Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

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IoT Banking Advertising Ransomware 101

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2018

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.

Cryptocurrency 43

Cryptocurrency DDOS Advertising Malware 43

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.

Cybercrime 232

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 232

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Spyware 92

Spyware Hacking Advertising Antivirus 92

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2019

” The AESDDoS malware is active since at least since 2014 and it was used to build large DDoS botnet. launching DDoS attacker, mining cryptocurrency, etc.). The malware could allow the attackers to launch several types of DDoS attacks, including SYN, LSYN, UDP, UDPS, and TCP flood. ” states the report.

DDOS 88

DDOS Malware Advertising Cryptocurrency 88

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Scams 81

Scams Phishing Advertising DDOS 81

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Experts pointed out that the bot doesn’t contain any offensive features, such as the ability to launch DDoS attacks or to mine cryptocurrency, a circumstance that suggests the malware is under development. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, HEH botnet).

Architecture 114

Architecture IoT Malware Advertising 114

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

“There was an uncontrolled resource consumption and out-of-memory (OOM) vulnerability that could have been easily exploited in a denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS) attack against many Bitcoin, Litecoin, Namecoin and Decred nodes by any other network participant.” Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Advertising 94

Advertising Cryptocurrency Engineering DDOS 94

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DDOS 86

DDOS IoT Advertising Malware 86

Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2020

The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) has arrested a hacker known as Sanix, who was selling billions of stolen credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cybercrime 59

Cybercrime Passwords Advertising Hacking 59

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2023

Lolek Hosted is a bulletproof hosting service provider used to facilitate the distribution of information-stealing malware, and also to launch DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, manage fictitious online shops, manage botnet servers and distribute spam messages worldwide. A joint operation conducted by European and U.S.

Cybercrime 72

Cybercrime DDOS Ransomware Cryptocurrency 72

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.

Banking 201

Banking Marketing DDOS Risk 201

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks in 2017 and in the first three quarters of 2018. According to Group-IB experts, at least 14 crypto exchanges were hacked. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks 83

Cyber Attacks Cryptocurrency Phishing Social Engineering 83

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

ZoneAlarm forum site hack exposed data of thousands of users. Experts warn of spike in TCP DDoS reflection attacks targeting Amazon, SoftLayer and telco infrastructure. DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison. The Australian Parliament was hacked earlier this year. Pierluigi Paganini.

DDOS 50

DDOS Spyware Advertising Ransomware 50

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2018

“Thousands of Instagram followers, Facebook likes, YouTube views and Twitter retweets are available for a small amount of cryptocurrency on the dark web. ” Experts also discovered many hackers and hacking crews for hire that offer to target government organizations for several malicious purposes. states the report. .”

Identity Theft 85

Identity Theft Advertising Hacking Cybercrime 85

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

Analysis of the code indicates that it could be used as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) platform if enough devices are compromised. Since it appears to be killing Monero mining processes, the compromised devices could be retasked to mine cryptocurrency for a different group. Security Affairs – debugging tools , hacking).

Cryptocurrency 44

Cryptocurrency IoT Mobile Advertising 44

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. They are a big headache for eCommerce businesses today, with cybercriminals using them to steal money, brute-force user credentials or carry out DDoS attacks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Iran).

Cryptocurrency 57

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 57

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The Chimay Red hacking tool leverages 2 exploits, the Winbox Any Directory File Read (CVE-2018-14847) and Webfig Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. “More and more exploits are being weaponized by cybercriminals, and infected devices are used to steal personal data and mine cryptocurrencies, on top of traditional DDoS attacks.

IoT 79

IoT Passwords Malware Advertising 79

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Security researchers at Cisco Talos are warning of a spike in attacks on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters to drop cryptocurrency miners. and lower) to compromise them and install the malicious code the exploit the CVE-2014-3120 and CVE-2015-1427 vulnerabilities. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cryptocurrency 81

Cryptocurrency Advertising DDOS Malware 81

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The three men, Josiah White (21) of Washington, Pennsylvania; Paras Jha (22), of Fanwood, New Jersey, and Dalton Norman (22), of Metairie, Louisiana , pleaded guilty in December 2017 to developing and running the dreaded Mirai botnet that was involved in several massive DDoS attacks. ” continues the press release. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 72

Cybercrime DDOS Cryptocurrency Advertising 72

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

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Adware 41

Adware Hacking Spyware Data breaches 41

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

. “Unlike the aforementioned IoT botnets, this one tries to be more stealthy and persistent once the device is compromised, and it does not (yet) do the usual stuff a botnet does like DDOS , attacking all the devices connected to the internet, or, of course, mining cryptocurrencies.” Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 83

IoT Architecture Advertising DDOS 83

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

DDoS attack, cryptocurrency miner, data harvesting). One of the first attacks against QNAP is dated back 2014, at the time security experts at Sans Institute discovered a worm that exploits the popular Shellshock flaw to compromise QNAP systems in the wild. Load new modules implementing new features from the C2 servers.

Malware 59

Malware Firmware Advertising Encryption 59

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations. The Linux malware is the well-known “ Shellbot ”, it is a crimetool belonging to the arsenal of a threat actor tracked as the “Outlaw Hacking Group. ”. Introduction. Technical Analysis.

Architecture 99

Architecture Malware Hacking DDOS 99

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

In 2014 it reached the pinnacle of success, becoming the fourth largest botnet in the world. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns). In 2015, Europol partnering with several private technology firms announced the takedown of the Ramnit C2 infrastructure.

Malware 45

Malware DNS Encryption Banking 45