SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2022 Internet Crime Report , which reveals the trends and impacts of cybercrime in the United States. The report shows that phishing schemes were the most common type of cybercrime reported by victims in 2022, with 300,497 complaints. billion for BEC attacks.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft on Wednesday said it obtained a court order to seize infrastructure set up by a group called Storm-1152 that peddled roughly 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts and tools through a network of bogus websites and social media pages to other criminal actors, netting them millions of dollars in illicit revenue.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of day-to-day activity needed to support these enterprises is in fact mind-numbingly boring and tedious, and that highlighting this reality may be a far more effective way combat cybercrime and steer offenders toward a better path.

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The Hacker News

MAY 18, 2023

A cybercrime enterprise known as Lemon Group is leveraging millions of pre-infected Android smartphones worldwide to carry out their malicious operations, posing significant supply chain risks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. also is a favored marketplace for people involved in selling phony social media accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

This post explores answers to those questions, as well as some of the ways Trickbot and other organized cybercrime gangs gradually recruit, groom and trust new programmers. Alla Witte’s personal website — allawitte[.]nl nl — circa October 2018. 6 in Miami, Fla. law enforcement agencies. Image: DOJ.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

The X account of cybersecurity giant Mandiant was hacked, attackers used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and push a cryptocurrency scam. Crooks hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam. “Sorry, change password please.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Lapsus$ ransomware hit Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang has compromised the infrastructure of Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal. Source TheRecord. At this time the websites of the company are in maintenance mode. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The price for a stolen account was very cheap, paying a few dollars crooks were able to use it for a specific period. Genesis Market provided access to accounts of the most popular services, including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Gmail, Netflix, PayPal, Spotify, and Zoom.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2023

Embedding malicious links in social media, emails, apps and SMS is making hackers target tech savvy individuals, thus taking this crime industry to a multi-billion-dollar business. The post Hackers shifting cybercrime focus towards smart phones and tablets appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

The experts pointed out that while the majority of zero-days they have discovered in the past were used by APT groups, this zero-day was exploited by a sophisticated cybercrime group. This group is known to have used similar CLFS driver exploits in the past that were likely developed by the same author.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack. E27 described itself as Asia’s largest Tech media platform, it offers Asian technology startup news and a community where members can exchange opinions.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 6, 2023

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has dismantled Genesis Market, an illegal online marketplace that specialized in the sale of stolen credentials associated with email, bank accounts, and social media platforms.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. He acknowledged that the purloined account had the ability to add or modify the advertising creatives that get run on customer ad campaigns.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

They gained access to the social media accounts of some of the biggest names in sports. This included account takeovers of both NFL and NBA players. NFL and NBA social media takeover attack started with phishing. Washington then sold access to the compromised accounts to others for amounts ranging from $500 to $1,000.".

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

While the internet and social media have been very positive for businesses, there remains an inherent risk when it comes to how brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Here are five potential pitfalls of social media marketing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Threat actors are gaining access to AT&T email accounts in an attempt to hack into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Hackers are breaking into the AT&T email accounts and then using the access they are logging into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange accounts to drain their crypto funds, TechCrunch reported.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Department of Defense. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 14, 2023

Open source media player software provider Kodi has confirmed a data breach after threat actors stole the company's MyBB forum database containing user data and private messages. What's more, the unknown threat actors attempted to sell the data dump comprising 400,635 Kodi users on the now-defunct BreachForums cybercrime marketplace.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Popular fast food restaurant chain Chik-fil-A recently said it was investigating reports of "suspicious activity" on customer accounts. Dominic Alvieri, a cybersecurity analyst and security researcher, was one of the first to share this information on social media: Chik-fil-A investigating cyber incident from apparent app breach Wednesday.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Cybercrime gang Lemon Group has managed to get malware known as Guerrilla preinstalled on about 8.9 million Android-based smartphones, watches, TVs, and TV boxes globally, according to Trend Micro. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4 At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, PaperCut ) The post Russian cybercrime group likely behind ongoing exploitation of PaperCut flaws appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Ahead of the U.S. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. LNK) files.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Both are alleged to be part of a larger criminal organization that specializes in using fake emergency data requests from compromised police and government email accounts to publicly threaten and extort their victims. based social media platforms. ” Image: USDOJ. When they raided Singh’s residence on Sept.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your online accounts wherever feasible. The HaveIBeenPwned project, which collects and analyzes hundreds of database dumps containing information about billions of leaked accounts, has incorporated the data into his service. According to a Jan.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The cyber department of Ukraine ‘s Security Service (SSU) dismantled a gang that stole accounts of about 30 million individuals. The gang was offering the stole accounts for sale on the dark web, according to the SSU they earned almost UAH 14 million from the sale. ” reads the press release from SSU. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2023

In a January 2021 discussion on a top Russian cybercrime forum, Matveev’s alleged alter ego Wazawaka said he had no plans to leave the protection of “Mother Russia,” and that traveling abroad was not an option for him. “Mother Russia will help you,” Wazawaka concluded. 17, 1992). .” 17, 1992).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from an account the group uses to pay affiliates. The new restrictions came as some Russian cybercrime forums began distancing themselves from ransomware operations altogether.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Technologies that synthesize realistic fake media, known as deepfakes, are among the newest tools being deployed to enable fraud. Over multiple transactions, the criminals accumulated $25 million transferred to Hong Kong accounts before the company discovered and reported the fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

The costliest cybercrimes were against businesses, involving Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) schemes that added up to U.S. Phishing attacks topped the list of all cybercrimes, totaling 241,342 incidents – more than double the 2019 total of 114,702 – and causing losses of more than U.S. $54 54 million. 146 million in losses.

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