Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The researchers set up a honeypot to collect data on infected IoT devices, the way threat actors infect IoT devices and what families of malware are involved. In the first six months of 2018, the experts observed a number of malware samples that was up three times as many samples targeting IoT devices as in the whole of 2017.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2019

Avast spotted a new strain of Clipsa malware that is used to mine and steal cryptocurrencies along with carrying out brute-force attacks on WordPress sites. Clipsa is a malware that is well known to cyber security community is able to steal cryptocurrency via clipoard hijacking and mine cryptocurrency after installing a miner. .

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Malware Cryptocurrency Passwords Internet 90

Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. “Consider salaries in Russia,” Quotpw said.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. “Both PurpleFox and DirtyMoe are still active malware and gaining strength.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Maybe you were once advised to “look for the padlock” as a means of telling legitimate e-commerce sites from phishing or malware traps. 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].

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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 81

Banking Government Passwords Marketing 81

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2020

The US DoJ has filed a civil forfeiture complaint with the intent to seize control over 280 Bitcoin and Ethereum accounts that are believed to be holding funds which are the proceeds of hacking campaigns conducted by North Korea-linked APT groups against two cryptocurrency exchanges. In the second attack, threat actors stole $2.5

Cryptocurrency 117

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ). Interestingly enough, the share of adware attacks increased in relation to mobile malware in general.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “Underminer delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency-mining malware named Hidden Mellifera.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

SpyEye, developed in 2009 and described as a “bank Trojan with a form grabbing capability”, surged from the eighth most common banking malware tool with a 3.4% Emotet (9.3%), described by Europol as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, underwent a drop of five percentage points between 2020 and 2021.This

Banking 99

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Malware 99

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. nl — circa October 2018. 6 in Miami, Fla.

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SecureList

MARCH 3, 2022

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, January – December 2018 – 2021 ( download ). It is also worth noting that in 2021 the vectors of monthly fluctuations (increases and decreases) are the same as those in 2019 and, particularly, in 2018 more often than in 2020. Selected industries. Malicious objects.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Experts defined DirtyMoe as a complex malware that has been designed as a modular system. The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. The malware implements six methods to generate IPs with the help of a pseudo-random generator.

Malware 77

Malware Passwords DDOS Internet 77

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. For instance, malicious spam campaigns targeting organizations grew 10-fold in April 2022, spreading Qbot and Emotet malware.

Banking 75

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 75

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

The Rocke group is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware dubbed Pro-Ocean to target Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis installs. 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.

Malware 88

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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. At the beginning of last year, many predicted that cryptocurrency mining would be one of the year’s biggest cybersecurity risks. What does this mean?

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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. .

Cryptocurrency 65

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Internet Internet 65

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. In May, Internet scans found nearly one million systems vu lnerable to the BlueKeep flaw. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” continues the analysis.

Cryptocurrency 71

Cryptocurrency Internet Internet Malware 71

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. During that time, it had effectively evaded analysis and had previously been misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. Currently, at a value of approximately $60,000, cybercriminals have adapted their malware to monitor the operating system’s clipboard and redirect funds to addresses under their control. MageCart attacks moving to the server side.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 110

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Thousands of unpatched MikroTik Routers are involved in new cryptocurrency mining campaigns. The exploit code for the CVE-2018-14847 vulnerabilities is becoming a commodity in the hacking underground, just after its disclosure crooks started using it to compromise MikroTik routers. Summarizing, more than 370,000 of 1.2

Cryptocurrency 65

Cryptocurrency IoT Advertising Internet 65

Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

Malware Static Analysis. Anubis II – malware and afterlife. Free Tools: spotting APTs through Malware streams. Android Trojan Gustuff capable of targeting more than 100 global banking apps, cryptocurrency and marketplace applications. Gustuff Android banking trojan targets 125+ banking, and 32 cryptocurrency apps.

Cryptocurrency 71

Cryptocurrency Banking Malware Data breaches 71

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control (C&C) operations. Cisco Talos researchers discovered a new cryptocurrency -mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control. SecurityAffairs – WatchBog, malware).

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Architecture Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising 82

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 109

Banking Accountability Mobile Cryptocurrency 109

Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

Experts uncovered a massive cryptojacking campaign that is targeting MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic. — MalwareHunterBR (@MalwareHunterBR) July 30, 2018. — MalwareHunterBR (@MalwareHunterBR) July 30, 2018. ” reads the report published by Trustwave.

Cryptocurrency 71

Cryptocurrency Internet Internet Advertising 71

SecureWorld News

MARCH 2, 2021

Ryuk was first observed in August 2018 as a variant of the Hermes 2.1 However, unlike Hermes, Ryuk was never made available on the forum, and CryptoTech has since ceased all of its activities, so there is some doubt regarding the origins of the malware. ransomware, which was sold on the underground forum exploit.in

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Ransomware Malware Healthcare Cryptocurrency 98

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself. Many of these faux-Zoom sites were used to distribute malware under the guise of links to online meetings. A Prime Target for Hackers.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Malicious hackers are increasingly mobbing the video game industry, with major companies suffering data breaches, having their source code sold or leaked online and games serving as playgrounds to push malware or mine cryptocurrencies. billion attacks tracked by the company across different countries.

Computers and Electronics 121

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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. Don’t ruin your device.

Internet 123

Internet Internet Scams Passwords 123

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware. UK ICO fines British Airways £183 Million under GDPR over 2018 security breach. Kaspersky report: Malware shared by USCYBERCOM first seen in December 2016. Parents Guide for Safe YouTube and Internet Streaming for Kids. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The primary purpose of the KashmirBlack botnet is to abuse resources of compromised systems for cryptocurrency mining and redirecting a site’s legitimate traffic to spam pages. .” reads the first part of two reports published by the experts detailing the DevOps implementation behind the botnet.

Advertising 116

Advertising Cryptocurrency Internet Internet 116

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2019

Fbot malware targets HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc devices. ICANN warns of large-scale attacks on Internet infrastructure. Malware spam campaign exploits WinRAR flaw to deliver Backdoor. Cyber Command disrupted blocked Russian troll factory during 2018 midterms. B0r0nt0K ransomware demands $75,000 ransom to the victims.

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Wireless Banking Advertising Cybercrime 57

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. a very strange scam attempt.

Banking 53

Banking Scams Advertising Cybercrime 53

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited in partnership with Group-IB. Attacks on Crypto. Group-IB in Asia.

Cybercrime 85

Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 85

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

“Over the past week, we have been observing a new malware strain, which we call Torii, that differs from Mirai and other botnets we know of, particularly in the advanced techniques it uses.” — Marco Ramilli (@Marco_Ramilli) September 27, 2018. ” reads the analysis published by Avast.

IoT 86

IoT Architecture Advertising DDOS 86

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults. “The victim profile remains the most striking thing,” Monahan wrote.

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