Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

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. In October 2012, the WorldWiredLabs domain moved to another dedicated server at the Internet address 198.91.90.7,

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Hot for Security

JUNE 2, 2021

The DOJ claimed this illegal operation drove profits exceeding $17 million since October 2013, with a turnover of at least $1.2 Stopping that flow of stolen information to criminals is critical to addressing the cybercrime threats facing our country, and we will prosecute those who are responsible.”. million from victims in the US.

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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. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. pro , Hackforums , OpenSC , and CPAElites.

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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. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Darknet marketplace was a crucial service for drug trafficking in the cybercrime underground for several years. . ” The DiDW Darknet marketplace first appeared on the threat landscape in 2013. . ” The DiDW Darknet marketplace first appeared on the threat landscape in 2013. ” continues the announcement.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. File encryption 2013 – 2015.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. platform since October 2013. was the largest centralized platform, which promoted and facilitated the sale of compromised social media and financial accounts, personally identifiable information (PII) and hacked computers on the Internet. ” “Deer.io

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

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

With cybercrime at record levels, businesses are on guard against a constantly growing number and variety of threats. Tales From the Breach: What Organizations Are (and Aren’t) Doing The 2013 Target data breach was a watershed moment within the cybersecurity landscape. So how did the attacker gain access?

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

The man is suspected to have carried out malvertising campaigns between October 2013 through May 2018. “This ‘malvertising’ scheme is especially dangerous because it uses online ads to target millions of unsuspecting Internet users engaged in activities as routine as booking their next vacation.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In its annual Data Breach Investigations Report , published at the beginning of 2013, Verizon revealed that businesses with fewer than 100 employees made up the single largest group of victims of data breaches. Early in 2013, Chinese hackers were easily able to breach the extensive defenses the Times had in place.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000 CVE-2018-10561, CVE-2018-10562 GPON home routers CVE-2013-3307 Linksys X3000 1.0.03 d26m CVE-2013-5223 D-Link DSL-2760U Gateway CVE-2020-8958 Guangzhou 1GE ONU V2801RW 1.9.1-181203 Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier CVE-2016-1555 Netgear WN604 before 3.3.3 CVE-2016-6277 NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta,

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). Stay safe and secure.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is. Cybercrime Support Network's FightCybercrime.org website contains information on BEC incidents along with reporting information.

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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. organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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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. At the time, Ika also was the administrator of Pustota[.]pw

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Additionally, I am a Fellow and Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government --where I teach Internet security policy -- and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Before the.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2021

The long-running Breadcrumbs series here tracks how cybercriminals get caught, and it’s mostly through odd connections between their online and offline selves scattered across the Internet. Mistake number two was the password for his email account was the same as his cybercrime forum admin account. POOR PASSWORDS AS GOOD OPSEC?

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SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on MacOS and Windows operating systems. Connect to C2 URL over HTTP with GET/POST methods using hidden Internet Explorer instance (called using InternetExplorer.Application). Convert a decimal number (fetch from DDRs) to dotted decimal format (representing the C2 IP address).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. With the extensive use of the internet, malicious ads pose a long-lasting threat if not blocked. The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, in late 2013 and January 2014, we observed higher-than-normal activity in Ukraine by the Turla APT group, as well as a spike in the number of BlackEnergy APT sightings. Inadvertently, this also affected the Intelsat communications system for days, proving that the risk of collateral damage during cyberwarfare is pretty high.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion annually by the end of 2021. Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Target data breach (2013). MySpace data breach (2013).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Even tech-focused companies need to constantly work on evolving their cyber security posture to help to keep up with the growing sophistication of cybercrime. Rapid technological advancements and potential security gaps due to the growing sophistication of cybercrimes. Supply chain security and third-party vulnerabilities.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

Reinvention is a basic survival skill in the cybercrime business. After acknowledging someone had also seized their Internet servers, DarkSide announced it was folding. ” The Business Club was a notorious Eastern European organized cybercrime gang accused of stealing more than $100 million from banks and businesses worldwide.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. In December 2018, the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy was still up and running.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

According to the most recent statistics from the FBI ‘s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the most costly form of cybercrime stems from a complex type of fraud known as the “ B usiness E mail C ompromise” or BEC scam. The FBI says BEC scams netted thieves more than $12 billion between 2013 and 2018.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The man created the malicious code, a remote access trojan (RAT), when he was 15 years old, and maintained its infrastructure from 2013 to 2019. In November 2019, Europol announced to have dismantled the global organized cybercrime ring behind the Imminent Monitor RAT.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013. If the infected device isn’t connected to the Internet, the malware waits for a USB device with a specific volume name to be connected, then copies stolen data to that device. ” Focusing only on the perimeter: A multi-layered approach is key. “It

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Schneier on Security

JULY 26, 2021

Now, it’s become the criminal business model of the internet for two reasons. Tether also bears a striking similarity to Liberty Reserve, an online currency that the Department of Justice successfully prosecuted for money laundering in 2013.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In April 2013, I received via U.S. But the plan failed and the Ukrainian mastermind behind it soon after was imprisoned for unrelated cybercrime offenses. After the heroin showed up, I gave the drugs to the local police and wrote about the experience in Mail From the Velvet Cybercrime Underground.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that an identity fraud service in the underground called “ SuperGet[.]info

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2021

Crowdstrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch said, “Whether they work for the state or not is increasingly irrelevant, given Russia’s obvious policy of harboring and tolerating cybercrime.” Temple University has compiled a record of critical infrastructure ransomware attacks (CIRW) dating to November 2013.

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