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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw billion last year.

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Fileless PowerGhost cryptocurrency miner leverages EternalBlue exploit to spread

Security Affairs

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new cryptocurrency miner dubbed PowerGhost that can spread leveraging a fileless infection technique. Experts discovered also a PowerGhost version that implements DDoS capability, a circumstance that leads Kaspersky into believing that authors attempted to create a DDoS-for-hire service.

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The author of the Mirai botnet gets six months of house arrest

Security Affairs

million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. In September, Jha and two accomplices admitted to be the authors of the infamous botnet and avoided the jail after helping feds in another cybercrime investigations.

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Mirai authors avoid the jail by helping US authorities in other investigations

Security Affairs

Three men who admitted to being the authors of the Mirai botnet avoided the jail after helping the FBI in other cybercrime investigations. Now three individuals who admitted to being the authors of the infamous botnet avoided the jail after helping feds in another cybercrime investigations. ” continues the press release.

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Security Service of Ukraine arrested the popular hacker Sanix who sold billions of stolen credentials

Security Affairs

The man is known in the cybercrime underground for selling billions of stolen credentials. Sanix has been active on the cybercrime underground at least since 2018, he focuses in the sale of stolen data from organizations. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 240

Security Affairs

Experts warn of spike in TCP DDoS reflection attacks targeting Amazon, SoftLayer and telco infrastructure. TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies. DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison. Two men arrested for stealing $550,000 in cryptocurrency with Sim Swapping. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

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