Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

For the past seven years, a malware-based proxy service known as “ Faceless ” has sold anonymity to countless cybercriminals. The proxy lookup page inside the malware-based anonymity service Faceless. Russian vehicle registration records from 2016 show the email address denispankov@yandex.ru Image: spur.us.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Mobile malware attacks increased more than three times between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. Here's what you need to know.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Russian national malware developer Vladimir Dunaev was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in the TrickBot operation. The Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (40) has been sentenced in the US to 64 months in prison for his role in the development and distribution of the TrickBot malware. in October 2021.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 26, 2022

Chinese-speaking hackers have been using since at least 2016 malware that lies virtually undetected in the firmware images for some motherboards, one of the most persistent threats commonly known as a UEFI rootkit. [.].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2021

Over $760 million worth of Bitcoin that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 were moved to new accounts. More than $760 million worth of Bitcoin, stolen from Asian cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 , were moved on Wednesday to new accounts. No exchange will process them. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

Election 2016 campaign in terms of malicious activity and offer practical and relevant including actionable threat intelligence on their whereabouts. Elections 2016 campaign: linuxkrnl[.]net. Elections 2016 campaign: linuxkrnl[.]net. S Elections 2016 campaign: julienobruno@hotmail[.]com. accounts-qooqle[.]com. akamainet[.]net.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned that more than 2,000 computers in the country have been infected by a strain of malware called DirtyMoe. DirtyMoe, active since at least 2016, is capable of carrying out cryptojacking and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The SiteLock research team has investigated the types of attacks WordPress users can expect in 2016. Attackers will continue to exploit vulnerable WordPress installs to serve spam or redirect unsuspecting users to malicious sites in 2016. Let’s take a look…. Continued Spam Attacks. Brute Force Attacks. Defacements.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 13, 2022

A Russian cyberweapon, similar to the one used in 2016, was detected and removed before it could be used.

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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. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. Several former customers of his took to Hackforums[.]net

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. 2016 sales thread on Exploit. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Why do I need a certificate?”

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that the software company behind TeamViewer was compromised in 2016 by Chinese hackers. China-linked hackers breached German software company behind TeamViewer in 2016, this news was reported by the German newspaper Der Spiegel. “In autumn 2016, TeamViewer was target of a cyber-attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Russian national Dariy Pankov (28), aka dpxaker, is the author of the NLBrute malware. The NLBrute malware allows operators to compromise protected computers by decrypting login credentials. The powerful malware was capable of compromising protected computers by decrypting login credentials, such as passwords.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now back at our home bases, we’re still feeling the high from the most amazing WordCamp we’ve been to so far— @WordCampUS 2016. Hundreds of t-shirts, Wapuu stickers and pins, and countless “We’ve Got Your Back” massages later, the interesting people we met and new friends we made at WordCamp US 2016 all made for an absolutely amazing time.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A new variant of the Drinik Android malware targets 18 Indian banks and shifts strategies by masquerading as the country’s official tax management application, in an attempt to obtain victims’ personal information and banking credentials. Since 2016, Drinik has been spreading throughout India as an SMS stealer.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. Pushwoosh was incorporated in Novosibirsk, Russia in 2016. Pushwoosh says it is a U.S.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2022

On April 12, the Ukrainian CERT (CERT-UA) reported that the Russian Sandworm Team targeted high-voltage electrical substations in Ukraine using a new variant of a malware known as Industroyer (aka Crash Override). The post Industroyer2 malware targeting Ukrainian energy company appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The Feds’ report said it didn’t find any malware or evidence of remote access to the Durham County Board of Elections systems. On Monday, the U.S. ” reported the AP agency. .

