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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc. Image: treasury.gov.

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FIN7 cybercrime gang creates fake cybersecurity firm to recruit pentesters for ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7 is a Russian criminal group that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces. At the time of the report, some of the HTTP 404 errors remain unfixed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. Reinvention is a basic survival skill in the cybercrime business. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely.

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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka “das” or “AronaXus,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated group FIN7 , aka Carbanak. Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak.

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FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7 , Anunak or Cobalt ) stole over a billion euros from banks across the world, the name “Carbanak” comes with the name of the malware they used to compromise computers at banks, other financial institutions, restaurants, and other industries. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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FIN7 sysadmin behind “billions in damage” gets 10 years

Malwarebytes

APRIL 20, 2021

In 2018 three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe were arrested and taken into custody by US authorities. The Carbanak campaign first made international headlines in 2015 as one of the first malware campaigns that specialized in remote ATM robberies. The malware.

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FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

The Carbanak gang (aka FIN7 , Anunak or Cobalt ) stole over a billion euros from banks across the world, the name “Carbanak” comes with the name of the malware they used to compromise computers at banks, other financial institutions, restaurants, and other industries. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Administrators of bulletproof hosting sentenced to prison in the US

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The United States Department of Justice sentenced two individuals that were providing bulletproof hosting to various malware operations. The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015.

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Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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US authorities charged Dridex gang members for stealing over $100 Million

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

US DoJ charged two Russian citizens for deploying the Dridex malware and for their involvement in international bank fraud and computer hacking schemes. The Bugat malware a multifunction malware package designed to automate the theft of confidential personal and financial information. Attorney Brady.

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SysAdmin Gets 10 Years in Prison

SecureWorld News

APRIL 19, 2021

Being a systems administrator can be a fulfilling job with a lot of rewards. Some were hackers, others developed the malware installed on computers, and still others crafted the malicious emails that duped victims into infecting their company systems. FIN7 operated internationally but had incredible success in the U.S.

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Three members of FIN7 (Carbanak) gang charged with stealing 15 million credit cards

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

Three members of the cybercrime group tracked as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts. Three members of the notorious cybercrime gang known as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2021

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

We discovered the malware as part of an attack against a high-profile organization in Vietnam. We found the loader for this file so interesting that we decided to base one of the tracks of our Targeted Malware Reverse Engineering course on it. The exploit-chain attempts to install malware in the system through a dropper.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. But what kind of malware is this Elknot Trojan? This malware is an update and reuse from the Elknot’s malware source code.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

FIN7 cybercrime gang creates fake cybersecurity firm to recruit pentesters for ransomware attacks

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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

FIN7 sysadmin behind “billions in damage” gets 10 years

FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Administrators of bulletproof hosting sentenced to prison in the US

Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

US authorities charged Dridex gang members for stealing over $100 Million

SysAdmin Gets 10 Years in Prison

Three members of FIN7 (Carbanak) gang charged with stealing 15 million credit cards

IT threat evolution Q2 2021

New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

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