Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest. The DDoS-for-hire service allegedly operated by Kivimäki in 2012.

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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. In 2013, U.S. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Having policies and procedures to secure social media accounts and minimise the potential for incidents can help. Recently, a client with several different social media accounts and a large team of people working on them approached BH Consulting to review its security and policies around them. Another risk is social media hacking.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. user accounts, 76 thousand.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” These last two nicknames correspond to accounts on several top cybercrime forums way back in 2013, where a user named “Yaroslav2468” registered using the email address yarik45@gmail.com. Prosecutors say Vasinskyi also used the monikers “ Yarik45 ,” and “ Yaroslav2468.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In May 2013, the U.S. Justice Department seized Liberty Reserve , alleging the virtual currency service acted as a $6 billion financial hub for the cybercrime world. “We’re just getting to the point where we have received funds,” the investigator said.

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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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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

.” New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said the Snatch ransomware group was created in 2018, based on Truniger’s recruitment both on Russian language cybercrime forums and public Russian programming boards. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru account and posted as him.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. was shut down by the FBI today, and its suspected administrator – alleged Russian hacker Kirill Victorovich Firsov – was arrested and charged with crimes related to the hacking of U.S. The Russian man also advertised the platform on other hacking forums.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In 2013, Kurittu worked on investigation involving Kivimaki’s use of the Zbot botnet, among other activities Kivimaki engaged in as a member of the hacker group Hack the Planet. Among those who grabbed a copy of the database was Antti Kurittu , a former criminal investigator at the Helsinki Police Department. ”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2022

A malware campaign spreads ZLoader malware by exploiting a Windows vulnerability that was fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix. The threat actors exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2013-3900, that was discovered and fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zloader).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The same rules apply to the criminal underworld, where it’s becoming very obvious that information is the top currency – more valuable even than bank accounts and credit cards. According to Kaspersky, social networks are the top target for cybercriminals because they offer so much more than bank accounts and credit cards.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share of security holes that open the door for security researchers or ne’er-do-wells to liberate or else seize control over already-hacked systems.

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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. By the time the Secret Service caught up with him in 2013, he’d made over $3 million selling fullz data to identity thieves and organized crime rings operating throughout the United States. BEGINNINGS.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million fine for hacking into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The intrusions into the competitor’s systems took place repeatedly between 2013 and 2015. The intrusions into the competitor’s systems took place repeatedly between 2013 and 2015. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. The very first discussion thread started by the new user Microleaves on the forum BlackHatWorld in 2013 sought forum members who could help test and grow the proxy network.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions. This allowed hackers to breach many user accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breaches).

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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 The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2023

As a result of the attack, the criminals gained access to e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and the content of messages collected on accounts,” reads a statement published by the company. “It’s not clear who is behind the LetMeSpy hack or their motives. A copy of the hacked database also appeared online later the same day.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

which is a Shopify-like platform that has been hosting hundreds of online shops used for the sale of hacked accounts and stolen user data. The Russian man also advertised the platform on other hacking forums. platform since October 2013. “The stores were offering for sale a variety hacked and/or compromised U.S.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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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. Davis also provided customer support to Silk Road users in 2013, for this job he received a weekly salary. “From May 2013 up to June 2013, DAVIS served as a forum moderator for Silk Road.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2021

Such is the curse of the fraud fighter known online by the handles “ Brianna Ware ” and “ BWare ” for short, a longtime member of a global group of volunteers who’ve infiltrated a cybercrime gang that disseminates counterfeit checks tied to a dizzying number of online scams. ” SHRINKING FROM THE FIREHOSE?

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

Threat actors are using emails sent from compromised accounts with the subject “bill/payment” with an attachment in the form of a ZIP archive. CERT-UA attributed the campaign to the financially motivated threat actor UAC-0006 which has been active since at least 2013.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2020

Matthew Keys, a former Reuters journalist, who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for hacking attacks on California media is now charged with an attack on a magazine. Keys was accused of providing Anonymous login credentials that allowed the group to deface access and deface the website of the Los Angeles Times in 2013.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

In a classified report cited by Chosun, the US National Intelligence Service (DNI) found that North Korea was financing its ‘priority policies’, such as nuclear and missile development, through cybercrime. correspondent or payable-through account sanctions.” ” continues the announcement. ” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” The defendants are accused to have defrauded the victims between December 2013 and August 2019, they operated with other co-conspirators residing in Estonia, Belarus, and Switzerland. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cryptocurrency fraud scheme). Victims paid more than $575 million to Potapenko and Turõgin’s companies.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

million) were provided before 2013. “We urge all our customers to be vigilant and on the look-out for suspicious behaviour relating to their accounts. The statement also reported that approximately 6.1 million records dating back to at least 2005 were also compromised in the data breach. 94% of these records (5.7

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day, Exploitations Led by Hafnium.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Evaldas Rimasauskas was sentenced to five years of prison for stealing $120 Million from Google and Facebook employees with business email compromise (BEC) attacks carried out between 2013 and 2015. He used multiple bank accounts at banks from Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Latvia to receive the fraudulent payments.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35 organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. That shortfall can be seen in windfall of criminal profits.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S. 25, 2013, two days before Target said the breach officially began, Rescator could be seen in instant messages hiring another forum member to verify 400,000 payment cards that Rescator claimed were freshly stolen.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2021

In a world in which all databases — including hacker forums — are eventually compromised and leaked online, it can be tough for cybercriminals to maintain their anonymity if they’re in the habit of re-using the same unusual passwords across multiple accounts associated with different email addresses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

George Garofano, 26, of North Branford, has been sentenced to eight months in prison, he was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonging to Hollywood celebrities. Garofano also traded the stolen credentials, as well as the information he stole from the victims’ accounts, with other individuals.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Street @jaysonstreet.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 26, 2024

government says Ermakov and the other actors behind the Medibank hack are believed to be linked to the Russia-backed cybercrime gang REvil. “REvil was among the most notorious cybercrime gangs in the world until July 2021 when they disappeared. The Instagram account of Mikhail Borisovich Shefel, aka MikeMike aka Rescator.

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