Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service. Throughout 2023, Tornote was hosted with the Russian provider DDoS-Guard , at the Internet address 186.2.163[.]216. io seem like a legitimate website.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The threat actors behind a massive AdSense fraud campaign infected 10,890 WordPress sites since September 2022. In November 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri reported to have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. All these domains can now be found on IP 190[.]115[.]26.9.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). The cybercrime marketplace also continued to get more robust while the barrier to entry for malicious actors continued to drop. What to expect in 2022? Consumers also remain at risk.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot , also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. also support backdoor capabilities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. We have encountered the Eternity products being sold on one such Telegram channel and TOR website.” To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The vulnerability was first reported to ZDI during the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 event. The Mirai botnet that is behind the attacks observed by ZDI is focused on launching DDoS attacks, it has the capability to target Valve Source Engine (VSE). A remote attacker can trigger the issue to inject commands that should be executed on the device.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites. In March, the Lapsus$ cybercrime group claimed that it had obtained “superuser/admin” access to internal systems at Okta. Non-mobile statistics.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2022. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. In late February 2022, we identified two archives submitted from network addresses in Ukraine to an online multi-scanner service. We named this malware Elections GoRansom.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day , with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error. This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by 2025, highlighting the vital need for web hosts to implement staunch security. Gainesville, Fla.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

A DDoS attack took down Finnish govt sites as Ukraine’s President addresses MPs SharkBot Banking Trojan spreads through fake AV apps on Google Play China-linked threat actors target Indian Power Grid organizations A Mirai-based botnet is exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability? million US customers U.S. To nominate, please visit:?

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DDOS Data breaches Marketing Manufacturing 71

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the Russian APT used multiple wipers in attacks aimed at Ukraine, including AwfulShred , CaddyWiper , HermeticWiper , Industroyer2 , IsaacWiper , WhisperGate , Prestige , RansomBoggs , and ZeroWipe. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017.

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Phishing Education Accountability Telecommunications 87

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

Researchers warn of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. Cybersecurity researchers from BlackBerry are warning of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Researchers from FortiGuard Labs first discovered the previously undetected RapperBot IoT botnet in August, and reported that it is active since mid-June 2022. In November, Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. We observed the first sample in June 2022, when it was targeting SSH and not Telnet services. In Q4 2022, we noticed 112k RapperBot infection attempts coming from over 2k unique IP addresses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The final payload, the NetDookaRAT, supports multiple functions such as executing shell commands, performing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, downloading and executing files, logging keystrokes on the infected machine, and performing remote desktop operations. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Cybercrime gang FIN7’s badUSB attacks serve as a reminder of two key vulnerabilities present among all organizations. Of course, when a rogue device executes a malware, ransomware, or DDoS attack, the organization knows it has suffered a breach (although often unaware it originated from a rogue device due to the visibility issue).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

The ransomware operators will launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the victim if it will not respect their rules. The ransom note (README.txt) dropped on the infected machine warns the victims not to contact law enforcement or ask ransomware negotiation firms for help. To nominate, please visit:?

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Ransomware Encryption DDOS Malware 88

Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$ , a relatively new cybercrime group that specializes in stealing data from big companies and threatening to publish it unless a ransom demand is paid. In a blog post published Mar.

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Social Engineering Accountability Mobile Passwords 296

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. The report also sheds light on the growing professionalism of cybercrime groups, with many organising through affiliate programmes.

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