Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Microsoft warns of Vietnam-linked Bismuth group that is deploying cryptocurrency miner while continues its cyberespionage campaigns. Researchers from Microsoft reported that the Vietnam-linked Bismuth group, aka OceanLotus , Cobalt Kitty , or APT32 , is deploying cryptocurrency miners while continues its cyberespionage campaigns.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Google Chrome extension was injecting JavaScript code on web pages to steal passwords and private keys from cryptocurrency wallets and cryptocurrency portals. At the time of writing, the installers for the desktop app of the Shitcoin Wallet are not detected as malicious by major antivirus solutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

The crooks used malicious emails purporting to be legitimate from such entities as Western Union, Norton AntiVirus and the IRS to spread the malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

A ransomware attack occurs when somebody hacks a person’s or company’s computer system and demands a ransom payment in return. CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. The FBI had stopped CryptoLocker by the summer of 2014.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Excel documents created with the APOMacroSploit builder are capable of bypassing antivirus software, Windows Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), and even Gmail and other email-based phishing detection. BitRAT implements multiple features, including mining cryptocurrencies and RAT features. SecurityAffairs – hacking, apomacrosploit).

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

.” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software. The list of targeted apps includes cryptocurrency wallet applications (i.e. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. A Google-translated snippet of the hacked ChronoPay Confluence installation. The latest document in the hacked archive is dated April 2021.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. gooobb ” file.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

” Both macro builders allow crooks to easily create malicious Office documents that are usually involved in hacking campaigns as a first-stage loader for other malware. The Rubella Macro Builder is cheap, fast and easy to use, the malware it generated can evade antivirus detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The malicious code is used by the hackers to deliver a Moner (XMR) crypto miner that is not detected by almost any antivirus solution. “It is expected that the group will continue to exploit more vulnerabilities to mine additional cryptocurrencies in the near future.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. Another technique used by cybercriminals to bypass antivirus systems is a targeted attack, in which malicious email are delivered outside regular working hours. More than 80% of all malicious files were disguised as .zip

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

In recent campaigns, the Retadup worm was observed delivering Monero cryptocurrency miners in Latin America. Earlier this year, malware researchers from Avast antivirus firm discovered a design flaw in the C&C protocol of the botnet that could have been exploited to remove the malware from infected computers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2018

The latest version appears more sophisticated than previous ones, it implements the ability to steal histories from browsers (except IE and Edge), it includes a conditional loader that checks certain parameters before running the malicious code, and includes the support for Exodus, Jaxx, Mist, Ethereum, Electrum, Electrum-LTC cryptocurrency wallets.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. Penchukov was arrested after leaving Ukraine to meet up with his wife in Switzerland.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

The installed payload actually is a Base64 encoded PE32 file, file-lessly stored within the registry hive to avoid antivirus detection. Stealer and CryptoStealer module to steal cryptocurrency wallets and saved passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The Payload. C2 retrieval.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Most of us already know the importance of using antivirus , anti-malware, and VPNs to secure our computers, phones, and other devices against potential attacks. Or they can simply use these printers to mine cryptocurrency, ramping up their victims’ electricity bills in the process. SecurityAffairs – hacking, printers).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Rescator, advertising a new batch of cards stolen in a 2014 breach at P.F. Investigators would later determine that a variant of the malware used in the Target breach was used in 2014 to steal 56 million payment cards from Home Depot customers. Chang’s. Pavel Vrublevsky’s former Facebook profile photo.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Another successful strategy for preventing phishing is to secure your device using anti-malware, antivirus, VPN and other security softwares. This way even if your password is hacked or stolen through phishing still your account cannot be easily accessed. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. Other malware.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. But to find that information back in 2014, he had to scan the Internet, the entire internet and that was a very noisy process. He works for an antivirus company and he's been scanning for malware families on the internet. At this year's sector.

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