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Law enforcement shutdown a long-standing DDoS-for-hire service

Security Affairs

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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Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox exchange and operating BTC-e

Security Affairs

The BTC-e virtual currency is popular in the cybercrime underground because it was used by crooks to launder funds for illegal activities. In accordance with these requests, between in or about March 2012 and in or about April 2013, the New York Bitcoin Broker allegedly transferred more than approximately $6.6 ” reads the DoJ.

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New ZLoader malware campaign hit more than 2000 victims across 111 countries

Security Affairs

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.

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FBI shuts down the Russian-based hacker platform DEER.IO

Security Affairs

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. companies for customers’ personal information.” 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. platform since October 2013. ” “Deer.io

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LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack

Krebs on Security

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

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3 of the Worst Data Breaches in the World That Could Have Been Prevented

Security Affairs

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. Organizations must have a robust password policy.

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CERT-UA warns of an ongoing SmokeLoader campaign

Security Affairs

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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