Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

.” The DOJ’s statement doesn’t mention that RSOCKS has been in operation since 2014, when access to the web store for the botnet was first advertised on multiple Russian-language cybercrime forums. A copy of the passport for Denis Kloster, as posted to his Vkontakte page in 2019. info , allproxy[.]info

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

In May 2018, researchers from security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab reported that cybercriminals that targeted the Dasan GPON routers were using another new zero-day flaw affecting the same routers and recruit them in their botnet. sox,” which is used to proxy traffic from the bot to the internet on behalf of a user.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. According to a report published by security firm CyberArk, Raccoon is mostly delivered through Exploit Kits and Phishing Campaigns. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The man was held in the Netherlands, and he was charged for his alleged role in the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Justice Department announced the seizure of internet domains used to sell the remote access Trojan Warzone RAT (www.warzone[.]ws). He is accused of conspiracy to commit various cybercrimes, such as gaining authorized access to protected computers and causing unauthorized damage to protected computers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

Last week, French authorities have seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, it is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This operation follows the takedown in May of last year of Wall Street Market that took place in May 2019. The Wall Street Market marketplace was considered one of the most important points of aggregation in the cybercrime underground for trading in cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines as well as digital goods (i.e.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The government agencies receive information about imminent attacks, threat actors are using the TrickBot botnet to deliver the infamous ransomware to the infected systems. “CISA, FBI, and HHS have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

Europol this week announced the shutdown of VPNLab, a VPN service that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. An international operation conducted by law enforcement bodies from 10 countries took down VPNLab.net, a VPN service provider that is very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

CryptBot malware is active since at least 2019, it allows operators to steal sensitive data from the Google Chrome of the infected systems. The malware allows operators to steal login credentials from popular services such as social media platforms and cryptocurrency wallets, then stolen data is sold on cybercrime forums by the operators.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

AT&T initially denied any data breach, below is the statement from the telecomunication giant : “Based on our investigation Thursday, the information that appeared in an internet chat room does not appear to have come from our systems,” Later, the telecommunications company retracted its initial denial and confirmed the data breach.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

According to a report published by Crowdstrike, the group is now trying to sell access to some to compromised companies on a cybercrime forum. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a private industry notification (PIN) to warn private industry partners that Iran-linked threat actors are attempting to buy stolen information belonging to US businesses and organizations abroad.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

. “Several ransomware experts who spoke with ZDNet today said the sale of the Dharma ransomware code would most likely result in its eventual leak on the public internet, and to a wider audience.” The Dharma ransomware received numerous updates over the years, in 2019 a new piece of ransomware subbed Phobos emerged online.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

The source code of the Zeus Trojan is available in the cybercrime underground since 2011 allowing crooks to develop their own release since. On Dec 23 2019, this variant of Zloader was observed being distributed by the RIG Exploit Kit, experts observed small campaigns, likely for testing purposes. comparing Axe Bot 1.4.1

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A 2021 report by Constella Intelligence found that the number of personal data leaks in healthcare grew by half when compared to 2019. After the first vaccines appeared on the Internet – and especially dark web forums – a busy trade in vaccines began online, with no one being able to verify the authenticity of the vaccines being sold.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The man is currently being held in the Netherlands, he was charged for his alleged role the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2021

The eCh0raix ransomware has been active since at least 2019, when eExperts from security firms Intezer and Anomali separately discovered sample of the ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Independent experts observed a surge in eCh0raix ransomware infection reports between April 19 and April 26.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The IPStorm botnet was first uncovered in May 2019 while targeting Windows systems, not experts from Intezer reported that the bot evolved to infect other platforms, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. Makinin controlled these infected devices as part of an extensive botnet, which is a network of compromised devices.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks. The Makop criminals were recently using version 2.5.3869 of the tool, which dates back to 2019. Advanced_Port_Scanner_2.5.3869.exe Everything is freeware software maintained by Voidtools.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

At the time of its discovery, the sample analyzed by the experts was not labeled as malicious by any security vendors on VirusTotal. This malware relies on the i2p (Invisible Internet Project) anonymization network for communication. The experts identified three generation of malware since August 2019.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

“It is important to note that there is a free decryptor for files locked with an older version (before July 17th, 2019) of eCh0raix ransomware. In 2019, Anomali researchers reported a wave of eCh0raix attacks against Synology NAS devices, threat actors conducted brute-force attacks against them. TXTT” extension. and 1.0.6).”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The banking malware re-emerged after its activity significantly dropped in 2019, threat actors are using it to steal credentials and other private information and deliver additional payloads. The TinyNuke malware was first spotted in 2017, but its activity reached its peak in 2018.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Raccoon Malware, a success case in the cybercrime ecosystem. Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers. ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. Lampion malware v2 February 2020.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

Like other Black Hat conferences, the mission of the NOC is to build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the training events, briefings, sponsors and attendees. Threat Grid (Secure Malware Analytics). AMP for Endpoints (Secure Endpoint). CyberCrime Tracker. Farsight Security DNSDB.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

The cybercrime group Rocke is using a new piece of cryptojacking malware called Pro-Ocean to target vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ, Oracle WebLogic, and Redis intalls. The malware is an evolution of a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was first spotted by Unit 42 researchers in 2019. Luoxk, BillGates, XMRig, and Hashfish).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

times against 2019. This was based on an analysis of information published on the dark web. In 2021, HIPAA noted 642 data leaks from medical organizations versus 512 in 2019. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Do not expose your NAS to the internet, or avoid using default system port numbers 443 and 8080. In 2019, Anomali researchers reported a wave of eCh0raix attacks against Synology NAS devices, threat actors conducted brute-force attacks against them. Install and update Malware Remover to the latest version.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2020

Trojan Lampion is a malware observed at the end of the year 2019 impacting Portuguese users using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax and EDP. According to the first appearance of this banking trojan in December 2019, the modus operandi remains as documented here. Trojan Lampion is back after 3 months.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Since March 2023, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet targeting multiple vulnerabilities in popular IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

The statutory maximum sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.” “Castro thought he could hide behind the anonymity of the internet, and use online pseudonyms to deal drugs – like ‘Chems_usa’ and ‘Chemical_usa.’

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2019

The court decided to relax the expert bail terms, allowing him to access the Internet and continues his ordinary working activities. — MalwareTech (@MalwareTechBlog) July 26, 2019. SecurityAffairs – Marcus Hutchins, cybercrime). The only restriction on Hutchins is that the expert cannot visit the Wannacry server domain.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals.

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