Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. All of a sudden we have infectious email attachments, and compromised third-party sites serving up malware. 2010 Vancouver. There is evidence of malware bouncing around though, in the form of Wiper malware targeting Japanese computers. Not so much.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Information is also out that these unmanned vehicles have sophisticated devices installed in them that can launch cyber attacks such as DDoS and malware after connecting to a wireless network.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). Router-targeting malware. Verdict. %*.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. com account created from that same Internet address under the username “Polkas.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

On June 16, 2010, he was named by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for the DNSSEC root. Dan Kaminsky was very active in the cyber security community, he was a regular speaker at major cybersecurity and hacking conferences, including Black Hat and DEFCON.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

RUSdot is the successor forum to Spamdot , a far more secretive and restricted forum where most of the world’s top spammers, virus writers and cybercriminals collaborated for years before the community’s implosion in 2010. Even today, the RUSdot Mailer is advertised for sale at the top of the RUSdot community forum.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. pro , Hackforums , OpenSC , and CPAElites. “Online[.]io

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., “Yehuo” ( ? ? ) com , buydudu[.]com

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

None of the flaws are known to be currently under active exploitation, but 23 of them could be exploited by malware or malcontents to seize complete control of Windows computers with little or no help from users.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

The payload malware: Sunburst, a heavily-obfuscated backdoor. People tend to focus on the Sunburst malware , the actual backdoor that ended up in the affected update package,” Pericin told me. Out of this comes whitelists and blacklists on which malware filters are based. Granular scrutiny. That’s a good place to be.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Samide and other experts say what’s coming next is very likely to be a series of varied attacks as combatants on all sides leverage footholds gained from ongoing intelligence gathering and malware planting. cyber ops capability is Stuxnet , the self-spreading Windows worm found insinuating itself through Iranian nuclear plants in 2010.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors. The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Threat actors used the consoles to deliver malware and ransomware through an IoT botnet that was also used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “One particular IP was associated with dozens of activities related to the distribution of malware, phishing emails, ransomware, and DDoS attacks.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” What follows is a deep dive into the identity of that Chinese vendor, which appears to have a long and storied history of pushing the envelope on mobile malware. com — were implicated in propagating the Triada malware. net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., “Yehuo” ( ? ? ) com , buydudu[.]com

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SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In our case, a link to a malicious Tor installer was posted on a popular Chinese-language YouTube channel devoted to anonymity on the internet. Visual Studio 2010 – 10.10 Upon startup, the malicious library creates a mutex with the name GlobalTBrowser that prevents two instances of the malware from running at the same time.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct , an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. HOSTING IN THE WIND.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

The system developers weren’t overly preoccupied with security because they had no conception of something called the Internet. With no Internet in existence at the time, the systems were “air gapped” – meaning not connected to other systems or the outside world, for years. The malware targeted the Siemens Spirotec Digital Relay.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

After taking a closer look, we identified the malware used in those attacks as belonging to a family that we call ThreatNeedle. We have seen Lazarus attack various industries using this malware cluster before. Nonetheless, a related malicious document with this malware was retrieved based on our telemetry. Malware implants.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The APT group has been active since at least 2010, Microsoft revealed that the hackers launched spear-phishing using legitimate services, including Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail. ” Through Thallium. ” reads the complaint.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

Due to our dependence on the internet for digital transformation, most people suffer from the risks of cyberattacks. Malware developers have different ways of attacking their victims, and they make their attempts as difficult to identify as they can. Article by Shiela Pulido. But, how is it possible?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Zhukov, aka Nastra, was arrested in Bulgaria, where he had lived since 2010, in November 2018 and was extradited to the US on January 18. . million computers with malware, attackers used thousands of servers and more than 10,000 counterfeit websites to impersonate legitimate web publishers. 2—The KOVTER Malware Scheme.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2010, the National Retail Federation and First Data Corporation conducted a survey targeting small to mid-sized businesses. These Internet thieves have planted malicious software, or malware, in the terminals of computerized cash registers , lifting credit card numbers and passwords. It’s a double whammy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. . Kersten discovered the compromised domains scanning the Internet with Urlscan.io for a known e-skimmer. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target e-stores to steal payment card data with software skimmers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2020

On May 19, 2010, ZDI published an advisory after that threat actors exploited the flaw in the wild in a campaign tracked as “ Operation PowerFall.” .” Splwow64.exe exe is a Windows core system file that allows 32-bit applications to connect with the 64-bit printer spooler service on x64 Windows builds.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

GLIBC keeps common code in one place, thus making it easier for multiple programs to connect to the company network and to the Internet. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. This issue reminds us of the flaw exploited by the Stuxnet malware back in 2010.

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SecureList

JUNE 22, 2021

In 2010, he became Director of our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). One thing we try to do is avoid using the name suggested by the malware authors. You should use a name that has the opposite effect, which may prevent them from producing further malware. What was the craziest discovery you made?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

Onapsis set up honeypots to study the attacks against SAP installs and determined that the following vulnerabilities are being actively scanned for and exploited: • CVE-2010-5326 • CVE-2018-2380 • CVE-2016-3976 • CVE-2016-9563 • CVE-2020-6287 • CVE-2020-6207. ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

A security researcher discovered a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-9206 , that affects older versions of the jQuery File Upload plugin since 2010. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability to carry out several malicious activities, including defacement, exfiltration, and malware infection. ” concludes the expert.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple was notified earlier this month by researchers with Citizen Lab – an internet security watchdog group based at the University of Toronto – that a zero-day vulnerability in its iOS 14.8 Further reading: Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions. News of the nefarious uses of NSO Group’s Pegasus software first surfaced in July.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. This user said they specialize in developing malware, creating computer worms, and crafting new ways to hijack Web browsers.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As cloud computing upends traditional perimeter models of cybersecurity, new cloud security models have emerged, and CWPP was one of the first to appear back in 2010. IDPS recognizes and blocks common threats such as specific malware or intrusion attempts by utilizing a database of known attack patterns (signatures).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. . Anti-virus and anti-malware need to be up-to-date and firewalls strong. The FBI and DHS CISA suggest people report suspected attacks to their local FBI office or to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

He said have only been eight examples of malware specifically written to target operational technology (OT) – as distinct from IT – that runs critical national infrastructure. Stuxnet in 2010 was the first the most recent was CosmicEnergy in 2023. Some were never intended to be connected to the internet.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2019

In 2010, security vendor FireEye identified the Pirpi Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which exploited a then 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Buckeye’s arsenal included several pieces of malware, one of which is the popular DoublePulsar NSA-linked implant and an exploit tool dubbed Bemstour.

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