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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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21 million free VPN users’ data exposed

Malwarebytes

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. So this is a mess, and a timely reminder of why trust in a VPN provider is so crucial.

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Volt Typhoon Disrupts US Organizations, CISA Issues Alerts

eSecurity Planet

In November 2021, the FBI disclosed a FatPipe VPN exploit that enabled backdoor access via web shells. Reconnaissance Reconnaissance is the starting point of Volt Typhoon’s cyber campaign, characterized by thorough planning and data collection.

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Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

Security Affairs

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries. In 2018, their number grew to 3.6%, while in H1 2019 saw an unusual rise of up to 27.8%. The revival of ransomware.

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Meta subsidiaries must pay $14m over misleading data collection disclosure

Malwarebytes

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. The Australian case, which has rumbled on for the best part of two and a half years, has focused on claims related to a now discontinued Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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Operation Night Fury: Group-IB helps take down a cybergang behind the infection of hundreds of websites all over the world

Security Affairs

JavaScript-sniffers (JS-sniffers) targeting ecommerce websites is a type of malicious JavaScript code, designed to steal customer payment and personal data such as credit card numbers, names, addresses, logins, phone numbers, and credentials from payment systems, and etc. Group-IB has been tracking the GetBilling JS-sniffer family since 2018.

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Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’

Krebs on Security

More commonly, the infected PC or stolen VPN credentials the gang used to break in were purchased from a cybercriminal middleman known as an initial access broker. In 2018, Wazawaka registered a slew of domains spoofing the real domain for the Hydra dark web market. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA? . ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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