Remove 2007 Remove DNS Remove Phishing Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

Trend Micro researchers spotted an elusive threat actor, called Earth Lusca, that targets organizations worldwide via spear-phishing and watering hole attacks. . The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. Both clusters served as a C&C server.

article thumbnail

IT threat evolution Q3 2021

SecureList

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. Moreover, underground forums often feature ads offering to post a malicious link on a popular website or selling tools to generate phishing pages automatically. cents per record). Qakbot banking Trojan.

Malware 101
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Whether perceived or real, a lack of understanding about blockchain technology has slowed the adoption of advanced distributed database technology in the past decade. We’ll look at what blockchain technology is, how its development relates to cybersecurity, and the state of blockchain-based security solutions.

article thumbnail

QakBot technical analysis

SecureList

It was found in the wild in 2007 and since then it has been continually maintained and developed. Hooking module – hooks a hardcoded set of WinAPI and (if they exist) Mozilla DLL Hooking is used to perform web injects, sniff traffic and keyboard data and even prevent DNS resolution of certain domains. Main description.

Passwords 136
article thumbnail

Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. Dateline Cybercrime . Most users are unaffected.