SecureList
JULY 28, 2021
For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to owners of infected devices. The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 11, 2022
Wazawaka spent his early days on Exploit and other forums selling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could knock websites offline for about USD $80 a day. 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.
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Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). The day after that story ran, Ika posted a farewell address to his mates, expressing shock and bewilderment over the apparent compromise of his BlackSEO account. ru under the handle “ r-fac1.”
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 8, 2024
For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. bank accounts. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Once inside a victim company’s bank accounts, the crooks would modify the firm’s payroll to add dozens of “ money mules ,” people recruited through work-at-home schemes to handle bank transfers. “In early October, the Ukrainian surveillance team said they’d lost him,” he wrote.
Krebs on Security
MAY 13, 2024
According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. “Installing SpyEYE, ZeuS, any DDoS and spam admin panels,” NeroWolfe wrote. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. That’s a minor coup for a company launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers for the purposes of granting discounts for veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders.
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