SecureList

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Recovering from the 2020 slump, the number of attacks continued to grow steadily, and we expect cybercrime activity to increase further. HydraPOS has been spotted in attacks that employed social engineering techniques. HydraPOS and AbaddonPOS proved to be the most active families.

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Formerly on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Kevin Mitnick is a crucial figure in the history of information security, including approaches to social engineering and penetration testing.

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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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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on macOS and Windows operating systems. The Windows version has a VBS script-based implant as the final stage, instead of the C#/PowerShell combination observed previously in Powersing samples. Final thoughts.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011. On January 25, the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) announced that a North Korean-related threat actor had targeted security researchers.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Mitnick was known for his social engineering skills, which he used to trick employees into divulging sensitive information or passwords. Hackers started using the internet to commit cybercrimes, such as stealing credit card numbers and personal information.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the digital world, bad actors are using social engineering methods to hack on behalf of the Iranian government, even threatening the 2020 U.S. The evolution of Iran's cybercrime objectives. Traditionally, these attacks put an emphasis on social engineering, finding innovative new ways to defraud end-users.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. The CryptoLocker Trojan , launched in 2013, was one of the first major instances of ransomware being used on a large scale, hitting about 250,000 victims and extorting around $27 million in Bitcoin. One of the first instances was the Love Letter virus of 2000.

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