Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. in cybercrime forum. ” Pierluigi Paganini Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN7) is forums. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2025

Japan s Financial Services Agency (FSA) warns of hundreds of millions in unauthorized trades linked to hacked brokerage accounts. Keeping devices updated and using reliable antivirus software also helps prevent malware-related data theft. from fake websites (phishing sites) disguised as websites of real securities companies.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

The malicious code was advertised on cybercrime forums for $3,000 per month. A version discovered by Check Point in September relied on Apple’s XProtect encryption algorithm for obfuscation, allowing it to evade antivirus detection until its source code leak in November.

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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. “Account accesses for antivirus programs garner the second-highest prices: around $21.67. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime marketplaces). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Whether it’s updating your antivirus software or learning to spot phishing traps with security awareness training , Webroot has you covered. The post Social engineering: Cybercrime meets human hacking appeared first on Webroot Blog. Experience powerful and reliable protection from Webroot that won’t slow you down.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The FBI Denver Field Office advises staying cautious online, being aware of potential risks, and keeping antivirus software updated to scan files before opening them. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, free online document converters)

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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. Avast researchers discovered and analyzed a malware campaign that exploited the update mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and crypto miners.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

In March 2018, security researchers at Antivirus firmDr.Web discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones were shipped with the Android.Triada.231 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,malware) 231 banking malware.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. That protracted and public conflict formed the backdrop of my 2014 book — “ Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime, from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door. Image: Ke-la.com.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. in cybercrime forum. ” Pierluigi Paganini Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN7) is forums. .

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. The big names that pioneered in these targeted attacks are Sodinokibi (aka REvil) and Ryuk.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Users that played the game have received the following email: pic.twitter.com/B98BFs0WbK — SteamDB (@SteamDB) February 12, 2025 The game PirateFi was released as beta, but multiple antivirus flagged it as “Trojan.Win32.Lazzzy.gen.” Lazzzy.gen.” SteamDB estimates that over 800 users may have downloaded the game.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. ” A depiction of the Proxygate service.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

“Two Romanian suspects have been arrested yesterday for allegedly running the CyberSeal and Dataprotector crypting services to evade antivirus software detection.” The pair also operated the Cyberscan service which allowed their clients to test their malware against antivirus tools. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Chinese Android phone ) .” concludes the report that includes indicators of compromise (IoCs).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. sys, for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. According to Trend Micro, a cybercrime gang abused the driver to deploy ransomware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, driver).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

” The hospital identified the ransomware attack early Saturday after antivirus software installed on the employees’ PCs flagged potential risks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, hospital)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

UNC2465 cybercrime group that is affiliated with the Darkside ransomware gang has infected with malware the website of a CCTV camera vendor. Experts noticed that in this supply chain attack, UNC2465 did not deliver the Darkside ransomware as the final payload, but they not exclude that the cybercrime group could move to a new RaaS operation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It gathers system details, including antivirus information, encodes the data, and sends it to a remote server. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,malware)

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. issued international arrest warrant for his extradition.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker named Fxmsp for hacking over three hundred organizations worldwide and selling access to their networks. The US Department of Justice has indicted a hacker that goes online with the moniker Fxmsp for hacking over three hundred organizations worldwide and selling access to their networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Sergei Mikhailov , formerly deputy chief of Russia’s top anti-cybercrime unit, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison. In a telephone interview with this author in 2011, Vrublevsky said he was convinced that Mikhailov was taking information gathered by Russian government cybercrime investigators and feeding it to U.S.

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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. The DisableAntiSpyware parameter allows disabling the Windows Defender Antivirus in order to deploy another security solution. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN7). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Brute Ratel post-exploitation toolkit has been cracked and now is available in the underground hacking and cybercrime communities. Threat actors have cracked the Brute Ratel C4 (BRC4) post-exploitation toolkit and leaked it for free in the cybercrime underground. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Brute Ratel). in, and Xss[.]is,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In August 2024, several users reported that Dr.Web antivirus detected changes in their TV box system files. Users may also mistakenly believe TV boxes are more secure than smartphones and are less likely to install antivirus software, increasing their risk when downloading third-party apps or unofficial firmware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

The PowerShell code avoids antivirus detection by using Get-Command to execute the payload. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Ukraine) The report includes Indicators of Compromise(IoCs) for this threat along with Snort rules for its detection.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Recommendations include timely patching, using strong and unique passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, implementing security tools to detect abnormal activity, auditing accounts, scanning for open ports, segmenting networks, updating antivirus software, and creating offline backups.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2025

The malware maintains a low detection rate among antivirus solutions due to its minimal permission model and narrow focus on NFC relay attacks. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,malware)

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

When it comes to hacking and cybercrime, sometimes all the focus is on the one who launches the attack. DOJ prosecutors say Oleg Koshkin, a 41-year-old Russian national, operated a crypting service used to conceal Kelihos malware from antivirus software. One of those threat actors was just convicted in a United States courtroom.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. in threads asking for urgent help obtaining access to hacked businesses in South Korea. Vpn-service[.]us

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns, has now using news tactics to evade detection. Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke, that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns in past , has now using news tactics to evade detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

“An important question arising from this analysis is not just how to defend against threats like ToxicPanda but why contemporary antivirus solutions have struggled to detect a threat that is, in technical terms, relatively straightforward. Spain and Peru, at 3.9% and 3.4%, indicate a potential expansion into Latin America.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy. A mix of social engineering, hacking, and abuse of legitimate services makes this style of online crime incredibly effective.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The news of this fast-spreading computer virus dominated headlines, and the creator, Onel de Guzman, was arrested for committing this cybercrime. It’s clear that when technology develops, people find creative ways to cause mass disruption, increasing the need for antivirus protection and firewalls. Lessons learned.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

The discovered infected archives contained an additional executable, with a modified start script tricking victims into disabling antivirus protections. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,SilentCryptoMiner) in a temporary folder.

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