Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2020

In the last 18 months, North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the attacks carried out by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group in the past 18 months and confirmed their interest in banks and cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. Experts observed the ransomware also installing the dreaded Azorult password-stealing Trojan on victim’s machine to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, documents and more.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 14, 2022

Researchers from Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) have stated that the Holy Ghost Ransomware gang dubbed DEV-0530 started its operations in June this year and is into multiple encryption tactics, along with public key management. And this proves that they are not desperate in gaining funds and are happy with what is being given.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

Vasinskyi is a REvil ransomware affiliate since at least March 1st, 2019. “Ransomware is malicious software designed to encrypt data on victim computers, allowing bad actors the ability to demand a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key.” ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The Exfiltration Phase of The Kill Chain of a Cryptocurrency-Based Attack Provides the Greatest Opportunity to Identify Cybercriminals. Cryptocurrency gained through illicit means is less useable than other assets due to the way cryptocurrency systems currently do not fully protect owner identity and allow for only limited liquidity.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The now-defunct and always phony cryptocurrency trading platform xtb-market[.]com,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 2, 2023

We all know that cyber-criminal gangs spreading file encrypting malware are nowadays first stealing data and then encrypting it until a ransom is paid. And if the victim pays them a ransom in cryptocurrency, they send fake screenshots that their data is being or was deleted from their database.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2021

Note 1- As per the details available to our Cybersecurity Insiders, it all started in March 2018 when the Canadian Company Phantom Secure that offered a highly encrypted messaging app was shut down by law enforcement. To those uninitiated, here’s the story in detail.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

First surfacing in September 2019, the gang is estimated to have made hundreds of millions of U.S. In addition, the Japanese Police, supported by Europol, have released a recovery tool designed to recover files encrypted by the LockBit 3.0 Department of Justice (DOJ). Black Ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Security firm of Cisco says the malware also can steal cryptocurrency, thanks to its add-on of Laplas, that has the ability to replace the crypto address on the Windows Clipboard and substitute it with the one dictated by the threat actor. As it not only encourages crime but also doesn’t guaranty a decryption key for sure.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2022

Notably, the gang has announced a bug bounty program—likely the first of its kind—offering payments to anyone finding vulnerabilities in their encryption code or leak website. release include new methods of data recovery and/or destruction and the addition of Zcash cryptocurrency to the existing Bitcoin and Monero ransom payment options.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

The group used Clop to encrypt data on the servers of multiple American companies and universities, as well as some Korean companies. According to Ukranian Cyberpolice, four Korean companies were attacked with the Clop virus in 2019. This resulted in 810 internal servers and personal computers of employees becoming encrypted.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. The seized funds amounting to half a million US dollars, include ransoms paid by health care providers in Kansas and Colorado. Maui ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2023

According to an advisory published by American CISA the said file encrypting malware spreading gang was being widely used by cyber criminals who amassed about $91 million in the Biden led nation, alone. NOTE- In the year 2019, FBI issued an advisory in which it clearly urged all the ransomware victims to avoid paying a ransom.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But a security researcher and Tor node operator going by Nusenu told The Record this week that they observed a pattern in some of these Tor relays with no contact information, which they first noticed in 2019 and have traced back as far as 2017. Use end-to-end encryption. How to stay safe. Use a VPN. Stay safe, everyone!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

Highly placed sources say that the hackers who induced the malware might be demanding a ransom in the range of $100,000 to $300,000 and might increase the payment victim doeskin show interest in their cryptocurrency demands. . Note 1- A ransomware is a kind of malware that encrypts a database until a ransom is paid. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2022

NOTE 1- Lockbit usually demands a ransom in double-digit figures of millions and that too in Bitcoins cryptocurrency. In one instance, the group claimed to have wiped data from its victimized database in the United States.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2022

