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Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan?

Krebs on Security

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. NetWire has been sold openly on the same website since 2012: worldwiredlabs[.]com. org , also registered in 2012.

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Krebs on Security

The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon , whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. Holden has long maintained visibility into cryptocurrency transactions made by BriansClub. The links have been redacted.

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Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services

Krebs on Security

They accept payment via PayPal, Google Wallet, and/or cryptocurrencies, and subscriptions can range in price from just a few dollars to several hundred per month. ” In such assaults, the perpetrators leverage unmanaged Domain Name Servers (DNS) or other devices on the Web to create huge traffic floods.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

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Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. During that time, it had effectively evaded analysis and had previously been misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner.

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DDoS attacks in Q2 2021

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It is linked to a vulnerability in DNS resolvers that allows amplification attacks on authoritative DNS servers. Attacks on DNS servers are dangerous because all the resources they serve become unavailable, regardless of their size and level of DDoS protection. The bug was named TsuNAME. Quarter trends.

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