SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Analysis of samples exploiting CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability On March 14, Microsoft reported a critical Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) in the Outlook client. This feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-29324) was itself patched in May.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. The hijacking of computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies is one of the fastest growing types of cyber-threats globally.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A look back on the year 2022 and what to expect in 2023. This report assesses how accurately we predicted the developments in the financial threats landscape in 2022 and ponder at what to expect in 2023. Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. Analysis of forecasts for 2022. Rise and consolidation of information stealers.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

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. The encrypted data is stored inside the malicious payload. Satacom technical analysis The initial infection begins with a ZIP archive file.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Kondratyev is also charged (PDF) with three criminal counts arising from his alleged use of the Sodinokibi (aka “ REvil “) ransomware variant to encrypt data, exfiltrate victim information, and extort a ransom payment from a corporate victim based in Alameda County, California. In May 2023, U.S. Black Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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Anton on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This quick and easy money maker serves a clear profit motive for criminal actors, as it allows threat actors to use a victim’s cloud processing power to mine for cryptocurrency in a shorter period of time. ” [ A.C. — free free money for malefactors, why change?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Source: Coveware We’ve seen a drop-off from the highs last year – fueled by Cl0p ransomware group making over $100 Million in a few months in late 2023. A pivotal moment came when the FBI obtained over 7,000 decryption keys, allowing victims to unlock their encrypted data for free.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

The Australian government is set to issue a complete ban on ransomware payments after one of its major financial lenders became the target of a massive file-encrypting malware attack on March 16th this year. Technically, transactions related to digital cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero are anonymous and therefore hard to ban.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In March 2023, ESET found malware in modified versions of messengers using OCR to scan the victim’s gallery for images with recovery phrases to restore access to crypto wallets. ” The component communicates with C2 servers and execute commands from an encrypted GitLab file.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

“Ransomware is malicious software designed to encrypt data on victim computers, allowing bad actors the ability to demand a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key.” .” reads the press release published by DoJ. This included seizing 39.89138522 Bitcoin and $6.1 million in U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

In late March 2023, 3CX disclosed that its desktop applications for both Windows and macOS were compromised with malicious code that gave attackers the ability to download and run code on all machines where the app was installed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

An arbitrage bot is a tool that allows users to profit from cryptocurrency rate differences between platforms. Elastic researchers traced this campaign to April 2023 through the RC4 key used to encrypt the SUGARLOADER and KANDYKORN C2. The attack chain aimed at infecting the target system with the KANDYKORN macOS malware.

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SecureList

APRIL 3, 2023

Three years ago, we were investigating an infection of a cryptocurrency company located in Southeast Asia. Over the years, we observed few victims compromised with Gopuram, but the number of infections began to increase in March 2023. regtrans-ms, an encrypted shellcode payload. regtrans-ms file.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This type of cyberextortion predated Trojans, which encrypt the victim’s files. In 2020 — 2023, one of them was an active cyberextortionist who attacked organizations in several countries, causing a total of at least $1.9 Reveton was among the most notorious PC screen lockers. million in damage.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

They would then deploy LockBit ransomware on victim computer systems and both steal and encrypt stored data. “ Between 2020 and 2023, the duo targeted organizations worldwide. . “ Between 2020 and 2023, the duo targeted organizations worldwide. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

IT threat evolution in Q2 2023 IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. While investigating an infection of a cryptocurrency company in Southeast Asia, we found Gopuram coexisting on target computers with AppleJeus , a backdoor attributed to the Lazarus.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As the holidays put people closer to family and friends (and ransomware gangs closer to attacking— seriously, watch out for that ), Malwarebytes Labs is sharing some of the brighter moments of 2023 in which ransomware gangs didn’t get what they wanted. Here are four times ransomware gangs failed in 2023. Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

GokuMarket, a cryptocurrency exchange, was recently acquired by Canada-based crypto exchange ByteX. GokuMarket’s exposed database was discovered in October 2023 and secured the next day after researchers sent a responsible disclosure note. Meanwhile, the open instance held a trove of sensitive data on over a million users.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In March of 2023, we reported how the German Regional Police and the Ukrainian National Police, with support from Europol, the Dutch Police, and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), apprehended two suspects and seized computer equipment. Cryptocurrency investigators use specialized strategies to track down criminals.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2023

Chainalysis, a blockchain research firm, looked at data from monitored cryptocurrency wallets, concluding that around $449 million has been taken from victims in the last six months. As an example of payout sizes, BlackBasta’s 2023 average payment size is $762,634 and its median is $147,106. Stop malicious encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

As the malware targeted, the core servers, orders and billing were deeply affected, resulting in temporary shut of the outlets from afternoon hours of January 18th, 2023, i.e. Wednesday. NOTE- In a ransomware incident, hackers first steal information from the targeted database and then encrypt it until a ransom is paid in Cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2024

Researchers warn that the P2Pinfect worm is targeting Redis servers with ransomware and cryptocurrency mining payloads. Cado Security researchers warned that the P2Pinfect worm is employed in attacks against Redis servers, aimed at deploying both ransomware and cryptocurrency mining payloads. lockedfiles appended.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. eScan acknowledged the flaw and addressed it on July 31, 2023. Puppeteer orchestrates the core functionality of the malware, including the cryptocurrency mining as well as the backdoor deployment.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Reptile Rootkit employed in attacks against Linux systems in South Korea New PaperCut flaw in print management software exposes servers to RCE attacks A cyberattack impacted operations of multiple hospitals in several US states Married couple pleaded guilty to laundering billions in cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 Malicious packages in (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2023

On July 31, 2023, Phylum researchers observed the publication of ten different “test” packages on the npm package manager that were developed to exfiltrate sensitive developer source code and other confidential information. “This seems to be another highly-targeted attack on developers involved in the cryptocurrency sphere.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2023, the banking trojan targeted 900 banks in 40 countries — in 2024, the newest versions of the trojan targeted 1,700 banks and 276 crypto wallets in 45 countries and territories, located on all continents of the world. In 2023 campaigns, Grandoreiro used samples with rather low detection rates.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And studies have revealed that the newly developed file-encrypting malware is using an Open-source password management library for encryption and is having capabilities of remaining anonymous, ex-filtrate data, and having abilities to give control to remote servers. The third is something astonishing to read!

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Analysts assess 2023 will bring a heightened threat of deepfakes due to this technique’s wide application against individuals or networks of individuals, and the supposed legitimacy that comes with ever-more realistic media. One particularly concerning development in the malware space is the increasing sophistication of deepfake technology.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The macOS variant of the malware was first spotted in July 2023, it was spreading in the form of installers for pirated legitimate software such as CapCut or AnyConnect. Writing to the clipboard:a common tactic for stealing cryptocurrency funds. Password encryption keys key4.db Executing shell commands.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

Telegram) since January 2023. “Nexus provides all the main features to perform ATO attacks (Account Takeover) against banking portals and cryptocurrency services, such as credentials stealing and SMS interception. The Nexus Trojan can target multiple banking and cryptocurrency in an attempt to take over customers’ accounts.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Angry Likho (referred to as Sticky Werewolf by some vendors) is an APT group we’ve been monitoring since 2023. We ended up with the original AU3 file: Restored AU3 script The script is heavily obfuscated, with all strings encrypted. However, it is also packed and encrypted. averageorganicfallfaw[.]shop

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

They would then deploy LockBit ransomware on victim computer systems and both steal and encrypt stored data. “ Between 2020 and 2023, the duo targeted organizations worldwide. . “ Between 2020 and 2023, the duo targeted organizations worldwide. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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