Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “[link]. That’s up from 25 percent just one year ago, and from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2018. A live Paypal phishing site that uses [link] (has the green padlock).

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Phishing Scams Cryptocurrency Internet 276

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

Researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have spotted a malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords. Experts at AT&T Alien Labs discovered a new piece of malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords.

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Internet Internet Passwords Malware 89

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

Last week, French authorities have seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, it is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web.

Cybercrime 142

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2020

An operation coordinated by Interpol, dubbed Goldfish Alpha, dismantled an illegal cryptocurrency network operating in Southeast Asia. Interpol announced that it has coordinated a successful international operation aimed at removing cryptocurrency miners that infected routers located in Southeast Asia. ” reported Trend Micro.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges. Based on the risk score, CryptoIns experts have calculated insurance rates for cryptocurrency exchange users who can now insure their accounts against cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. The number of leaked cards increased in 2018 by 56%. The total underground market value of Singaporean banks’ cards compromised in 2018 is estimated at nearly $640 000.

Banking 79

Banking Government Passwords Marketing 79

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

According to the threat intelligence firm Volexity, the CVE-2018-11776 vulnerability is already being abused in malicious attacks in the wild. Just yesterday I wrote about the availability online of the exploit code for the recently discovered Critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2018-11776 in Apache Struts 2.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In it, we identified the trends, threats, and innovations in cybercrime that small businesses need to know about in order to keep their websites secure. The Biggest Cybersecurity Trends of 2018. Throughout 2018, per-day website attack attempts increased by just about 60%, peaking at 80 attacks and averaging at 62 attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Prosecutors say they tied Singh to the government portal hack because he connected to it from an Internet address that he’d previously used to access a social media account registered in his name. A screenshot of the website for the cybercriminal group “ViLE.” ” Image: USDOJ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold.

Banking 105

Banking Accountability Mobile Cryptocurrency 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

The cybercrime group Rocke is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware called Pro-Ocean to target vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis intalls. The malware is an evolution of a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was first spotted by Unit 42 researchers in 2019.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The research in this report is a continuation of our previous annual financial threat reports ( 2018 , 2019 and 2020 ), providing an overview of the latest trends and key events across the threat landscape. Phishing is one of the most prevalent forms of cybercrime due to minimal effort required and the fact that it really works.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Booter sites are dangerous because they help lower the barriers to cybercrime, allowing even complete novices to launch sophisticated and crippling attacks with the click of a button. Some resolvers also allowed customers to determine the Internet address of a target using nothing more than the target’s Skype username.

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DNS Computers and Electronics Government Internet 182

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. a very strange scam attempt. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt.

Banking 51

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2019

ICANN warns of large-scale attacks on Internet infrastructure. Cyber Command disrupted blocked Russian troll factory during 2018 midterms. CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service will shut down on March 8, 2019. Analyzing the evolution of MageCart cybercrime groups TTPs. Fbot malware targets HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc devices.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Do not trust everything you see online.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

Meanwhile, cryptocurrency became a prominent target for those seeking monetary gain. The amount of cryptocurrency-related phishing grew significantly in 2022, and with an endless array of new coins, NFT and other DeFi projects, scammers are continuously duping users. Now we see that APT actors have also switched to crypto.

Banking 71

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 71

Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report. For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector. million (2.96 million (2.96

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

. “Unlike the aforementioned IoT botnets, this one tries to be more stealthy and persistent once the device is compromised, and it does not (yet) do the usual stuff a botnet does like DDOS , attacking all the devices connected to the internet, or, of course, mining cryptocurrencies.” pic.twitter.com/BrQzdfMFVB.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Primarily, that includes any social media and email accounts, as well as associated financial instruments such as bank accounts and any cryptocurrencies. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet. But this activity gradually has evolved toward more direct and aggressive monetization of such access.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

Cybercrime 225

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 225

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD)Restrictions.

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Ransomware Backups Software Encryption 97

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

that has been tracking down individuals engaged in unauthorized “SIM swaps” — a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is often used to steal large amounts of cryptocurrencies and other items of value from victims. In early July 2018, Ferri was traveling in Europe when he discovered his T-Mobile phone no longer had service.

Mobile 236

Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Passwords 236

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

While the resource was down, cryptocurrency newbies were invited to download a copy of Bitcoin Core via a torrenting service. Cybercriminals used the names of well-known APT groups to intimidate victims, demanded ransoms in cryptocurrency, and carried out demonstration attacks to back up their threats.

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DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Internet 129

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The hacked forum database shows a user “tankska” registered on OGUsers back in July 2018, but only made one post asking about the price of an older Twitter account for sale. youth whose mom turned him in to the local police in February 2018 when she overheard him talking on the phone and pretending to be an AT&T employee.

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Hacking Accountability Scams Media 292

SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2021

Ransomware gangs have enjoyed free rein over the Internet for several years now, marauding as they wish, free from fear, terrorizing large and small companies, non-profits, schools, local government agencies, and even hospitals. The cybercrime wave is so big it should be setting off alarm bells at every level of law enforcement. "The

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

In H2 2019, as part of its work to detect and prevents threats distributing online, Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB) blocked a total of 8, 506 phishing web resources, while in H2 2018, the figure stood at 2,567.This CERT-GIB’s findings indicate that phishing attack perpetrators have revised their so-called target pool.

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Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 56

Veracode Security

MAY 21, 2021

And CIS and McAfee reported that cybercrime cost 1 percent of global GDP in 2018. As for preexisting critical infrastructure that was built before the Internet, the order will need to find ways to ensure security and visibility. Neuberger noted two staggering statistics. s where a global alliance comes into play.

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Cybersecurity Government Software Small Business 64

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And the targets in this case are widespread: banks, ATMs, cryptocurrency exchanges, online casinos, movie studios such as Sony Pictures, and theater chains such as AMC. government as "FASTCash"—including the October 2018 theft of $6.1 million from an Indonesian cryptocurrency company in September 2018; and $11.8

Hacking 103

Hacking Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Banking 103

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Each and every major advance of Internet-centric commerce – from e-tailing and email, to social media and mobile computing, and now on to the Internet of Things – has translated into an exponential expansion of the attack surface available to cybercriminals. 2018 was no exception. Shock-immune public. The wider context?

Cybercrime 124

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Between the initial damage inflicted on your data, the threat of data leak to the Internet, and the loss of business as a result of damaged customer confidence, the net effect on your business can be major. Should You Pay the Ransom?

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Ransomware Backups Data breaches Encryption 52

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Want to Learn More About Malware?

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 138

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

We saw from 2018 Ryuk began targeting organizations, but preceding this was GandCrab and SamSam. The federal government has become increasingly involved in pushing back against cybercrime, particularly ransomware. We see that trend in cybercrime almost every year after Christmas and holidays,” he said. Ransomware is the Focus.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. households had an estimated 11 internet-connected devices per household.

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