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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

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. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S.

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Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

Krebs on Security

In December 2013, a Slovenian court sentenced Škorjanc to four years and ten months in prison for creating the malware that powered the ‘ Mariposa ‘ botnet. Prosecutors say McCormick also was a reseller of the Mariposa botnet, the ZeuS banking trojan , and a bot malware he allegedly helped create called “Ngrbot.”

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Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

Krebs on Security

In 2013, Vrublevsky was convicted of hiring his most-trusted spammer and malware writer to launch a crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against one of his company’s chief competitors. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Interestingly enough, the share of adware attacks increased in relation to mobile malware in general. They typically work with malware developers to achieve this.

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Windows Defender identified Chromium, Electron apps as Hive Ransomware

Security Affairs

Microsoft released a Windows Defender update to fix a problem that caused Defender antivirus to identify Chromium, Electron, as malware. It has already happened in the past that the popular antivirus software has identified Chrome as a malicious code, the website The Register reported a similar problem in 2011.

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new strain of malware that is believed to be part of the arsenal of theUS Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency. We therefore named this malware Purple Lambert.”

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.