Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Security experts from Symantec have discovered a malware, tracked as FastCash Trojan , that was used by the Lazarus APT Group , in a string of attacks against ATMs. The ATP group has been using this malware at least since 2016 to siphon millions of dollars from ATMs of small and midsize banks in Asia and Africa.

Banking 107

Banking Hacking Malware Advertising 107

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2018

Security researchers at Intezer and McAfee have conducted a joint investigation that allowed them to collect evidence that links malware families attributed to North Korean APT groups such as the notorious Lazarus Group and Group 123. Each node represents a malware family or a hacking tool (“ Brambul ,” “ Fallchill ,” etc.)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. The activity of the Zinc APT group, aka Lazarus , surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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Malware Phishing Antivirus Hacking 123

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Scan4you is a VirusTotal like online multi-engine antivirus scanning service that could be used by vxers to test evasion abilities of their malware against the major antiviruses. A second customer used Scan4you to contribute to the development of infamous Citadel malware that caused over $500 million in fraud-related losses.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

“Once the malicious document is opened, the malware is dropped and proceeds to the next stage of the deployment process. 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.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Threat actors used a network of fake profiles to get in contact with researchers of interest.

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Malware Antivirus Hacking Accountability 112

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

District Court for the District of New Jersey charging Kovalev with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and eight counts of bank fraud in connection with a series of intrusions into victim bank accounts held at various U.S.-based based financial institutions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, predating his involvement in Dyre or the Trickbot Group.

Banking 83

Banking Ransomware Cybercrime Malware 83

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2021

According to Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence team, the suspect, dubbed Dr HeX by Group-IB based on one of the nicknames that he used, has been active since at least 2009 and is responsible for a number of cybercrimes, including phishing, defacing, malware development, fraud, and carding that resulted in thousands of unsuspecting victims.

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Cybercrime Phishing Banking Telecommunications 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

“ Two Chinese nationals were charged with laundering over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hack of a cryptocurrency exchange. ” The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. million from another exchange.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Accountability 97

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2017, a hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers stolen malware and hacking tools from the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group , then it published online the data dump called “ Lost in Translation.” The DarkUniverse has been active at least from 2009 until 2017. The updater. The glue30.dll “The glue30.dll

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries. A German User’s Account. An Australian User’s Account. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Account Takeover. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Microsoft Exchange). Who is FBS.

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Passwords Accountability Media Identity Theft 122

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

. “A collaborative investigation with two of the affected European companies allowed us to gain insight into the operation and uncover previously undocumented malware.” The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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Advertising Malware Passwords Accountability 74

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign delivering the Qbot malware to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 99

Banking Malware Advertising Financial Services 99

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The US-CERT has released a joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and the Treasury warning about a new ATM cash-out scheme, dubbed “ FASTCash ,” being used by the prolific North Korean APT hacking group known as Hidden Cobra (aka Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace).

Banking 87

Banking Retail Advertising Malware 87

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At the time, DoJ accused Penchukov of coordinating the exchange of stolen banking credentials and money mules and received alerts once a bank account had been compromised. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zeus). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 90

Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft Hacking 90

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2019

The APT3 cyberespionage group had been active since at least 2009 and its last operation was uncovered in mid-2017. In November 2017, US authorities charged three China-based hackers for stealing sensitive information from US-based companies, including Siemens AG, and accessing a high-profile email account at Moody’s.

Advertising 75

Advertising Hacking Cyber threats Malware 75

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JabberZeus crew’s name is derived from the malware they used, which was configured to send them a Jabber instant message each time a new victim entered a one-time password code into a phishing page mimicking their bank. Your payroll accounts have been hacked, and you’re about to lose a great deal of money. Tank, a.k.a.

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Banking Small Business Accountability Cybercrime 269

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. SecurityAffairs – PLATINUM APT, hacking). “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Encryption Government Advertising Cyber Attacks 69

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The feds allege Aqua led an elite cybercrime ring with at least 16 others who used advanced, custom-made strains of malware known as “ JabberZeus ” and “ Bugat ” (a.k.a. Your payroll accounts have been hacked, and you’re about to lose a great deal of money. Here’s where it got interesting.

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Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 222

SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. Vulnerabilities like the one mentioned above enable cybercriminals to hack into users’ devices, and steal their most sensitive data, that is, medical information. Moreover, it’s likely that cybercriminals will try to hack telehealth services.

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Phishing Healthcare IoT Authentication 124

Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. It remains unclear how many individuals were active in the core GandCrab malware development team. of GandCrab.

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Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Passwords 255

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

But in more recent years, Wazawaka has focused on peddling access to organizations and to databases stolen from hacked companies. In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces. “Come, rob, and get dough!,”

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DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 264

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and was released for public use as open-source software in 2009. Cryptocurrency is accounted for in wallets. One misconception about cryptocurrency is that threat actors hack cryptocurrencies or blockchains themselves – this is not true. DEXs enable transactions on specific blockchains.

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Cyber Attacks Cryptocurrency Marketing Software 98

Schneier on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

He has been in charge of XZ Utils since he wrote it in 2009. We don’t know by whom, but we have account names: Jia Tan, Jigar Kumar, Dennis Ens. And, at least in 2022, he’s had some “ longterm mental health issues. ” (To be clear, he is not to blame in this story. This is a systems problem.) They’re not real names.

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Software Engineering Internet Internet 332

Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2023

We can account for the difference in the size of countries' economies by dividing the number of known ransomware attacks by a country's nominal GDP , which gives us an approximate rate of attacks per $1T of economic output. In other words, on this measure, ransomware gangs appear to make no distinction between the UK and the USA.

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Ransomware Education Accountability Backups 67

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

However, the only actors that deliver the entire narrative of a cyberattack – discussing accountability and international law – are nation states. Cyber attribution is a necessary step to accountability in cyberspace. [2] By covert means, we refer to signals intelligence, illegal wiretapping and sometimes even plain hacking.

Energy and Utilities 89

Energy and Utilities Data collection Malware Cybersecurity 89

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2018

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. And with good reason — sex sells (the second most-read piece here was my 2015 scoop about the Ashley Madison hack ).

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Phishing Scams Passwords Password Management 143

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

Meanwhile, details of Alexsey Belan’s Russian-backed escapades came to light in March 2017 when the FBI indicted Belan and three co-conspirators in connection with hacking Yahoo to pilfer more than 500 million email addresses and gain deep access to more than 30 million Yahoo accounts. presidential elections.

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IoT Hacking Banking Government 171