Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2021

Microsoft Corporation is urging all Windows users including those using Win 7 and 8 operating systems to update their devices with the latest security patches. Satya Nadella led company has already released security update guide that could help MS users know how they can protect their system from the Windows Print Spooler flaw.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

The China-linked hacking group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. The group hacked mobile telephone networks around the globe and used specialized tools to access calling records and text messages from telecommunications companies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. SecurityAffairs – hacking, supply chain attack). ” reads the report published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . SecurityAffairs – Curveball, hacking). The Malware Threat behind CurveBall. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 2016, researchers from non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried by the Stealth Falcon. The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But if we go on the Akamai blog we can still find a reference to Elknot posted on April 4, 2016 on a topic referred to “ BillGates ”, another DDoS malware whose “ attack vectors available within the toolkit include: ICMP flood, TCP flood, UDP flood, SYN flood, HTTP Flood (Layer7) and DNS reflection floods. O"]); // for persistence.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. I was like living in our systems for years and I want to get in some trouble for that.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Consequently, when different sophisticated hacking techniques, types of assaults, and malware are learned, your innocent employees become your cyber security partners.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Kennedy founded cybersecurity-focused TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems and co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 17, 2016.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. Move from “Debian stable” to “Debian testing” 5 months later, January 2016 Kali become a rolling distribution with Kali 2016.1. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version.

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