Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. “Why do I need a certificate?”

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Nonetheless, their behavior is annoying, sometimes even dangerous, and the antivirus alerts users because, despite being legal, they often sneak onto the device without the user realizing. Although they are listed among the most widespread threats and can be used by cybercriminals to cause harm, they are not malicious per se.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

NOTE 1- Sold with the name as SOFTWIN between 1996 to 2001, the software company was renamed as Bitdefender in the year 2007. From then, the company has been offering antivirus software, multi-cloud security, extended detection and response and anti-virus and IoT protection.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

The crooks used malicious emails purporting to be legitimate from such entities as Western Union, Norton AntiVirus and the IRS to spread the malware. ” According to the authorities, the Romanian duo, along with a third co-conspirator who has pled guilty, operated their criminal conspiracy from Bucharest since 2007.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

QBot, also known as Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot, is a Banking Trojan that was first observed in 2007. The post QBOT – A HTML Smuggling technique to target victims appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The experts warn that nation-state actors are adopting TTPs associated with cybercrime gangs to make it hard the attack attribution. “To perform DLL sideloading, BISMUTH introduced outdated versions of various applications, including Microsoft Defender Antivirus. ” Microsoft said. ” continues the report.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In July, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of 16 people connected to the Grandoreiro and Melcoz (aka Mekotio) cybercrime groups. the developers used a third-party ad module that includes the Triada Trojan (detected by Kaspersky’s mobile antivirus as Trojan.AndroidOS.Triada.ef). In version 16.80.0

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