Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. bank accounts. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission.

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 215

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. “This report aims to shed light on some of Pawn Storm’s attacks that did not use malware in the initial stages.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Security experts have a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0 Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. The skip-2.0 by its authors and part of the Winnti Group’s arsenal.”

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There are other protection mechanisms, such as Malware Defense , that can block further threats. Valid Accounts [ T1178 ]. Account Discovery [ T1087 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. Valid Accounts [ T1078 ]. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The malware tries to spread to other hosts on the network by infecting USB drives. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 92

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It was found in the wild in 2007 and since then it has been continually maintained and developed. However, there is another infection vector that involves a malicious QakBot payload being transferred to the victim’s machine via other malware on the compromised machine. Main description. logins, passwords, etc.),

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