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“FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

Krebs on Security

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity briefly profiled “ The Manipulaters ,” the name chosen by a prolific cybercrime group based in Pakistan that was very publicly selling spam tools and a range of services for crafting, hosting and deploying malicious email. ” The IT network of The Manipulaters, circa 2013. Image: Facebook.

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Threat actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018

Security Affairs

Security researchers from the Cisco Talos team uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting the aviation industry for two years avoiding detection. Security researchers from Cisco Talos uncovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting, dubbed Operation Layover, that targeted the aviation industry for two years without being detected.

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Why We Still Haven’t Learned From the Target Data Breach a Decade Later

Security Boulevard

Most of these steps could’ve been blocked with the aid of DNS protection. With cybercrime at record levels, businesses are on guard against a constantly growing number and variety of threats. In 2013, Ariba had known vulnerabilities, and using an SQL injection attack to gain access to the system wouldn’t have been difficult.

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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. us began in September 2013 as a forum for learning and teaching how to hack accounts at Runescape, an MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy realm where players battle for kingdoms and riches.

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DeathStalker targets legal entities with new Janicab variant

SecureList

Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on MacOS and Windows operating systems. Based on our telemetry, the delivery mechanism remains spear phishing. On the network, the threat actor’s use of a C2 IP address instead of domain names remains a prime method of bypassing DNS-based security controls.

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APT trends report Q1 2022

SecureList

We found overlaps in the infrastructure used by a tunneling tool used by the actor and several possible phishing websites set up within the above time frame. The attack targets victims with spear-phishing emails containing malicious OOXML files.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Tabriz has led Google Chrome’s security since 2013, which extends to managing Product, Engineering, and UX today. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Parisa Tabriz | @laparisa.