CSO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s according to a report from the BBC which claimed that children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details have been stolen by notorious cybercrime group Vice Society, known for disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks in the UK and other countries.

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Data breaches Education Cybercrime Ransomware 118

Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. Over the past decade, both Glupteba and AWM Proxy have grown substantially. But on Dec.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The threat actors shared a portion of the stolen data with TechCrunch as proof of the hack, it includes records on current and former government officials, diplomats, and politically exposed people. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

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Risk Spyware Hacking Accountability 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Over the past decade, I have recovered tens of thousand stories focusing mainly on cybercrime, information warfare, hacktivism and computer security. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Security Affairs). I have a lot of surprises for you.

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Cybercrime Hacking Cybersecurity Data breaches 92

Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

The transnational cybercrime ring was engaged in the mass acquisition and sale of fraud-related goods and services, including stolen identities, compromised credit card data, and computer malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Telusma pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy on October 13, 2021.

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Cybercrime Hacking Malware Cybersecurity 127

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. com (2017). com and wwwpexpay[.]com.

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Ransomware Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 286

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

” MRMURZA Faceless is a project from MrMurza , a particularly talkative member of more than a dozen Russian-language cybercrime forums over the past decade. MrMurza’s Faceless advertised on the Russian-language cybercrime forum ProCrd. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com. In 2013, U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The malware allows operators to steal login credentials from popular services such as social media platforms and cryptocurrency wallets, then stolen data is sold on cybercrime forums by the operators. To prevent infections from malware like Cryptbot, Cybercrime Support Network recommends users to Download from well-known and trusted sources.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). million withdrawn.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). million withdrawn. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 million transactions between 957,079 users, totaling about $1.2

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Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

Ngo got his treasure trove of consumer data by hacking and social engineering his way into a string of major data brokers. O’Neill said he opened the investigation into Ngo’s identity theft business after reading about it in a 2011 KrebsOnSecurity story, “ How Much is Your Identity Worth? BEGINNINGS.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach) The post Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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Penetration Testing Ransomware Firewall Social Engineering 88

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

FinCEN analyzed a data set composed of 2,184 SARs filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021 and identified 177 CVC (convertible virtual currency) wallets addresses that were used in ransomware operations associated with the above ransomware variants. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinCEN). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

The source code of the Zeus Trojan is available in the cybercrime underground since 2011 allowing crooks to develop their own release since. SecurityAffairs – Silent Night, hacking). Experts found multiple variants in the wild, many of them belonging to the Terdot Zbot/Zloader malware family. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The French court acquitted Vinnik of charges of extortion and association with a cybercrime organization. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Alexander Vinnik). million withdrawn.

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Cryptocurrency Hacking Ransomware Cybercrime 89

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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DNS Antivirus Cryptocurrency Software 96

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet). Google researchers also shared Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for the Glupteba botnet.

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Backups Advertising Accountability Malware 109

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Protect your website from hackers and cybercrime. Hacktivist Group AnonOpsIndia Hacks BSNL Website, Days After Hacking Nation’s PAN Database. Prior to the BSNL hack, AnonOpsIndia, usually referred as “Anonymous India,” has already compromised the nation’s PAN database and a coal-sector website last week.

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Cybersecurity Surveillance Cyber Attacks Government 52

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “ Evil Corp ” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers.

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Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 212

Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2019

According to FBI, between February of 2011 and July 2013, Silk Road managed $1.2 SecurityAffairs – Dark Web, cybercrime). billion worth of transactions for 957,079 users, the total earning for Ulbricht was nearly $80 million. Silk Road was an online black market of unprecedented scope.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Marketing Advertising Cybercrime Information Security 72

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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Spyware Banking Data breaches Mobile 41

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing site that was founded in 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, YTStealer). A Google image search using the icon returned some results with the same image. All the results were under the domain aparat[.]com. The image matched was used as a profile picture for a user on the site. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Authentication Software Accountability 96

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Vinnik is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking). million withdrawn. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Advertising Media Hacking Government 57

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Berman said: “Silk Road was a secret online marketplace for illegal drugs, hacking services, and a whole host of other criminal activity. According to FBI , between February of 2011 and July 2013, Silk Road managed $1.2 Security Affairs – Tor, cybercrime). “Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Advertising Marketing Cybercrime Hacking 84

Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

According to the cyber intelligence company Intel 471 , a user named Acidut with the email address iulyan87_4u@gmail.com had an active presence on almost a dozen shadowy money-making and cybercrime forums from 2010 to 2017, including BlackHatWorld , Carder[.]pro pro , Hackforums , OpenSC , and CPAElites.

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Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 208

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. issued international arrest warrant for his extradition.

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Cybercrime Malware Antivirus Banking 38

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Russia, France, and the United States, where Vinnik is charged with different hacking crimes. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 The decision of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece has overruled previous ones that were taken by other Greek courts.

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Advertising Media Government Cryptocurrency 77

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

In particular, recent investigations were able to identify four of them: the ARestore escalation tool, the backdoor, and other publicly available toolkits such as Advanced_Port_Scanner and a particular popular Chinese hack tool. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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Ransomware Software System Administration Encryption 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Researchers were able to detect the first Canary bot attack after noticing a Safari browser version from 2011 changing IP addresses on a daily basis and that originate from cloud and colocation services. . SecurityAffairs – carding bots, hacking). ” continues the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Mobile Advertising Retail Hacking 72

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. Security Affairs – cybercrime, Ramnit botnet). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware DNS Encryption Banking 46

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 217

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

During the carnival of 2016, a Brazilian bank realized that their ATMs had been hacked, with all the cash contained in those machines stolen. The backdoor would allow the attacker to empty the ATM socket by launching the malware interface and typing a code supplied by the mastermind, the code being specific to each ATM being hacked.

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Malware Banking Software Encryption 95

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 178

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I launched Security Affairs for passion in November 2011 and since then the blog was visited by tens of millions of readers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybersecurity). Happy BirthDay Security Affairs! Eleven years together! I wish you and your families all the best. Sincerely, Thank you! Pierluigi Paganini.

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