Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

DeathRansom was considered fake ransomware due to the fact that it did not implement an effective encryption process, but now things are changing. DeathRansom is a ransomware family that was initially classified as a joke because it did not implement an effective encryption scheme. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges its users to update the Malware Remover app following the alert on the QSnatch malware. The Taiwanese company QNAP is urging its users to update the Malware Remover app to prevent NAS devices from being infected by the QSnatch malware. Webshell functionality for remote access.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

10, 2018, and that its ongoing investigation suggests the perpetrators had been inside the company’s networks since 2014. But so far the hotel network believes that the encrypted data cache includes information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a reservation at a Starwood property.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

Authorities across Europe on Tuesday said they’d seized control over Emotet , a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. Investigators say the action could help quarantine more than a million Microsoft Windows systems currently compromised with malware tied to Emotet infections. The U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

OpenSSL Patches New Bug Targeting Encryption [Lessons from Heartbleed]. A flaw in the encryption algorithm used to underpin OpenSSL was exploited, triggering an infinite number of requests when certain input value(s) are used. It did not require sophisticated malware, and it was easy to replicate. Encryption must be encrypted.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

Last week, the popular security researcher MalwareMustDie and the experts at Intezer Labs spotted a new piece of malware dubbed Kaiji, that is targeting IoT devices via SSH brute-force attacks. Guys, another new #China ( #PRC ) made #DDoS #ELF #malware , I called it: " #Linux /Kaiji", coded in #Go lang, packed, VT low detection=1.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Security experts warn of a new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch that already infected thousands of QNAP NAS devices worldwide. A new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch is infecting thousands of NAS devices manufactured by the Taiwanese vendor QNAP. At the time of writing, it is still unclear how threat actor will use the malware (i.e.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Baka is a sophisticated e-skimmer developed by a skilled malware developer that implements a unique obfuscation method and loader. The skimmer loads dynamically to avoid static malware scanners and uses unique encryption parameters for each victim to obfuscate the malicious code.” ” reads the alert published by VISA.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Security experts from Kaspersky spotted a malware in the free version of the popular PDF creator application CamScanner app. Experts from Kaspersky have discovered malware in the free Android version of the CamScanner app that could be used by attackers to remotely hack Android devices and steal targets’ data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Initially the reason for our interest in this malware was its rarity, the obviously targeted nature of the campaign and the fact that there are no obvious similarities with already known campaigns at the level of code, infrastructure or TTPs.” ” reads a post published by Kaspersky. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

The Ims00rry ransomware used AES-128 algorithm for the encryption process. Unlike most of the ransomware, Ims00rry and doesn’t append an extension to the filenames of the encrypted files. Authors of the malware ask the victim to contact them through the Telegram account @Ims00rybot. Attention!!! and GetCrypt.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2020

A new Mac malware, tracked as XCSSET, spreads through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities, experts warn. XCSSET is a new Mac malware that spreads through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. The UK-based currency exchange Travelex currency exchange has been forced offline following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. “This group is known for frequently changing malware and driving global trends in criminal malware distribution,” MITRE assessed. healthcare organizations.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

In this campaign, crooks are exploiting the interest in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to deliver a couple of malware, the CoronaVirus Ransomware and the Kpot information-stealing Trojan. The malware is also able to take a screenshot of the active desktop and also target wallets stored on the computer. jpg ‘).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The malware also sends a message with this information via Telegram. After encryption, the contents of the folders look as follows: the cybercriminals’ e-mail address and the victim’s ID are added to the beginning of each file, followed by the original name and extension, and then the extension added by the ransomware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. “Brute force connection attempts on a supervisory console have been observed, as well as on several ACTIVE DIRECTORY accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Agent Tesla is a fully customizable password info-stealer offered as malware-as-a-service , many cyber criminals are choosing it as their preferred recognition tool. . Nowadays the Malware-As-A-Service is one of the criminal favorite ways to breach security perimeter. Agent Tesla is one of these “ commodity malware ”.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2020

Attackers used PowerShell scripts, as well as various techniques to evade the detection and avoid the analysis of the malware. The malware used in this attack performed destructive activity only if the operating system had a localization that matched the language used in the phishing email.” ” continues the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Then they moved the conversation away from the platform to encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp. ZINC cybercriminals are considered sophisticated attackers who made themselves known with an attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. They used LinkedIn to connect with the victims and gain their trust. Highly Evasive Attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

While the media reported that the ransomware operators leaked stolen data on their dark web leak site to force the organization to pay the ransom, Hall County stated that there was no indication that the hackers stole any unencrypted data before encrypting the systems. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware. ” Meanwhile, Crypto.com is trying to put space between it and recent headlines that a breach led to $30 million being stolen from hundreds of customer accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups. 2/2) Please be assured that there is no compromise of customer payment details which are encrypted and tokenized.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2022

Emotet was first found in the wild in 2014. Since then it has survived numerous transformations , started delivering other malware and finally became a powerful botnet. At that time, Trickbot malware was used to deliver Emotet. After being run, the Emotet malware creates a service by calling the CreateServiceW() function.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

Now the City of Lafayette admitted they were a victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted its systems and confirmed that opted to pay a $45,000 ransom to receive a decryption tool to recover its files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the announcement published by the City.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

“Once the malicious document is opened, the malware is dropped and proceeds to the next stage of the deployment process. The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Lampion malware v2 February 2020. Raccoon Malware, a success case in the cybercrime ecosystem.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

million worth of cryptocurrency from cryptocurrency investment accounts. . Hackers stole roughly €1.183 million worth of cryptocurrency from investment accounts of 2gether, 26.79% of overall funds stored by the accounts. We're sorry to announce that yesterday, at 18:00 CEST, the 2gether crypto accounts were hacked.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The data for any specific firewall depends upon the specific configuration and may include usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

After 1 Million of malware samples analyzed. Facebook and Twitter warn of malicious SDK harvesting personal data from its accounts. Some Fortinet products used hardcoded keys and weak encryption for communications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Security experts reported a new strain of malware spreading in China, the malicious code rapidly infected over 100,000 PCs in just four days. Victims are prompted to pay the ransomware to attackers’ WeChat account within 3 days to receive the decryption key.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The malware was an info stealer and according to the researchers, it was part of a long-term campaign, tracked as “PhantomLance” that has been active at least since December 2015. We informed Google of the malware, and it was removed from the market shortly after.” ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2021

Gootkit is complex multi-stage banking malware that was discovered for the first time by Doctor Web in 2014. In conjunction with spam campaigns, the adversaries later switched to compromised websites where the visitors are tricked into downloading the malware. Full list of VM detection techniques used by the malware: Check.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. Damages: leaked account information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Now the company informed its customers that the threat actors also stole personally identifiable and financial information before encrypting the files. Cognizant did not disclose details about the cyber attack, but experts speculate the threat actors gained access to the target networks for several weeks before starting encrypting files. .

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