SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. In fact, the PIN is encrypted in the device upon entry using a variety of encryption schemes and symmetric keys. Sometimes the traffic is not even encrypted. SPSniffer: serial port sniffer allowing capture of not-encrypted traffic.

Malware 139

Malware Banking Software Encryption 139

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

February 2011: Ross Ulbricht Creates the Silk Road Marketplace “I created Silk Road because I thought the idea for the website itself had value, and that bringing Silk Road into being was the right thing to do. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

NopSec

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

I remember at the beginning of my career when I started doing penetration testing engagements, obtaining and exploiting targets using the so-called social engineering techniques was considered cheating. Nowadays, social engineering techniques are widely used in targeted attacks in the wild. since 2008.

Penetration Testing 40

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Wireless Engineering 40

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results. Final thoughts.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Trends of the year.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

It was not until May 2011 that the next major version of BackTrack got released, which also happens to be the last, BackTrack 5. Here is a collection: 2011-05-05: BackTrack 5 - Penetration Testing Distribution 2013-01-19: BackTrack Reborn - Kali Linux Teaser 2015-07-01: Kali 2.0 Things were not as stable as when it was first released.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

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. Instead, hackers know that our mobile devices store a lot of PII, which can be sold on the dark web for profit or re-used in social engineering campaigns. However, the chances of that happening are rather slim.

Banking 98

Banking Mobile Malware Spyware 98

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. Unlike its predecessors, who would only encrypt files, Petya would replace the computer’s master boot record with a ransom note, effectively rendering the computer unusable until a ransom was paid.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140