Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Three hacking forums Nulled.ch, Sinfulsite.com, and suxx.to have been hacked and their databases have been leaked online. Researchers from intelligence firm Cyble made the headlines again, this time they have discovered online the databases of three hacking forums. The databases appear to have been leaking in May 2020.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2022

It’s been seven years since the online cheating site AshleyMadison.com was hacked and highly sensitive data about its users posted online. “Full Delete netted ALM $1.7mm in revenue in 2014. It’s also a complete lie,” the hacking group wrote. In 2014, ALM reported revenues of $115 million.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. Experts reported that brute-force cracking tools and account checkers are available on cybercrime marketplaces and forums for an average of $4. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. Abusewith[.]us

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

A threat actor has released the databases of Utah-based gun exchange and hunting sites for free on a cybercrime forum. On August 10th, a hacker has leaked online the databases of Utah-based gun exchange for free on a cybercrime forum. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI). The cybercrime gang published some screenshots showing directories and files from the systems of the breached company. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. “Emotet’s return is not coincidental, it is caused by major shifts in the overall cybercrime domain. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Emotet). ” concludes the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2020

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. Now, Kanishk Tagade from Quickcyber confirmed the hack of the Indian video streaming giant. . “A person or a hacking group claiming to have gained access to the network of ZEE5.com,

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

First advertised in the cybercrime underground in 2014, RSOCKS was the web-based storefront for hacked computers that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their Web traffic through someone else’s device. A copy of the passport for Denis Emelyantsev, a.k.a.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. Joker’s sold cards stolen in a steady drip of breaches at U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2024

A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. After being charged with the attack in October 2022, Kivimäki fled the country.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The CryptoLocker wave went into a decline in June 2014 as a result of the so-called Operation Tovar , an initiative orchestrated by law enforcement agencies from multiple countries. The newsmaking emergence of CTB-Locker in 2014 and the CryptoWall ransomware in 2015 fully demonstrated this multi-pronged shift. pharma giant ExecuPharm.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2024

But in 2014 Seleznev was captured by U.S. That loss amount equaled the total losses inflicted by Seleznev’s various carding stores, and other thefts attributed to members of the hacking forum carder[.]su su , a bustling cybercrime community of which Seleznev was a leading organizer. law enforcement.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 16, 2021

First debuting in early 2019, CLOP is one of several ransomware groups that hack into organizations, launch ransomware that encrypts files and servers, and then demand an extortion payment in return for a digital key needed to unlock access. ? /.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 has been hacked by a hacking group identifying themselves as “Korean Hackers” and “Team Johnwick”that asked for a “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities they have exploited in the attack. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

During the first day of the Pwn2Own 2020 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $180,000 for exploits targeting Windows 10, Ubuntu Desktop and macOS. The hack exploits an improper input validation bug. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Hackers stole millions of dollars from Uganda Central Bank International Press Newsletter Cybercrime INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million Hackers Stole $1.49 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Prosecutors in Northern California indicted Kislitsin in 2014 for his alleged role in stealing account data from Formspring.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2024

But in 2014 Seleznev was captured by U.S. That loss amount equaled the total losses inflicted by Seleznev’s various carding stores, and other thefts attributed to members of the hacking forum carder[.]su su , a bustling cybercrime community of which Seleznev was a leading organizer. law enforcement.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Confirmed thefts attributed to the group include the 2016 hacking of the SWIFT payment system for Bangladesh Bank, which netted thieves $81 million; $6.1 billion from banks and other victims worldwide. The group is thought to be responsible for the attempted theft of approximately $1.2

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 million people. said investigators determined the breach began on Aug.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Racoon malware , Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. The Raccoon stealer is written in C++ by Russian-speaking developers that initially promoted it exclusively on Russian-speaking hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware , is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2025

A sophisticated cybercrime campaign, dubbed Elusive Comet , has been uncovered, in which North Korean threat actors are exploiting Zoom's remote control feature to infiltrate the systems of cryptocurrency professionals. billion hack of the Bybit exchange in February 2025. billion hack of the Bybit exchange in February 2025.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Megatraffer has continued to offer their code-signing services across more than a half-dozen other Russian-language cybercrime forums, mostly in the form of sporadically available EV and non-EV code-signing certificates from major vendors like Thawte and Comodo.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

19 individuals worldwide were charged in a transnational cybercrime investigation of the now defunct xDedic marketplace. The black marketplace has been active since 2014, it was first analyzed by experts at Kaspersky Lab in 2016. At the time, the domain (xdedic[.]biz) At the time, the domain (xdedic[.]biz)

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimäki had been in hiding since October 2022, when he failed to show up in court and Finland issued an international warrant for his arrest.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

In June 2014 security experts at G Data discovered that a popular Chinese Android Smartphone, Star N9500 was commercialized with a pre-installed spyware, meanwhile in April, the Chinese TV station, CCTV, reported some cases of smartphones compromised by pre-installed malware before selling them on to unwitting customers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to court documents, the Chinese government paid Mustang Panda to develop PlugX malware, used since 2014 to target U.S., Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,PlugX malware) European, and Asian entities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

” MRMURZA Faceless is a project from MrMurza , a particularly talkative member of more than a dozen Russian-language cybercrime forums over the past decade. MrMurza’s Faceless advertised on the Russian-language cybercrime forum ProCrd. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com. In 2013, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A suspected leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Tank), was arrested by Swiss police. Swiss police last month arrested in Geneva Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (40), also known as Tank, which is one of the leaders of the JabberZeus cybercrime group. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zeus).

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Sodinokibi ransomware, hacking). Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Affiliates are essential to spread malicious code through hacking operations against businesses. The selection of affiliates is a crucial process in the success of the cybercrime scheme, for this reason, REvil operators personally select each people they want to include in their program. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REvil ransomware).

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