Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

He had no previous criminal records at the time of the arrest, but it is known to be a member of a cybercrime forum to become an affiliate for the GandCrab ransomware operation. The GandCrab Ransomware-as-a-Service shut down operations in June 2019 and told affiliates to stop distributing the ransomware. million dollars per week.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. More than 80% of all malicious files were disguised as .zip rar archive files.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Krebs on Security One of the best cybersecurity blogs offering unique insights. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations. Threat Post Threat Post is a portal, with news about everything related to recurring cybersecurity themes: attacks, cloud security, malware and ransomware, vulnerabilities, and so on.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Fxmsp gained worldwide fame in May 2019, after it was reported that the networks belonging to leading antivirus software companies had been compromised. Fxmsp took his first steps in the cybercrime scene in September 2016 when he registered on an underground forum, fuckav[.]ru. Fxmsp’s public activity culminated in April 2019.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. This new version used the.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. New #Mespinoza #Ransomware [link] Ext: locked R/n: Readme.README Affected users, contact the support forum of @BleepinComputer pic.twitter.com/SbKxVEIXUd — Amigo-A (@Amigo_A_) October 25, 2019.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2022

. “New redundant code injection mechanism means to ensure code execution by using inline assembly to bypass user mode hooks from security solutions.” The researchers also noticed the use of a redundant code injection mechanism to avoid NTDLL.dll hooks used by antivirus and EDR solutions to detect malicious activities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers believe that at least five different merchants and exchanges were used to fund the Glupteba addresses since 2019. We also recommend monitoring DNS logs and keeping the antivirus software up to date to help prevent a potential Glupteba infection.” Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Glupteba botnet).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Security experts at Cofense uncovered a phishing campaign that is targeting taxpayers in the United States attempting to infect them with a new piece of malware named Amadey. Experts revealed that the botnet was used by the TA505 cybercrime gang to distribute the FlawedAmmy RAT and some email stealers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The malware was first spotted in 2019 by security experts at Kaspersky, the name BRAT comes from ‘Brazilian RAT Android,’ because at the time it was used to spy on Brazilian users. ” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. PA Unit 42 found that the average ransom paid by organisations nearly tripled over the past year, from $115,123 in 2019 to $312,493. Stay safe and secure.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The researchers provided evidence that the threat actors sold the purchased certificates to a cybercrime gang that used them to spread malware. The verification is done using a public antivirus scanning service, then the threat actors use the file scan record as “a clean bill of health” for potential buyers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Citrix releases permanent fixes for CVE-2019-19781 flaw in ADC 11.1 Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack. Bot list with Telnet credentials for more than 500,000 servers and IoT devices leaked online. Hackers patch Citrix servers to deploy their own backdoor. Govn Agency.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

” The Lockbit gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware groups offering a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. It also supports a Safe Mode feature to bypass endpoint antivirus and detection. ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs. “LockBit 3.0 and LockBit.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In November 2019, the criminals behind a ransomware species called Maze started a new trend that is currently gaining momentum on the dark web. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. Depending on the number of infected computers, ransoms can reach millions of dollars.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2022

. “New redundant code injection mechanism means to ensure code execution by using inline assembly to bypass user mode hooks from security solutions.” The researchers also noticed the use of a redundant code injection mechanism to avoid NTDLL.dll hooks used by antivirus and EDR solutions to detect malicious activities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

181024 CVE-2019-19824 TOTOLINK Realtek SDK based routers, this affects A3002RU through 2.0.0, BotenaGo was written in Golang (Go) and at the time of the report published by the experts, it had a low antivirus (AV) detection rate (6/62). Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier CVE-2016-1555 Netgear WN604 before 3.3.3 A2pvI042j1.d26m

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

SI-LAB detected hundreds of users that were impacted by this malware between March 18th and 26th of 2019. The last days of March 2019 are making headlines due to a targeted cyber attack involving a new variant of infamous EMOTET malware. EMOTET spread in Chile targeted financial and banking services. Technical Analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

— Gendarmerie nationale (@Gendarmerie) August 28, 2019. Most of the infected systems were located in Latin America, more than 85% of victims did not have any security software installed. En lien avec le #FBI , les #cybergendarmes parviennent à "désinfecter" à distance plus de 850 000 ordinateurs. Une #PremièreMondiale !

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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. The shutdown of two major CDNs — Moonwalk and HDGO— in 2019, and the subsequent drop of the Russian piracy market from $87 million to $63.5 million.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Graham Cluley | @gcluley.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The news reported by ZDnet is not surprising, I have discovered several times such kind of offer, but it is important to raise awareness on the cybercrime-as-a-service model that could rapidly enable threat actors to carry out malicious activities. Exploit.in

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

The name Fxmsp refers a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking group focused on breaching high-profile private corporate and government information. Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego , is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks. ” The library can generate files in multiple spreadsheet formats, it also supports Excel 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

It’s worth noting that.rar also became the second commonly used format to deliver archived malware in H1 2019 and accounted for 25% of all archived malicious files detected by Group-IB’s CERT in the first half of 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency. After 2 years under the radars, Ratsnif emerges in OceanLotus ops. LooCipher: The New Infernal Ransomware. Bangladesh Cyber Heist 2.0: Silence APT goes global.

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