SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Both infection methods resulted in the same malware (the DeathNote downloader), which uploaded the target’s information and retrieved the next-stage payload at the discretion of the C2 (Command and Control) server. It’s thought that the malware was spread through a vulnerability in the software.

Malware 73

Malware Spyware Cryptocurrency Government 73

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. It has been estimated that there are about 90,000 “orphaned” Necurs bots in the wild.

DNS 79

DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 79

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

This article will focus on the widespread and highly persistent malware injector campaign “Balada,” which has reportedly infected over 1 million individual websites by exploiting weaknesses in Elementor Pro, WooCommerce, and several other WordPress plugins. Balada is not an overly shy malware campaign. What is Balada? Windows NT 10.0;

Malware 83

Malware DNS Software Penetration Testing 83

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Disclaimer: when referring to APT groups as Russian-speaking, Chinese-speaking or other-“speaking” languages, we refer to various artefacts used by the groups (such as malware debugging strings, comments found in scripts, etc.) On February 23, ESET published a tweet announcing new wiper malware targeting Ukraine.

Malware 130

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 130

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

Accountability 134

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 134

Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

Malware Threat Intelligence made easy and available, with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics and SecureX by Ben Greenbaum . In addition to the Meraki networking gear, Cisco Secure also shipped two Umbrella DNS virtual appliances to Black Hat Asia, for internal network visibility with redundancy, in addition to providing: .

Malware 81

Malware Accountability DNS Technology 81

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to security firm Gemini Advisory, the Fin7 hacker group stole data on more than five million credit and debit cards that had been used at HBC credit card terminals beginning in May 2017. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013. Errors to avoid.

Retail 52

Retail Encryption Malware Artificial Intelligence 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 86

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 86

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company that specializes in investigating hi-tech cybercrimes, and the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) , detected and took down a massive multistage scam campaign circulating online on April 7, World Health Day. Twitter | LinkedIn.

Scams 97

Scams Phishing Risk Information Security 97

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi. webshells and Exaramel implants.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

US Cyber Command warns of Iran-linked hackers exploiting CVE-2017-11774 Outlook flaw. Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Google addressed three critical code execution flaws in Android Media Framework.

Scams 48

Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 48

Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. Hence, TA505 activity is sometimes still reported as Evil Corp activity, even though these groups have not worked together since the second half of 2017. Actor Tracking.

Ransomware 45

Ransomware Encryption Malware Architecture 45

SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The bot infiltrated the devices through the CVE-2017-6079 vulnerability, which allows execution of arbitrary commands. In some cases, DNS amplification was also used. Like CVE-2017-6079, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. For instance, Moobot added a relatively fresh vulnerability to its arsenal.

DDOS 102

DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Accountability 102

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 140

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140

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.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135