2018 Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft 
Krebs on Security
JULY 20, 2021
Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. Severa created and then leased out to others some of the nastiest cybercrime engines in history — including the Storm worm , and the Waledac and Kelihos spam botnets. A native of St.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 29, 2019
Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. Experts pointed out that the BIOLOAD’s WinBio.dll is still detected by a limited number of antivirus on VirusTotal scanning platform despite it was compiled nine months ago.
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CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 20, 2021
They need a modern cybersecurity strategy that’s up to date and fit for purpose, particularly at a time when cybercrime is rising across the board. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) the number of data breaches reported in 2021 eclipsed that of 2020 by as early as October. Clearly, there is work to be done.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2019
In August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. One of the analyzed BOOSTWRITE variants contained two payloads: CARBANAK and RDFSNIFFER.”
Adam Levin
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. As with any potential cybercrime, deterrence here will be aided by an awareness of what deepfakes are, how they work, and what they can and can’t do.
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