As the noose around those laundering cryptocurrency was being tightened by law enforcement agencies such as INTERPOL, it was getting difficult for the hackers to gain money from targets. In June last year, CLOP gang members announced that there were shutting down their business as earnings from cyber attacks were decreasing on a drastic note.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Researchers from security firm REDTEAM reported that operators behind the Black Kingdom ransomware are targeting enterprises exploiting the CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Secure VPN software to gain access to the network. the malicious code encrypts files and appends the.DEMON extension to filenames of the encrypted documents.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Avast researchers reported that since 2019, MyKings operators have amassed at least $24 million in the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin. However, experts pointed out that the botnet uses more than 20 cryptocurrencies in total, for this reason the total financial gains could be greater than $24M. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The crew has published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. Experts from BadPackets pointed out that attackers might have exploited the Pulse Secure VPN CVE-2019-11510 to compromise the company. – Seachange has over 50,000,000 subscribers.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

But a little more than a month later, a new ransomware affiliate program called BlackMatter emerged, and experts quickly determined BlackMatter was using the same unique encryption methods that DarkSide had used in their attacks. ” That CrowdStrike report was from July 2019. REBRANDING TO AVOID SANCTIONS.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2020

Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. This issue could be exploited only when the encryption keys are obtained via a separate attack, meaning that the attackers have to chain more exploits in their campaigns.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after a coordinated attack on its Trinity wallet. Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication. Russian govn blocked Tutanova service in Russia to stop encrypted communication. CVE-2019-0604 SharePoint Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

The group used Clop to encrypt data on the servers of multiple American companies and universities, as well as some Korean companies. According to Ukrainian Cyberpolice, four Korean companies were attacked with the Clop virus in 2019. This resulted in 810 internal servers and personal computers of employees becoming encrypted.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

As the FBI points out, the goal is not always a direct fund transfer: One variation involves compromising legitimate business email accounts and requesting employees’ Personally Identifiable Information, Wage and Tax Statement (W-2) forms, or even cryptocurrency wallet s. The rise of cryptocurrency in BEC fraud.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2021

According to a press release issued by Ukrainian authorities, law enforcement officials also shut down infrastructure that was used to spread the cybercrime gang’s ransomware, which was first spotted in February of 2019 as a new variant of the Cryptomix family.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Intezer have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining botnet, that also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708). ” reads a blog post published by Intezer. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. Once hijacked the channel, attackers either sell it to the highest bidder or employ it in cryptocurrency scam scheme. The hackers used fake collaboration opportunities (i.e.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining. Definitely yes.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Malicious hackers are increasingly mobbing the video game industry, with major companies suffering data breaches, having their source code sold or leaked online and games serving as playgrounds to push malware or mine cryptocurrencies. billion attacks tracked by the company across different countries.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

US officials charge two Chinese men for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea. Lets Encrypt CA is revoking over 3 Million TLS certificates due to a bug. Most of the attacks on Telecom Sector in 2019 were carried out by China-linked hackers. CVE-2019-0090 flaw affects Intel Chips released in the last 5 years.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 8, 2021

The Russian-linked ransomware group encrypted entire networks in the Kaseya supply chain and demanded $70 million in cryptocurrency to deliver a universal decryptor key. Next, it extracts the encryption key from a config file. That number is sure to fluctuate as more information develops.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Android malware targets over 200 mobile financial and cryptocurrency applications, including Paypal Business , Revolut , Barclays , UniCredit , CapitalOne UK , HSBC UK , Santander UK , TransferWise , Coinbase , and paysafecard. . ” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. By analyzing HTTP packets in EventBot Version 0.0.0.1,

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. They’ll take more manual steps to encrypt servers, exfiltrate data – or do both. And then, instead of encrypting one or two or ten machines, they’ll encrypt everything.” Baldr can also plunder any cryptocurrency being stored in a range of digital wallets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2021

Out of 15,000 customers surveyed by the Russian Cybersecurity firm, only 29% of victims stated they recovered back their data from encryption after paying a ransom in cryptocurrency. Others claimed to have lost most of their stolen files, or were never offered the stolen data by the hackers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The malware is cheap compared to similar threats, it is able to steal sensitive data from about 60 applications, including (browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, email and FTP clients). And this goes beyond usernames and passwords to information that can get them immediate financial gain like credit card information and cryptocurrency wallets.”

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