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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Security Affairs

The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka “das” or “AronaXus,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated group FIN7 , aka Carbanak. Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak.

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FIN7 sysadmin behind “billions in damage” gets 10 years

Malwarebytes

Ukrainian nationals Dmytro Fedorov, Fedir Hladyr, and Andrii Kolpakov, were members of a prolific hacking group widely known as FIN7. Since 2013 FIN7 have attempted to attack banks, e-payment systems, and financial institutions using pieces of malware they designed, known as Carbanak and Cobalt. The malware.

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FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Security Affairs

CARBANAK cybercrime gang was first uncovered in 2014 by Kaspersky Lab that dated its activity back to 2013 when the group leveraged the Anunak malware in targeted attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Security Affairs

CARBANAK cybercrime gang was first uncovered in 2014 by Kaspersky Lab that dated its activity back to 2013 when the group leveraged the Anunak malware in targeted attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Kennedy founded cybersecurity-focused TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems and co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Wednesday 13th, March 2013, 10 years ago, Kali Linux v1.0 A fresh start in March 2013. Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. was first released.

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