophisticated hacking techniques, types of assaults, and malware are learned, your innocent employees become your cyber security partners.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). Why should I care about Phish?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. ” That CrowdStrike report was from July 2019. .

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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