Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Last week, the Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown. The DDoS attack was launched by a new DDoS botnet tracked as M?ris

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Malware developers — no longer hiring.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the FBI seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services. The FBI has seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services (aka booters or stressers ) that were used by their customers to launch powerful DDoS attacks. Authorities Take Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Websites.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. As far back as 2018, Interisle found.US The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified.US

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Shortly after that, those same servers came under a sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Chaput said whoever was behind the DDoS was definitely not using point-and-click DDoS tools, like a booter or stresser service. “Consider salaries in Russia,” Quotpw said. billion last year.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zerobot operators are offering the botnet as a malware-as-a-service model, one domain (zerostresser[.]com) com) with links to the bot was among the 48 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnet , including Satori. Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington, aka Nexus Zeta, pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Akamai discovered a new Mirai-based DDoS botnet, named InfectedSlurs, actively exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices. The InfectedSlurs is based on the JenX Mirai malware variant that in 2018 leveraged the Grand Theft Auto videogame community to infect devices.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The evolving world of cybercrime can be complicated, and at the end of the day, you just want what’s best for your business. You can start by learning about the three common cybersecurity threats that all small business owners should be prepared for: malware, vulnerabilities, and DDoS attacks. Common types of malware.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 At the time, Jha was president and co-founder of ProTraf Solutions , a DDoS mitigation firm that provided just such a service. After the Sept.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2022

Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai -based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. ” “I am not your A-typical computer geek, Brian,” he wrote in a 2018 email. “I An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Kaspersky researchers observed three times as many malware samples against smart devices in the first half of 2018 than they did in all of 2017, according to new findings. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Cobalt cybercrime gang abused Google App Engine in recent attacks. Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Reading the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018. CookieMiner Mac Malware steals browser cookies and sensitive Data. Exclusive: spreading CSV Malware via Google Sheets. 20% discount.

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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. An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that they exploited a vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers (CVE-2018-13379).

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. DDoS Attacks. Ransomware is a type of malware, but others exist, including spyware, adware, bots and Trojans.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The analysis of the code revealed that the MooBot bot will also send heartbeat messages to the C2 server and parse commands from C2 to start a DDoS attack on a specific IP address and port number. ” At the time of the analysis, the C2 server was offline. ” concludes the report. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

.” In the past, the US Census has been hit by attacks, such as hacks and DDoS attacks during a 2018 test of census systems attributed to Russia-linked hackers and a 2015 hack attributed to the Anonymous collective. The document warns of destructive attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Trends in Malware attacks. We can't look at all of these categories, but let's talk about the number one cyber attack threat of malware. Web-based Attacks.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · Akamai Report: Credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat. · Bitcoin Core Team fixes a critical DDoS flaw in wallet software. · SHEIN Data breach affected 6.42 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Winning the ongoing battle against cybercrime and criminals starts with understanding the nature of the threats and how to combat them. And as stated by a Harris Poll conducted in 2018 , more than 60 million Americans are affected by identity theft every year. How high is your business’ cyber threat intelligence ? It’s not so simple.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In December, Canada’s Laurentian University reported a DDoS attack. Educational institutions are recommended to use anti-DDoS solutions and strong firewall settings, and partner up with ISPs. In early October, a DDoS attack was reported by the PUBG Mobile team. But it dealt with the problem in a matter of minutes.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The malware tries to spread to other hosts on the network by infecting USB drives. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2018

“The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing itself in a system and spreading across large corporate networks infecting both workstations and servers.” ” Once infected a machine, the PowerGhost attempts to escalate privileges by using various exploits such as the one for CVE-2018-8120.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations. During our daily monitoring activities, we intercepted a singular Linux malware trying to penetrate the network of some of our customers. Introduction. Technical Analysis.

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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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

It also tops the list of annual cybercrime costs at about $18 million. A report published collaboratively by two organizations showed that the average cost of a malware attack for a financial brand was $825,000. But, the expenses climb dramatically for a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever, which surpassed the previous record of 1.7 Tbps that took place in March 2018. Amazon announced it has mitigated the largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 Tbps that took place in March 2018. The previous record for the largest DDoS attack ever recorded was of 1.7 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The purpose of this report is to deliver a devastating blow to cybercrime by uncovering key organizations sponsoring pirates and exposing the entire criminal structure of online piracy. Because of how popular pirate websites are, they serve as platforms for distributing malware and stealing users’ money and personal data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The malware used in the Target breach included the text string “ Rescator ,” which also was the handle chosen by the cybercriminal who was selling all of the cards stolen from Target customers. KrebsOnSecurity began revisiting the research into Rescator’s real-life identity in 2018, after the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

Researchers warn of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. Cybersecurity researchers from BlackBerry are warning of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

This post examines some of the clues left behind by “ Wazawaka ,” the hacker handle chosen by a major access broker in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. Wazawaka has been a highly active member of multiple cybercrime forums over the past decade, but his favorite is the Russian-language community Exploit.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to recent research, malware currently infects an estimated 12.8 Here are our top 4 cybersecurity tips your business can deploy now to get proactive on preventing data breaches , site defacement, DDoS attacks and other threats that put your sites at risk. Why are DDoS attacks so important to prevent?

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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.) Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites.

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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. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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