Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

— Gendarmerie nationale (@Gendarmerie) August 28, 2019. In recent campaigns, the Retadup worm was observed delivering Monero cryptocurrency miners in Latin America. Then Avast contacted the Cybercrime Fighting Center (C3N) of the French National Gendarmerie in March this year and requested its support to dismantle the botnet.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For access to the decryption key, the victim must make prompt payment, often in cryptocurrency shielding the attacker’s identity. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Offline Backups.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. in , where the group recruited many of its distributors.

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SecureList

APRIL 10, 2023

The offers presented in this report were published between 2019 and 2023 and were collected from the nine most popular forums for the purchase and sale of goods and services related to malware and unwanted software. It is also clear of alerts from Google Protect and built-in antivirus on devices from different vendors.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In 2019, Trend Micro found a 77% surge in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2019 from the previous year. Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Maze ransomware was first seen in the wild since May 2019 and is becoming increasingly active.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Meanwhile, after presumably enjoying a restful holiday, the best and brightest malicious hackers are diving into 2019 with renewed verve. This makes Vidar capable of stealing cryptocurrencies from digital wallets. Vidar and microcode hacking are two grains of sand on the beachhead of 2019 cyber threats. ” Shared burden.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 138

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. Another factor limiting the spread of deepfakes: Scammers don’t need them.

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