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Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

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government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot , a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. DanaBot’s features, as promoted on its support site. Image: welivesecurity.com.

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Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

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Silent Push said Araneida is being advertised by an eponymous user on multiple cybercrime forums. Araneida Scanner’s Telegram channel bragging about how customers are using the service for cybercrime. That user, “ Exorn ,” has posts dating back to August 2018. co — first came online in February 2023.

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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

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In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. Launched in 2001 under the tagline “Network terrorism,” Mazafaka would evolve into one of the most guarded Russian-language cybercrime communities. One representation of the leaked Mazafaka database. As well as the cost of my services.”

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UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime

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The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. law enforcement agents in connection with various cybercrime investigations. FLATTENING THE CURVE.

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How Does One Get Hired by a Top Cybercrime Gang?

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This post explores answers to those questions, as well as some of the ways Trickbot and other organized cybercrime gangs gradually recruit, groom and trust new programmers. nl — circa October 2018. ” According to the DOJ, Witte had access to Trickbot for roughly two years between 2018 and 2020. 6 in Miami, Fla.

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Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?

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The FBI joined authorities across Europe last week in seizing domain names for Cracked and Nulled , English-language cybercrime forums with millions of users that trafficked in stolen data, hacking tools and malware. Intel471 finds the user FlorainN registered across multiple cybercrime forums using the email address olivia.messla@outlook.de.

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A Year Later, Cybercrime Groups Still Rampant on Facebook

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Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching revealed more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups.