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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

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If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. biz , a long-running crypting service that is trusted by some of the biggest names in cybercrime.

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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

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AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. An example of a cracked software download site distributing Glupteba. Image: Google.com.

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Russian Govt. Continues Carding Shop Crackdown

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The crackdown — the second closure of major card fraud shops by Russian authorities in as many weeks — comes closely behind Russia’s arrest of 14 alleged affiliates of the REvil ransomware gang , and has many in the cybercrime underground asking who might be next. K’s message for Trump’s Dumps users.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

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” 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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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

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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.