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With our industry-leading malware scanning and removal system, web application firewall and 24/7/365 U.S.-based Whether you prefer a fast or slow approach when something goes wrong with your website you want things taken care of efficiently. That’s where SiteLock comes in.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2022

The Formbook malware is an information stealer that is in use by many threat actors. Formbook has been around since 2016 and is readily available on dark web market places. The embedded object downloaded a remote template that exploits CVE-2017-11882 to download and execute the FormBook malware. Malwarebytes. Exploit blocked.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

These include ransomware targeting backend servers, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, destructive malware, and even weaponizing charging stations to deploy malware. Notably, in 2016, Nissan suspended a remote telematics system in its all-electric hatchback, the Leaf, due to a vulnerability in the NissanConnect app’s server.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

As the Pegasus malware nuisance is slowly found politically gripping the entire world, companies offering security solutions to mobile users are getting busy in finding out a solution that helps protect against the infection repercussions caused by the Pegasus Malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

A new Grandoreiro banking malware campaign is targeting organizations in Mexico and Spain, Zscaler reported. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers observed a Grandoreiro banking malware campaign targeting organizations in the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain. ” reads the post published by Zscaler. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Trickbot banking malware is back in news for inducing a new ransomware variant into the wild. Researchers from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has have found that the new malware strain is acting similar to that of Conti Ransomware with a change that it Asymmetric encryption algorithms unlike other file encrypting malware variants.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2023

Security researchers at Mandiant have recently made a significant discovery in the realm of industrial control system (ICS) malware. Named "CosmicEnergy," this specialized operational technology (OT) malware poses a potential threat to critical infrastructure systems and electric grids.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 11, 2022

But it did not achieve noted success by doing so and probably intensified the attacks with wiper malware. Wiper Malware is a kind of malicious software that has the potential to act remotely and destroy data on targeted servers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2022

A malware campaign spreads ZLoader malware by exploiting a Windows vulnerability that was fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix. Experts from Check Point Research uncovered a new ZLoader malware campaign in early November 2021. banking Trojan and was used to spread Zeus-like banking trojan (i.e. Zeus OpenSSL).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A new Linux malware has been exploiting 30 vulnerabilities in outdated WordPress plugins and themes to deploy malicious JavaScripts. Doctor Web researchers discovered a Linux malware, tracked as Linux.BackDoor.WordPressExploit.1, Newspaper Theme on WordPress Access Control (vulnerability CVE-2016-10972). Google Code Inserter.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Dariy Pankov, a Russian VXer behind the NLBrute malware, has been extradited to the United States from Georgia. The Russian national Dariy Pankov, aka dpxaker, is suspected to be the author of the NLBrute malware. The malware allows operators of compromising protected computers by decrypting login credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

The operators behind the infamous TrickBot (ITG23 and Wizard Spider) malware have resurfaced with new distribution channels to deliver malicious payloads, such as Conti ransomware. “As of mid-2021, X-Force observed ITG23 partner with two additional malware distribution affiliates — Hive0106 (aka TA551) and Hive0107. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky was recently spotted using a new piece of malware in attacks on government agencies and human rights activists. The new malware appears to have been developed recently, but threat actors might have used Backdating, or timestomping to thwart analysis attempts (anti-forensics).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Cybercriminals continue to exploit the fear in the coronavirus outbreak to spread malware and steal sensitive data from victims. Experts from cybersecurity Reason reported cybercrimnals are using new coronavirus -themed attacks to deliver malware. To make sure the malware can persist and keep operating, it uses the “Task Scheduler”.”

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 3, 2017

Infection rates on Android devices tripled in 2016. Most frightening was the top source of the infections: The Google Play Store.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

June 14, 2016. We’re proud to earn a place on the 2016 Online Trust Alliance’s (OTA) 2016 Honor Roll for the fourth consecutive year. The 2016 scoring has been expanded and enhanced with additional weight and granularity given to key practices. SiteLock can detect malware the minute it hits.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 3, 2017

Infection rates on Android devices tripled in 2016. Most frightening was the top source of the infections: The Google Play Store.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

re network uses at least two free VPN services to lure its users to install a malware-like software that achieves persistence on the user’s computer,” the researchers wrote. The 911 user interface, as it existed when the service first launched in 2016. Another domain tied to the ustraffic@qq.com email in 2016 was ExeClean[.]net

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Russian-linked cyberespionage group Turla employed a new malware toolset, named Crutch, in targeted attacks aimed at high-profile targets. “During our research, we were able to identify strong links between a Crutch dropper from 2016 and Gazer. ” reads the report published by ESET. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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