Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Alleged Russian threat actors have been targeting cryptocurrency users in Eastern Europe with Enigma info-stealing malware. A malware campaign conducted by alleged Russian threat actors has been targeting users in Eastern European in the crypto industry. The files pose an interview for a fake cryptocurrency role or job opening.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Researchers warn of threat actors employing a new Go-based malware dubbed Aurora Stealer in attacks in the wild. Aurora Stealer is an info-stealing malware that was first advertised on Russian-speaking underground forums in April 2022. Aurora was offered as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) by a threat actor known as Cheshire.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims. According to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. billion (2 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency from multiple exchanges during the past five years.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2024

perfctl malware targets misconfigured Linux servers to deploy cryptocurrency miners and proxyjacking software in an ongoing campaign. Aqua Nautilus researchers shed light on a Linux malware, dubbed perfctl malware, that over the past 3-4 years targeted misconfigured Linux servers. ” reads the report.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Now, researchers at Volexity have analyzed a new campaign that is likely targeting cryptocurrency users and organizations with a variant of the AppleJeus malware by using malicious Microsoft Office documents. One of the group's preferred tactics is to use trojanized cryptocurrency related apps, like AppleJeus. Lazarus Group.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. Alla Witte’s personal website — allawitte[.]nl

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2024

Huntress researchers observed the JavaScript downloader malware SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates ) that is being used to deliver remote access trojan AsyncRAT and the legitimate open-source project BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client). ” reads the report published by Huntress.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Raccoon Malware is a recently discovered infostealer that can extract sensitive data from about 60 applications on a targeted system. Racoon malware , Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. ” reads the report published by CyberArk.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2024

Cado Security researchers have discovered a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) targeting macOS users dubbed Cthulhu Stealer. Once the user inputs their credentials, the malware stores them in a directory and uses Chainbreak to dump Keychain passwords. ” The malware can steal various types of information from a broad array of sources.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign abusing popular messaging platforms Skype and Teams to distribute the DarkGate malware. The threat actors abused popular messaging platforms such as Skype and Teams to deliver a script used as a loader for a second-stage payload, which was an AutoIT script containing the DarkGate malware.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 16, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered new stealer malware that's designed to specifically target Apple macOS systems. Dubbed Banshee Stealer, it's offered for sale in the cybercrime underground for a steep price of $3,000 a month and works across both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In mid-February 2021, the Department of Justice shared the content of what had been a sealed indictment charging three North Korean (DPRK) hacking “operatives” with a plethora of cybercrimes, including “cyber heists and extortion schemes, targeting both traditional and cryptocurrencies.” Assistant Attorney General John C.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested six individuals for their role in the operations of a cybercrime ring in the country. The six men are believed to be linked to a global cybercrime syndicate. The police found a RAT malware (e.g., Three other Chinese nationals were arrested on Mount Sinai Avenue.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cryptocurrency Fuels Ransomware. One constant in all this will be cryptocurrency, the coin of the realm when it comes to ransomware. Cryptocurrency really is fueling this in a sense. … If you were to take cryptocurrency away from that, they don’t have a convenient digital platform.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

John Hammond, security researcher with Huntress, discusses how financially motivated cybercrooks use and abuse cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Researchers warn of an evasive cryptojacking malware targeting macOS which spreads through pirated applications Jamf Threat Labs researchers reported that an evasive cryptojacking malware targeting macOS was spotted spreading under the guise of the Apple-developed video editing software, Final Cut Pro. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 Operators behind the Squid Game cryptocurrency have exit scam making off with an estimated $2.1 The following graph shows that the cryptocurrency peaked at a price of $2,861 before dropping to $0 around. ” reported GixModo.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2023

Bandit Stealer is a new stealthy information stealer malware that targets numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. Trend Micro researchers discovered a new info-stealing malware, dubbed Bandit Stealer, which is written in the Go language and targets multiple browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

Security researchers warn of a new malware loader that's used as part of the infection chain for the Aurora information stealer. The Aurora infostealer is written in Go and is operated as a malware-as-a-service platform that's advertised on Russian-language cybercrime forums.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The bold author of a new cryptocurrency stealer, dubbed WeSteal, is promising its customers a leading way to make money in 2021. WeSteal is a Python-based malware that uses regular expressions to search for strings related to wallet addresses that victims have copied to their clipboard. There is the name of the malware itself.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

1,894 web injects (overlays of phishing windows) are for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. The phishing windows are meant to steal credentials from banking, cryptocurrency exchange, and e-commerce apps imitating widely-used software, and they are compatible with various Android banking malware.

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SecureList

JUNE 12, 2023

Introduction Stealing cryptocurrencies is nothing new. Since then, stealing cryptocurrencies has continued to occupy cybercriminals. One of the latest additions to this phenomenon is the multi-stage DoubleFinger loader delivering a cryptocurrency stealer. For example, the Mt. recovery phrases).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

The cybercrime gang has been active since at least January 2020. The malware is also able to steal details from cryptocurrency wallets and load additional malware to conduct malicious operations. ZingoStealer uses Telegram chat features to exfiltrate data and distribute malware updates and components.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 and that targets Docker installs. In January 2021, the cybercrime gang launched a new campaign targeting Kubernetes environments with the Hildegard malware. ” reads the analysis published by AT&T. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2023

Experts warn of a new wave of attacks against cryptocurrency entities, threat actors are using a RAT dubbed Parallax RAT for Infiltration. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Uptycs warns of attacks targeting cryptocurrency organizations with the Parallax remote access Trojan (RAT).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Palo Alto Network researchers discovered a new malware, tracked as XBash, that combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new piece of malware, dubbed XBash piece that is targeting both Linux and Microsoft Windows servers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2024

Researchers warn threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to target developers with persistent malware. Checkmarx researchers reported that t hreat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to deliver persistent malware to developers systems. Merely checking for known vulnerabilities is insufficient.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The most common form of cyberattack is malware , a type of software that’s used to break into your computer system. Last year alone, there were more than 6 billion malware attacks detected worldwide. Some of the many forms of malware include: Ransomware : Prevents you from accessing your files, devices or network unless you pay money.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Shefel claims the true mastermind behind the Target and other retail breaches was Dmitri Golubov , an infamous Ukrainian hacker known as the co-founder of Carderplanet, among the earliest Russian-language cybercrime forums focused on payment card fraud. “I’m also godfather of his second son.”

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The Hacker News

MARCH 23, 2022

Vulnerable routers from MikroTik have been misused to form what cybersecurity researchers have called one of the largest botnet-as-a-service cybercrime operations seen in recent years.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Experts warn of a new variant of the RedLine malware that is distributed via emails as fake COVID-19 Omicron stat counter app as a lure. The malicious code can also act as a first-stage malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, RedLine malware). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. The hack of the Maza cybercrime forum was also reported by researchers at Flashpoint.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 7, 2024

If you have been optimistically daydreaming that losses attributed to cybercrime might have reduced in the last year, it's time to wake up. The FBI's latest annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report has just been published, and makes for some grim reading. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2020

The CryptoCore hacker group that is believed to be operating out of Eastern Europe has stolen around $200 million from online cryptocurrency exchanges. Experts from ClearSky states that a hacker group tracked as CryptoCore, which is believed to be operating out of Eastern Europe, has stolen around $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges.

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