Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

VPN 312

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 312

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. The Russian national Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin was sentenced to 88 months in prison in the United States for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. Source: US Defense Watch.com.

Identity Theft 104

Identity Theft Cybercrime Advertising Hacking 104

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Riley Kilmer is co-founder of Spur.us , a company that tracks thousands of VPN and proxy networks, and helps customers identify traffic coming through these anonymity services. ” MRMURZA Faceless is a project from MrMurza , a particularly talkative member of more than a dozen Russian-language cybercrime forums over the past decade.

Malware 243

Malware Passwords Accountability Advertising 243

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

The Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin found guilty for LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring data breach back in 2012 and the sale of their users’ data. A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces.

Hacking 73

Hacking Cybercrime Data breaches Advertising 73

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. All of these domains date back to between 2012 and 2013. com and wwwpexpay[.]com. com , and portalsagepay[.]com.

Ransomware 305

Ransomware Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 305

SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Spanish-speaking activity See above, “The most remarkable findings” Middle East Dark Caracal, a highly skilled threat group operating with nation-state level capabilities, has been conducting cyber-espionage campaigns since at least 2012. We have also seen a campaign from a newly discovered threat actor, BadRory.

Government 109

Government Malware VPN Manufacturing 109

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2019

The remote destination address 185.244.30.93, belonging to “Stajazk VPN” services, hosts the control server reachable on port tcp/9888. The usage of the VPN service hides the real location of the attacker, however, the specific IP isn’t new to the threat intel community, it has been abused since october 2018. Conclusions.

Malware 80

Malware VPN Advertising InfoSec 80