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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

From the forum’s inception until around 2008, Djamix was one of its most active and eloquent contributors. ru at DomainTools.com reveals this address has been used to register at least 10 domain names since 2008. Some of those photos date back to 2008. “In order to ESCAPE the law, you need to KNOW the law.

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Cyber Threats: The Financial System’s Top Risk

CyberSecurity Insiders

With cyber attacks against financial and banking institutions now a daily occurrence, cyber threats have become the biggest risk to the global financial system, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The chances of a financial collapse akin to 2008 are “very low,” he said.

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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

Krebs on Security

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , that dark_cl0ud6@hotmail.com address has been used in conjunction with the handle “ DCReavers2 ” to register user accounts on a half-dozen English-language cybercrime forums since 2008, including Hackforums , Blackhatworld, and Ghostmarket. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot.

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Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

Krebs on Security

Spanish for “Butterfly,” Mariposa was a potent crime machine first spotted in 2008. Prosecutors say McCormick also was a reseller of the Mariposa botnet, the ZeuS banking trojan , and a bot malware he allegedly helped create called “Ngrbot.” An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

bank accounts. 2008, wherein he addresses forum members with the salutation, “Hello Gentlemen Scammers.” Those clients included crooks using malware like Zeus , SpyEye , Citadel and the Blackhole exploit kit to build botnets and steal banking credentials. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission.

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 Is Bitcoin Safe? Things to Consider Before Investing

Heimadal Security

Back in 2008, a group that went by the name of Satoshi Nakomoto came up with an idea that would forever change the very notion of banking. First and foremost, Bitcoin came out as an antagonist to centralized banking. That idea came with– Bitcoin. What if the purpose of Bitcoin? In all intents and purposes, […].

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Black Basta ransomware operators leverage QBot for lateral movements

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QBot, aka Qakbot and Pinkslipbot , has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials and other financial information from the victims. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. .