Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Researchers at AppRiver uncovered a very trivial phishing campaign targeting the streaming service Spotify, anyway, it is important to share info about it. Security researchers at AppRiver uncovered a phishing campaign targeting the popular streaming service Spotify. Clicking on the button, users are redirected to a phishing page.

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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 warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks U.S.

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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

APRIL 25, 2019

Experts at Proofpoint discovered that free code repositories on GitHub have been abused since at least 2017 to host phishing websites. Researchers at Proofpoint reported that crooks are abusing free code repositories on GitHub to host phishing websites and bypass security defenses. SecurityAffairs – GitHub, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

A crook involved in a spear phishing scheme and that was in Kenya is facing up to 20 years in the US federal prison for stealing thousands of dollars from US universities. Amil Hassan Raage, 48, pleaded guilty last week in a southern California court to fraudulently receiving almost $750,000 as part of a spear phishing scheme.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to a report published by security firm CyberArk, Raccoon is mostly delivered through Exploit Kits and Phishing Campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the report published by CyberArk.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. In the first six months of 2020, CERT-GIB blocked a total of 9 304 phishing web resources, which is an increase of 9 percent compared to the previous year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2019

The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. 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. SecurityAffairs – Cobalt, Google App Engine).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. Spear phishing remains the major vector of attack: approximately 56% of all money siphoned off from ICO were stolen using phishing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Cofense researchers spotted a phishing campaign that is targeting taxpayers in the United States to infect them with the Amadey malware. Security experts at Cofense uncovered a phishing campaign that is targeting taxpayers in the United States attempting to infect them with a new piece of malware named Amadey. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Group-IB’s CERT-GIB analyzed hundreds of coronavirus -related phishing emails and discovered top malware strains in COVID-19 campaigns. Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-GIB ) analyzed hundreds of coronavirus-related phishing emails between February 13 and April 1, 2020. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Prosecutors in Northern California indicted Kislitsin in 2014 for his alleged role in stealing account data from Formspring. Kislitsin also was indicted in Nevada in 2013, but the Nevada indictment does not name his alleged victim(s) in that case.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The hackers carried out spear-phishing attacks against the Swiss universities in an attempt of tricking its employees into providing their access data. The SonntagsZeitung also added that hackers attempted to breach the University of Zurich, but the employees at the university recognised the phishing attempts and neutralized them.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“The previous version of Group 4’s skimmer wasn’t actually a skimmer—it was an overlay payment phishing system.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Magecart, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The latest version of the Azorult was delivered through the RIG exploit kit as well as other sources, previous variants were mainly distributed via weaponized Office documents as attachment of phishing messages. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. Cobalt hackers leverage spear-phishing emails to compromise target systems, messages spoof emails from financial institutions or a financial supplier/partner. The phishing message includes two malicious links.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

Day after day the number of COVID19-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver on users’ PC. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – COVID19 , cybercrime).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are also massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. The user dfyz on Searchengines[.]ru

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. The figure that most of all capture our attention is that victims of cybercrime activities lost $3.5 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime group as a result of an international operation. The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the suspected leader of the SilverTerrier cybercrime gang (aka TMT ) after a year-long investigation codenamed “Operation Delilah.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. The attacks against the Canadian healthcare organizations were discovered between March 24 and March 26, they started with coronavirus -themed phishing campaigns that were carried out in the last months.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. To defend against BEC attacks, Agari experts recommend vendors and suppliers to implement strong email authentication and anti-phishing email protections. A change of the bank account). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego , is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks. The phishing messages carry weaponized Excel documents that are able to bypass security checks and that had low detection rates. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

In the recent weeks users have been targeted by Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign and malspam aimed at delivering malware. Italian police also warned of an increase in cybercrime and recommended citizens to remain vigilant, especially when received COVID-19-themed emails. Pierluigi Paganini. adrotate banner=”13″].

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2019

The crooks also carried out a phishing campaign that reached thousands of victims and tricked them into providing social security numbers and bank account information. . Smishing” is similar to “ vishing ,” but communicates a phishing message through text messages. SecurityAffairs – Romanian men, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

The experts were able to identify the man, his name is Bill Henry (25) from Benin City, Nigeria, his criminal activity include the theft of credit cards, phishing and malware attacks. Dton’s history demonstrates that it is quite easy, even for relatively unskilled individuals, to enter in the cybercrime arena. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

March 30, 2020 – Your colleague was infected with COVID19, this is the latest phishing lure. Security experts uncovered a new COVID19-themed phishing campaign, the messages inform recipients that they have been exposed to the virus. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK. ” The attack chain starts when the victims enable the macro embedded in an Excel spreadsheet that came with the phishing e-mails. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

In the last weeks, security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, now experts warn of similar attacks from nation – s tate actors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. Nikulin used data stolen from Linkedin to launch spear-phishing attacks against employees at other companies, including Dropbox. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

” Crooks set up websites that look like related to the official movie, the websites are designed to deliver the malware or for phishing purposes. 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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The campaigns were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q2 2020. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (84,5%) were more prevalent than malware (15,5%) during Q2 2020. From Figure 2, January presented a total of 15 phishing campaigns, 29 in February and 46 during March.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Security experts at Kaspersky have published a report on a targeted cybercrime malware campaign, tracked as RevengeHotels, that hit hotels, hostels, hospitality and tourism companies. The attackers carried out spear-phishing campaigns using weaponized Word, Excel or PDF documents as attachments. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Stolen data could be used by threat actors to target organizations with spear- phishing campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – data breach, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It was easy to buy hundreds of millions of email addresses, pack them with phishing messages, and attach a nasty malware payload. So let’s make 2014 the year you take back your security and peace of mind. Our goal for 2014 is to be the best security partner for online businesses. Email and spam were by far the most popular.

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