SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2021

And with the staggering rise in ransomware attacks in 2020 and 2021, most hackers demand ransom payment to be made in Bitcoin. The bulk of this cryptocurrency came from darknet marketplaces and was tied to illegal narcotics, computer fraud and abuse activities, and identity theft.".

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Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Advertising Internet 52

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Given how lucrative and necessary both sectors are to daily life, they make prime targets for ransomware. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., One particularly potent emergent technology for scammers is blockchain and the related cryptocurrency and NFTs.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

The term was first used by Brian Krebs in 2011 after a proof of concept was conducted at DEF CON by Wall of Sheep. There are many categories of malware that cybercriminals could install through juice jacking, including adware, cryptominers, ransomware, spyware, or Trojans. Consider any random technology left behind as suspect.

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Mobile Banking Malware Spyware 98

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. It stole credentials for various financial systems including online banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in Brazil. Mobile ransomware Trojans.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns).

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Malware DNS Encryption Banking 47

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Much of my reporting on Vrublevsky’s cybercrime empire came from several years worth of internal ChronoPay emails and documents that were leaked online in 2010 and 2011. me , which included a copyright credit to “Hot Spot 2011.” Pavel Vrublevsky’s former Facebook profile photo. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 231

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

H2 2019 has proved the tendency of past several years: mail remains the main method of delivering ransomware, spyware, backdoors and other malware, being used by cyber crooks in 94 percent of cases. Balance of power. Figure 2 The map of major web phishing-hosting countries. Malware delivery: what’s on the menu?

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Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 56

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The majority of the data extracted from the victims will likely reach the underground dark markets soon, but for this latest portion of infected hosts the risk is even higher: the operator will likely try to sell access to these servers and enterprise machines to even more dangerous thirds parties, including well-known ransomware operators.

Malware 83

Malware Social Engineering Encryption Marketing 83

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Ransomware, for example, usually doesn’t self-replicate. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. The 2010s and early 2020s have been marked by an increased prevalence in ransomware attacks. Copycat ransomware like TorrentLocker and CryptoWall starting springing up. This isn’t necessarily true of other types of malware.

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices. In what way, remains to be seen.

Cybersecurity 75

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 75

Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2022

prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. After Berezan was extradited to the United States in December 2020, investigators searching his electronic devices said they found “significant evidence of his involvement in ransomware activity.” Department of Justice.

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