Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“CISA, FBI, and HHS have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. In early 2019, researchers spotted a new TrickBot backdoor framework dubbed Anchor that was using the anchor_dns tool for abusing the DNS protocol for C2 communications. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Healthcare Ransomware Cybercrime Advertising 142

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The administrator announced the decision via messages posted on various cybercrime forums. Joker’s Stash is one of the most longevous carding websites, it was launched in October 2014 and is very popular in the cybercrime underground due to the freshness of its cards and their validity. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Joker’s Stash).

Cybercrime 97

Cybercrime Backups Hacking DNS 97

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. ” In such assaults, the perpetrators leverage unmanaged Domain Name Servers (DNS) or other devices on the Web to create huge traffic floods.

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DNS Computers and Electronics Government Internet 182

Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

In response to an inquiry from this office, the RCMP stopped short of naming names, but said “we can confirm that our National Division Cybercrime Investigative Team did execute a search warrant at a Toronto location last week.”. ” “I am not your A-typical computer geek, Brian,” he wrote in a 2018 email. “I

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Advertising Malware Marketing Software 220

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2019

FireEye Mandiant discovered that the FIN7 hacking group added new tools to its cyber arsenal, including a module to target remote administration software of ATM vendor. The messages sent to the victims were also dropping the backdoor DNSbot that primarily operates over DNS traffic. SecurityAffairs – FIN7, hacking).

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Identity Theft Hacking Advertising DNS 75

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan redirecting users to compromised websites. Since then, the criminal group has continued its attack activities by using various malware families such as HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Wroba, and various attack methods such as phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning.

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Phishing DNS Malware Hacking 86

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

“In November 2018, TA505 , a prolific actor that has been at the forefront of this trend, began distributing a new backdoor we named “ServHelper”. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.” SecurityAffairs – TA505, cybercrime).

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Malware DNS Financial Services Retail 91

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net FORUM ACTIVITY?

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 304

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Iron cybercrime group has been active since at least 2016, is known for the Iron ransomware but across the years it is built various strain of malware, including backdoors, cryptocurrency miners, and ransomware to target both mobile and desktop systems. “In Security Affairs – malware, cybercrime ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cryptocurrency Malware Ransomware Cybercrime 90

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

Back in 2018, almost two-thirds of the small businesses suffered from cyber security attacks. . Most external hacking takes place during information transfer over an internet connection. There are different kinds of cyber attacks that are faced by small businesses, including malware, phishing, SQL injection, DNS tunneling, and more.

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Small Business Cyber Attacks VPN Backups 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Group-IB has limited some of the data in the reports that could hinder investigations into the group’s cybercrimes. Prior to April 2018, Silence’s target interests were primarily limited to 25 post-Soviet states and neighboring countries. Silence going global. Larger geographical scope of attacks. Within the sound of Silence.

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Banking Cybercrime Cybersecurity Advertising 56

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

“This C&C server has actually been active since 6 th March 2018 but didn’t attract attention because of the low capacity of the “black” botnet at that time. However, in May-July 2018 we detected a new Ramnit campaign with around 100,000 computers infected.” Security Affairs – cybercrime, Ramnit botnet).

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Malware DNS Encryption Banking 47

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in Romania. Securi ty Affairs – Cobalt, Cybercrime). plus; eucentalbank[.]com;

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Cybercrime Banking Phishing Advertising 55

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.

Banking 86

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 86

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018. Street @jaysonstreet.

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Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 134

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

The financially-motivated hacking group FIN7 is back and used a new piece of malware in a recent hacking campaign. Security experts at Flashpoint revealed that the financially-motivated cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Anunak and Carbanak ) used new malware in a recent hacking campaign. ” continues the analysis.

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Malware Identity Theft Cybercrime Hacking 83

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Since 2018, we have been tracking Roaming Mantis – a threat actor that targets Android devices. The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Lapsus$ group hacks Okta. Roaming Mantis reaches Europe.

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Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 103

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps allow hacking devices. Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Is Your Browser Secure?

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Scams Spyware DNS Advertising 48

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. Although Lyceum still prefers taking advantage of DNS tunneling, it appears to have replaced the previously documented.NET payload with a new C++ backdoor and a PowerShell script that serve the same purpose.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) protocol is used to establish secure connections over UDP, through which most DNS queries, as well as audio and video traffic, are sent. Dear players, The PUBG MOBILE team are currently actively working to resolve the DDoS attacks against our systems and the new hacking issues.

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DDOS Cryptocurrency Marketing Internet 129

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 140

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 140

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Those publications set off speculation about a possible secret back-channel of communications, as well as a series of lawsuits and investigations that culminated last week with the indictment of the same former federal cybercrime prosecutor who brought the data to the attention of the FBI five years ago. trump-email.com). trump-email.com).

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