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. The breach is a danger to both FBS and its customers.

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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. dll malware module provides keylogging functionality.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Using LOLBINS, common legitimate pentesting tools, and fileless malware; misleading security researchers by placing false flags—these and other anti-forensic tricks often make threat attribution a matter of luck. The malware spreads through spear-phishing emails with a malicious Microsoft Office document as attachment.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

MI5 said the faked LinkedIn accounts are created and operation by nation-state spy agencies, with an intent to recruit individuals or gather sensitive information. Millions in the UK Targeted by Malware via a DHL Scam Text Message. A favourite sports team accounted for 6% of passwords, while a favourite TV show accounted for 5%.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts that investigated on the crew consider it highly sophisticated. ” Most accounts used to initiate the transactions had a minimal activity or zero balances.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. With the active development of telehealth, medicine will only become a more commonly used bait, just as the digitalization of banks has turned banking phishing into one of the most popularly used types of phishing. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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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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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. The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast.

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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. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past ten years, his contact information has been used to register numerous phishing domains intended to siphon credentials from people trying to transact on various dark web marketplaces. “I used to steal their QIWI accounts with up to $500k in them,” Wazawaka recalled. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 27, 2022

Lazarus Group is one of the most sophisticated North Korean APTs that has been active since 2009. In this campaign, Lazarus conducted spear phishing attacks weaponized with malicious documents that use their known job opportunities theme. We have reported the rogue GitHub account for harmful content. Figure 3: Macros Snippet.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2023

The Guardian, which operates one of the most visited websites in the world, described the incident as a “highly sophisticated cyberattack involving unauthorised third-party access to parts of our network”, most likely triggered by a successful phishing attempt. In 2022, LockBit was used in 31% of known attacks globally, 3.5

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In tandem with the physical strikes against Ukraine, a piece of wiper malware first detected by researchers at Symantec and ESET had already begun targeting organizations in Ukraine. Current analyses of HermeticWiper reveal that the malware is being delivered in highly-targeted attacks in Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Vendors continue to develop new features to address an existing number of security risks for databases: Data corruption or loss Inappropriate access Malware, phishing, and other cyberattacks Security vulnerabilities or configuration problems Denial of service attacks. Also Read: With So Many Eyeballs, Is Open Source Security Better?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2021

New Year's Postcard Malware) ". I was reminded of 2009 and told "The Russians are protecting him.". 10APR2013 - " New Spam Attack accounts for 62% of our spam! ". 17APR2013 - " Boston Marathon explosion spam leads to Malware " . 16AUG2016 - " Kelihos botnet sending geo-targeted Desjardins Phish to Canadians ".

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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. There are several interesting takeaways from this phishing campaign.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information.

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