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. But the identity and whereabouts of Icamis have remained a mystery to this author until recently.

Cybercrime 209

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 209

SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). search for smart devices with the default password in the summer of last year revealed more than 27,000 hits, a similar search in April 2022 returned only 851.

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DDOS Passwords IoT Firmware 88

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Often, they start their journey by stealing an initial set of credentials or somehow spoofing the application or network so they don’t have to use a password at all. Process Injection When threat actors inject malicious code into a standard computing process while it runs, they disguise the malware.

Accountability 97

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. .”

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Hacking Cybercrime Ransomware Government 193

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. How Microsoft Excel is able to decrypt such a content if no password is requested to the end user? The question here was disruptive. Stage4 is pretty interesting per-se.

Malware 87

Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Penetration Testing 87

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.

Energy and Utilities 330

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. In 2010, Assange gained unauthorized access to a government computer system of a NATO country and years later he contacted s LulzSec leader who was working for the FBI and provided him a list of targets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar since 2015 while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. . The malware gains persistence by adding a new registry key to automatically execute the malicious code on system restarts after login.

Backups 97

Backups Malware Mobile Passwords 97

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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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

This and other “nordia@” emails shared a password: “ anna59.” shares several passwords with nordia@list.ru , which Constella says was used to create an account at a religious website for an Anna Kulikova from Samara. ” NORDIA Nordia@yandex.ru At the Russian home furnishing store Westwing.ru, Ms.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. For lateral movement the DCU saw Nickel actors using Mimikatz, WDigest, NTDSDump, and other password dumping tools during attacks. Targets, methods, and techniques.

Hacking 96

Hacking Malware Surveillance Data collection 96

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

-based financial institutions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, predating his involvement in Dyre or the Trickbot Group. Valentin Karyagin has been involved in the development of ransomware and other malware projects. Maksim Mikhailov has been involved in development activity for the Trickbot Group.

Banking 83

Banking Ransomware Cybercrime Malware 83

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. For lateral movement the DCU saw Nickel actors using Mimikatz, WDigest, NTDSDump, and other password dumping tools during attacks. Targets, methods, and techniques.

Hacking 74

Hacking Malware Surveillance Data collection 74

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

Mobile 247

Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 247

SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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. The malware then reflectively loads this DLL and invokes its entry point function. Visual Studio 2010 – 10.10 dll library.

Encryption 134

Encryption Spyware Malware Software 134

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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Malware Phishing Passwords Encryption 132

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The website was used by attackers to redirect traffic to advertising sites that attempted to deliver malware. The features include the redirect functionality, content password protection or image hot link prevention. Researchers at Sucuri are warning Joomla and WordPress websites admins of malicious hypertext access (.htaccess)

Advertising 77

Advertising Malware Antivirus Software 77

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. Building Online Trust.

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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

Mobile 163

Mobile Technology Manufacturing Software 163

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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 (aka DragonFly , Crouching Yeti , TEMP.Isotope, Berserk Bear, TeamSpy , Havex , Koala). printing access badges.

Government 114

Government Hacking Advertising Passwords 114

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . Industroyer , also called CrashOverride , is believed to be the malware that shut down the power grid in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, in December 2016. The malware targeted the Siemens Spirotec Digital Relay.

Energy and Utilities 72

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

According to his LinkedIn profile , Schulte worked for the NSA for five months in 2010 as a systems engineer, after this experience, he joined the CIA as a software engineer and he left the CIA in November 2016. Schulte was identified a few days after WikiLeaks started leaking the precious dumps.

Hacking 112

Hacking Engineering Data breaches Advertising 112

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

Even is HPE has been hacked multiple times since 2010, most of the hack occurred between 2015 and 2017. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. ” continues the report.

Identity Theft 82

Identity Theft Hacking System Administration Advertising 82

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S. The modules also used the Scanline network scanner to find file shares (port 135, Server Message Block, SMB) used to spread malware with administrative passwords, compromised with keyloggers. defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide.

Advertising 68

Advertising Financial Services Malware Government 68

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Turns out it was possible for a threat actor to flood GLIBC with data , take control of it, and then use it as a launch point for stealing passwords, spying on users and attempting to usurp control of other computers. This branch includes families of malware like NotPetya, GLIBC and Shell Shock. Branching attacks.

Hacking 212

Hacking Energy and Utilities System Administration Accountability 212

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. used the password 225948. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S. and admin@stairwell.ru

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Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 230

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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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. Tank, a.k.a. “The Americans were unhappy, and a little surprised.

Banking 268

Banking Small Business Accountability Cybercrime 268

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

review Active Directory password policy. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). CopperStealer Malware infected up to 5,000 hosts per day over the First Three Months of 2021. conduct employee phishing tests.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The malware used in the Target breach included the text string “ Rescator ,” which also was the handle chosen by the cybercriminal who was selling all of the cards stolen from Target customers. For starters, the text string “Rescator” was found in some of the malware used in the Target breach.

Cybercrime 225

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 225

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. Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. jim_rogers: [link].

Cybercrime 220

Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 220

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. Together with our colleagues at InQuest, we present a deep dive technical analysis of the malware. The same way you do in the real world – the market becomes flooded.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka used multiple email addresses and nicknames on several Russian crime forums, but data collected by cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence show that Wazawaka’s alter egos always used one of three fairly unique passwords: 2k3x8x57 , 2k3X8X57 , and 00virtual. DomainTools.com [an advertiser on this site] reports mixfb@yandex.ru

DDOS 263

DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 263

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Threat actors exploited a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539 , in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software, which is self-service password management and single sign-on solution. KdcSponge allows capturing the domain name, username, and password.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Password Management Financial Services Surveillance 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

Stolen records belong to 2 million user records of MyFreeCams Premium members, they include usernames, email addresses, MyFreeCams Token (MFC Token) amounts, and passwords in plain text. In response to the incident, MyFreeCams reset the passwords of impacted users. ” reported CyberNews. ” continues CyberNews.

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Passwords Marketing Accountability Cryptocurrency 89

Google Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Attackers exploit this in a number of ways, ranging from traffic interception and malware sideloading, to sophisticated dragnet surveillance. Moreover, since 2010, security researchers have demonstrated trivial over-the-air interception and decryption of 2G traffic.

Mobile 94

Mobile Risk Wireless Surveillance 94

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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