SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

Satacom downloader, also known as LegionLoader, is a renowned malware family that emerged in 2019. The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the victim’s account by performing web injections into targeted cryptocurrency websites.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

One of the fathers of antivirus software, the entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell while he was waiting for extradition to the US. The investigators suppose that the income was directed into bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. In other words, it could fool antivirus into believing there was no threat and no security reason to deny the malware access to a particular system.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. ”The websites promised to render malicious software fully undetectable by nearly every major provider of antivirus software. .”The ” reads the press release published by DoJ.”The

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. More than 80% of all malicious files were disguised as .zip rar archive files.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. in , where the group recruited many of its distributors.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

The source code of the Xerxes malware was leaked online around May 2019. ” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Malicious hackers are increasingly mobbing the video game industry, with major companies suffering data breaches, having their source code sold or leaked online and games serving as playgrounds to push malware or mine cryptocurrencies. billion attacks tracked by the company across different countries.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Number of adware attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Number of mobile users attacked.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

Raccoon Stealer has been around since April 2019, and was one of the most prolific information stealers in 2021. It also serves as an easy access point for more advanced hackers and scammers to target specific organizations, or even harvest cryptocurrency. Category Awareness, News. Risk Level. as they continue to make improvements.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The cybercrime organization was first spotted in April 2018 by researchers at Cisco Talos, earlier 2019 researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit42 found new malware samples used by the Rocke group for cryptojacking that uninstalls from Linux servers cloud security and monitoring products developed by Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The botnet was involved in stealing users’ credentials and data, mining cryptocurrencies abusing victims’ resources, and setting up proxies to funnel other people’s internet traffic through infected machines and routers. Botnet operators use to spread the malware via cracked or pirated software and pay-per-install (PPI) schemes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

In 2019, this type of cyberattack cost companies about $7.5 CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. The malware demanded over $500 from each person who inserted the floppy disk. What Companies Have Suffered These Attacks?

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups. Baldr can also plunder any cryptocurrency being stored in a range of digital wallets. Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

— Gendarmerie nationale (@Gendarmerie) August 28, 2019. In recent campaigns, the Retadup worm was observed delivering Monero cryptocurrency miners in Latin America. En lien avec le #FBI , les #cybergendarmes parviennent à "désinfecter" à distance plus de 850 000 ordinateurs. Une #PremièreMondiale !

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SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

The offers presented in this report were published between 2019 and 2023 and were collected from the nine most popular forums for the purchase and sale of goods and services related to malware and unwanted software. It is also clear of alerts from Google Protect and built-in antivirus on devices from different vendors.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Shortly after a ransomware attack, cybercriminals will demand a ransom amount, usually in cryptocurrency, in exchange for the cipher key. Warning signs. Computer worms.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 30, 2021

The earliest documentation of LemonDuck was from its cryptocurrency campaigns in May 2019. They also attempt to uninstall any product with “Security” and “AntiVirus” in the name. From here the methods vary based on how attractive the target is. LemonDuck leverages a wide range of free and open-source penetration testing tools.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Shortly after a ransomware attack, cybercriminals will demand a ransom amount, usually in cryptocurrency, in exchange for the cipher key. Computer Worms.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. CISA reported that LokiBot “employs Trojan malware to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other credentials.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. Offline Backups. Description.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

RobinHood was the ransomware behind the Baltimore attack in May 2019. This ransomware is the suspect behind the Texas ransomware attack in August 2019, where more than 20 local governments were infected. Ryuk is one of the most common ransomware of 2018-2019. billion in 2019 and $8 billion in 2018.

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Spinone

JANUARY 22, 2020

Although at the end of the 2018 ransomware seemed to be slowing its pace on the cyber threat arena, 2019 has shown that this slowdown wasn’t anything but “the calm before the storm” Ransomware statistics for 2019 vividly illustrated the rapid growth of high-profile ransomware attacks and new, more disrupting ransomware examples.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The damages for 2018 were predicted to reach $8 billion; for 2019, the figure was $11.5 Lab Link: [link] The user is going to get access to a Kali GUI instance and Windows Server 2019. It targets the Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the form of cryptocurrency (Bitcoin).

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

The most preferred method of ransom payment is cryptocurrency because it is hard to track. In 2019 the game has changed: general ransomware activity has dropped, but the number of attacks targeting enterprises has increased by 12%. Use antivirus. Most antiviruses don’t protect against ransomware.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

In South Korea, a suspect in the GandCrab ransomware operation was arrested (this family ceased active distribution back in 2019). For now, we can tentatively assume that the growth in cryptocurrency prices, in particular bitcoin, has attracted the attention of cybercriminals and returned miners to their toolkit.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In 2019, Trend Micro found a 77% surge in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2019 from the previous year. Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Maze ransomware was first seen in the wild since May 2019 and is becoming increasingly active.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

.” Pavel Vrublevsky is a convicted cybercriminal who became famous as the CEO of the Russian e-payments company ChronoPay , which specialized in facilitating online payments for a variety of “high-risk” businesses, including gambling, pirated Mp3 files, rogue antivirus software and “male enhancement” pills.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Google Chrome extension was injecting JavaScript code on web pages to steal passwords and private keys from cryptocurrency wallets and cryptocurrency portals. sniko_) December 31, 2019. Bad guys: erc20wallet[.]tk tk ExtensionID: ckkgmccefffnbbalkmbbgebbojjogffn pic.twitter.com/TE2iw5d8Md — harrydenley.eth ?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. Another factor limiting the spread of deepfakes: Scammers don’t need them.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Meanwhile, after presumably enjoying a restful holiday, the best and brightest malicious hackers are diving into 2019 with renewed verve. This makes Vidar capable of stealing cryptocurrencies from digital wallets. Vidar and microcode hacking are two grains of sand on the beachhead of 2019 cyber threats. ” Shared burden.

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