Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Estrada said Qakbot has been implicated in 40 different ransomware attacks over the past 18 months, intrusions that collectively cost victims more than $58 million in losses.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. “North Korea’s intelligence apparatus controls a hacking team dedicated to robbing banks through remote internet access.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.” ” reads the press release published by Kaspersky.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division leads the nation’s efforts to investigate and prosecute internet crimes. Tavakoli said the FBI report mentions Mimikatz, a tool created in 2007. health care and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 911 dispatch centers, and municipalities.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. This made a lot of sense, especially in the earlier days of the Internet where cybersecurity measures were nowhere near as robust as they are today. since Q3 of 2007.

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Errata Security

MARCH 20, 2021

My definition: "Something new that can be traded on a blockchain that isn't a fungible cryptocurrency". Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, ZCash, and Ethereum are also "fungible tokens". The term "darknet" refers to various systems on the Internet other than the web. So what is it? You can pay your bar bill with any dollars.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2021

The auction was concluded with a payment of $69 million worth of Ether cryptocurrency. My definition: "Something new that can be traded on a blockchain that isn't a fungible cryptocurrency". Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, ZCash, and Ethereum are also "fungible tokens". Christies created an auction for this token. So what is it?

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