Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. Then the attackers used the hijacked domain to launch spear-phishing attacks against some of its customers. In January 2018 Coincheck was hacked and attackers stole $400 million. NS ????????????

Accountability 91

Accountability Phishing DNS Cryptocurrency 91

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

Experts from SecureWorks discovered a large phishing campaign targeting universities carried out by an Iran-linked threat actor COBALT DICKENS. Many of the domains used by COBALT DICKENS were registered between May and August 2018, most of them resolved to the same IP address and DNS name server. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 71

Phishing Advertising DNS Hacking 71

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan redirecting users to compromised websites. The latest wave of attacks aimed at spreading phishing links via SMS messages (SMiShing), most of the victims were users in Russia, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Vietnam.

DNS 87

DNS Mobile Phishing Malware 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

Security researchers demonstrated that hundreds of sub-domains belonging to Microsoft could potentially be hijacked and abused to deliver malware and for phishing attacks. Let’s consider mybrowser.microsoft.com, it might have resolved by the DNS to something like webserver9000.azurewebsites.net. azurewebsites.net.

DNS 89

DNS Phishing Advertising Malware 89

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

Most of APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks, the recent mass scanning activity represents a change in the modus operandi of the group. Trend Micro investigated waves of the APT28’s targeted credential phishing attacks and collected thousands of email samples sent out by the group since 2014.

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Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 130

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Qihoo 360 NetLab have uncovered an ongoing hacking campaign that leverages the GhostDNS malware. Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites.

DNS 72

DNS Malware Firmware Phishing 72

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The OilRig hacker group has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly organizations in the financial and government sectors, in the United States and Middle Eastern countries. In mid-August, the state-sponsored hackers launched a highly targeted spear-phishing email to a high-ranking office in a Middle Eastern nation.

DNS 76

DNS Phishing Government Malware 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack. Experts devised advanced SMS phishing attacks against modern Android-based phones. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Twitter temporarily disables feature to tweet via SMS after CEO hack. Crooks stole €1.5

IoT 72

IoT Data breaches DNS Advertising 72

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

DNS 88

DNS Advertising Firmware Banking 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The financially-motivated hacking group FIN7 is back and used a new piece of malware in a recent hacking campaign. Security experts at Flashpoint revealed that the financially-motivated cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Anunak and Carbanak ) used new malware in a recent hacking campaign. ” continues the analysis.

Malware 81

Malware Identity Theft Cybercrime Hacking 81

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The campaign uncovered by Avast aimed at silently modifying the Brazilian users’ Domain Name System (DNS) settings to redirect victims to malicious websites mimicking legitimate ones. In some cases the router is reconfigured to use rogue DNS servers, which redirect victims to phishing pages that closely look like real online banking sites.

DNS 70

DNS Passwords Advertising Banking 70

Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

While looking for threats targeting Ukraine, we identified a group we call “Nigerian Tesla” that has been dabbling into phishing and other data theft activities for a number of years. One of their preferred scams was phishing for Adobe login pages. Figure 2: Test emails sent by the attacker. hackforums.net exploit.in

Malware 76

Malware Scams Phishing Accountability 76

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Adobe, Last.

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Data breaches DNS Advertising Engineering 99

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The hacking campaign confirmed that the Gamaredon operations are still ongoing and the high interest of the Kremlin in infiltrating the East European ecosystem, especially the Ukranian one. The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013.

Government 56

Government Advertising Media DNS 56

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. RCE flaw in Electronic Arts Origin client exposes gamers to hack. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Broadcom WiFi Driver bugs expose devices to hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Computers and Electronics 59

Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches Advertising 59

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

Malware 87

Malware DNS Financial Services Retail 87

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. billion records exposed in 2,308 disclosed data breaches in H1. · Marap modular downloader opens the doors to further attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 44

Data breaches DNS Advertising Hacking 44

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Adobe, Last.

Data breaches 58

Data breaches DNS Advertising Engineering 58

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Over the last few days, a phishing campaign from DHL and entitled “ DHL Shipment Notification ” has been targeted users worldwide distribution the Muncy malware. Now, the malware is targeting user’s worldwide and has been spread via phishing campaigns. The phishing campaign trying to impersonate DHL.

Malware 76

Malware Phishing DNS Engineering 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Indeed during the group_a, the main observed delivery techniques where about Phishing (rif.T1193) and Valid Accounts (rif.T1078). From group_b to group_d time frame OilRig started a more sophisticated Spear Phishing (rif.T1193) campaigns within malicious attachments as their main threat delivery activity. Delivery Technique Over Time.

Computers and Electronics 79

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing DNS Phishing 79

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The group’s distinctive features are the high quality of their phishing attacks and the use of legitimate services, which makes it very difficult to detect its malicious activity in companies’ infrastructures. Hacking banks around the world is the prerogative of Russian-speaking hackers: they still make up the majority of attacking groups.

Banking 82

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 82

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

“These new capabilities represent a significant increase in Necurs’ ability to perpetrate spear phishing, financial crimes and espionage. Experts pointed out that DGA is a double-edged sword because allows security researchers to analyze DNS and network traffic to enumerate bots. SecurityAffairs – Necurs botnet, hacking).

DNS 77

DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 77

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been around since at least 2015, since then it targeted mainly organizations in the financial and government sectors, in the United States and Middle Eastern countries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Government 46

Government Phishing Malware Advertising 46

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Cobalt hackers leverage spear-phishing emails to compromise target systems, messages spoof emails from financial institutions or a financial supplier/partner. The new campaign discovered by Netscout’s ASERT researchers presents a novelty, One one of the phishing emails sent by Cobalt contains two separate malicious URLs.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Banking Phishing Advertising 52

SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, some of the YouTube links observed are unlisted and go back to 2015, indicating a possible infrastructure reuse. Based on our telemetry, the delivery mechanism remains spear phishing. In addition, newer Janicab variants have changed significantly in structure compared to older Janicab Windows variants from 2015.

Malware 108

Malware DNS Engineering Internet 108

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Last DNS activity was in December 2018. Figure 14 – previous DNS of C2. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. After described steps, malware try to download other components from it and execute them with “iex” primitive. The IP is located in US how visible in the following figures.

Malware 82

Malware DNS Social Engineering Advertising 82

Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2018

“Pivoting further on the initial samples we discovered, and their infrastructure, revealed a modestly sized campaign going back to late 2015 using both Quasar RAT and VERMIN.” “We were able to trace attacker activity back to October 2015; however, it is possible that the attackers. have been active even longer. .

Social Engineering 46

Social Engineering Malware Engineering Advertising 46

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

DNS requests intercepted. OSINT investigations gathered evidence of past abuses of the “ xtyenvunqaxqzrm.usa.cc ” for malicious purposes, for instance an urlquery report dated back on 23rd August 2018 shows a phishing portal previously reachable at “ [link].usa.cc/maeskl Phishing page previously hosted on xtyenvunqaxqzrm.usa.cc .

Computers and Electronics 78

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Phishing 78

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Like most APTs, Silence uses phishing emails to infect their victims. Ivoke was detected by Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence team in May 2019, when Silence sent out phishing emails purporting to be from a bank’s client with a request to block a card. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 53

Banking Cybercrime Cybersecurity Advertising 53

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

If so we are facing a state-sponsored group with high capabilities in developing persistence and hidden communication channels (for example over DNS) but without a deep interest in exploiting services. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. SecurityAffairs – Iranian Threat Actor, hacking).

Computers and Electronics 72

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Government 72