Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Experts reported that since April, the Phorpiex botnet sent millions of phishing emails to spread LockBit Black ransomware. The ZIP archives contain a compressed executable payload that, if executed, will start the encryption process with LockBit Black ransomware. ” states the report published by the NJCCIC. 177 and 185[.]215[.]113[.]66.

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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2022

In December 2021, researchers discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service named ALPHV (a.k.a. “ BlackCat “), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a ransomware strain written in the Rust programming language. Image: Varonis. Image: Varonis. The upshot? ” Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2022

Ransomware is defined as a type of malware that blocks access to data until a sum of money is paid. This niche type of cybercrime is now big business due to the rise of cryptocurrency and the ransomware as a…. The post Top Ransomware Detection Techniques appeared first on LogRhythm.

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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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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The German police in cooperation with the US Secret Service have executed search warrants against suspected members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group in Germany and Ukraine. Cryptocurrency investigators use specialized strategies to track down criminals. Although cryptocurrency is anonymous, that doesn't mean it's untraceable.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. Qakbot/Qbot was once again the top malware loader observed in the wild in the first six months of 2023.

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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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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 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

APRIL 28, 2024

Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted (..)

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SecureList

JUNE 12, 2023

Introduction Stealing cryptocurrencies is nothing new. Attackers such as those behind the Coinvault ransomware were after your Bitcoin wallets , too. Since then, stealing cryptocurrencies has continued to occupy cybercriminals. Victims & Attribution We found several pieces of Russian text in the malware.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 2, 2020

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. Over the past 24 hours, the crooks responsible for spreading the ransom malware “REvil” (a.k.a. A partial screenshot from the REvil ransomware group’s Dark Web blog.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) has revealed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is doing its best to become the New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) of ransomware. The CSA provides updates to earlier alerts of malicious cyber actor activities involving DPRK ransomware campaigns—namely Maui and H0lyGh0st ransomware.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security told reporters on Wednesday the trio’s activities involved extortion, phishing, direct attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks, as well as malicious applications that masqueraded as software tools to help people manage their cryptocurrency holdings.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 27, 2023

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it has successfully taken down the HIVE ransomware network, an international cybercrime ring that had been responsible for stealing and encrypting the data of more than 1,500 companies from 80 different countries. Cybercrime is a constantly evolving threat.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current threat actor activity is incentivized by a broad attack surface represented through high volumes of users and systems, and high potential profits represented through the variety of cryptocurrency offerings. It is easy to detect and block things like malicious cryptocurrency apps or crypto-phishing websites.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

French police arrested a Russian national who is suspected of laundering money resulting from the criminal activity of the Hive ransomware gang. The French authorities arrested in Paris a Russian national who is suspected of laundering criminal proceeds for the Hive ransomware gang. anti-cybercrime (Ofac).”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. Image: Malwarebytes. The GandCrab identity on Exploit[.]in

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Client-side attacks on the wane.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If you’ve used a computer for more than 5 minutes, you probably know a thing or two about computer viruses and malware. On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Though often conflated with one another, malware and computer viruses aren’t necessarily the same thing. Looking to Protect Yourself Against Malware?

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

Eight Names of Ransomware Actors Revealed, So What? records on Chinese users Charges and Seizures Brought in Fraud Scheme Aimed at Denying Revenue for Workers Associated with North Korea U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The source code for the KPot information stealer was put up for auction and the REvil ransomware operators want to acquire it. The authors of KPot information stealer have put its source code up for auction , and the REvil ransomware operators will likely be the only group to bid. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Biden administration announced it will work with 30 countries, including NATO allies and G7 partners, to curb global cybercrime. President Joe Biden announced that the US will work with 30 countries to curb cybercrime and dismantle ransomware gangs that are targeting organizations worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

The Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi (24), aka Rabotnik, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and must pay $16 million in restitution for conducting numerous ransomware attacks and extorting victims. Vasinskyi is a REvil ransomware affiliate since at least March 1st, 2019. Vasinskyi was extradited to the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In a public announcement , Free Download Manager has acknowledged that a specific web page on its site was compromised by a Ukrainian cybercrime group, exploiting it to distribute malware. All the Free Download Manager users who downloaded FDM for Linux between 2020 and 2022 should scan their computers for malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Kaspersky, we constantly monitor the financial cyberthreat landscape, which includes threats to financial institutions, such as banks, and financially motivated threats, such as ransomware, that target a broader range of industries. We highlighted the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and anticipated an increase in crypto scams.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2021

According to a press release issued by Ukrainian authorities, law enforcement officials also shut down infrastructure that was used to spread the cybercrime gang’s ransomware, which was first spotted in February of 2019 as a new variant of the Cryptomix family. Instead, the arrests involved money launderers, Intel 471 said.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2022

A former Canadian government IT worker admitted to being a high-level member of the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. to charges related to his involvement with the Russian cybercrime group NetWalker. and EU law enforcement authorities allowed the seizure of the leak sites used by NetWalker ransomware operators.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 2, 2021

You’ve likely heard of ransomware, the highly profitable cybercrime through which malicious actors gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and hold it hostage in exchange for a ransom, typically paid in cryptocurrency. With that in mind, you’re likely wondering “What is ransomware as a service?” What is […].

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

While the fight against cybercrime can seem like an impossibly huge challenge to overcome—and if we're being honest, it really is—these victories over cybercriminals will continue to add up and make a difference in the long run. Technical details of BlackCat ransomware. est.bat – copies the ransomware to other locations.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. Prevalence. A typical attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Talos researchers observed a financially motivated threat actor using a new ransomware dubbed MortalKombat and a clipper malware named Laplas. “The initial infection vector is a phishing email in which the attackers impersonate CoinPayments, a legitimate global cryptocurrency payment gateway. net] Payment Timed Out.””

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SecureList

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Cybercriminals try to capitalize on their victims in every possible way by distributing various types of malware designed for different platforms. In recent months, we have written private reports on a wide range of topics, such as new cross-platform ransomware, macOS stealers and malware distribution campaigns.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Introduction As a cybersecurity company, Kaspersky is constantly dealing with known and brand-new malware samples. A good example of this is GoPIX, a malware campaign that has been active since December 2022. If they click such a link, a redirection follows, with the user ending up on the malware landing page.

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