Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. com — which was created to phish U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Mirai-based DDoS botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new exploits to target routers from different vendors, including D-Link, Zyxel, and TP-Link. The botnet supports multiple DDoS attacks, including UDP, HTTP Flood, UDP Plain, and TCP SYN. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Redigo is a new Go-based malware employed in attacks against Redis servers affected by the CVE-2022-0543 vulnerability. Researchers from security firm AquaSec discovered a new Go-based malware that is used in a campaign targeting Redis servers. In March 2022, the U.S. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. Experts pointed out that the malware is being actively developed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fortinet researchers discovered new samples of RapperBot used to build a botnet to launch Distributed DDoS attacks against game servers. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered new samples of the RapperBot malware that are being used to build a DDoS botnet to target game servers. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

The operators behind the TrickBot malware are systematically targeting Ukraine since the beginning of the war in February 2022. Since February, the Conti ransomware group has taken over TrickBot malware operation and also planned to replace it with BazarBackdoor malware. ” concludes IBM. ” concludes IBM.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Q3 2021 brought two new DDoS attack vectors, potentially posing a serious threat, including for major web resources. ris , a new botnet capable of carrying out powerful DDoS attacks. For instance, a DDoS attack on a Cloudflare customer (attributed to M?ris) We won't let our #DDoS stop us doing what we love!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2023

Researchers discovered a new strain of malware called Condi that targets TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Researchers discovered a new strain of malware called Condi that was observed exploiting a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers. ” concludes the report.”Thus,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. The largest attack was a 2.5 ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

A DDoS botnet dubbed AndoryuBot has been observed exploiting an RCE, tracked as CVE-2023-25717, in Ruckus access points. The activity is associated with a known DDoS botnet tracked as AndoryuBot that first appeared in February 2023. The bot supports multiple DDoS attack techniques and uses SOCKS5 proxies for C2 communications.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At this point, it has become cliché to say that nothing in 2022 turned out the way we expected. Similarly, at the beginning of February 2022, we noticed a huge spike in the amount of activity related to Gamaredon C&C servers. Key insights. Low-level destructive capabilities can be bootstrapped in a matter of days.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Cybersecurity experts discovered a new data wiper malware that was used in attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine. Researchers from cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom’s Symantec discovered a new data wiper malware that was employed in a recent wave of attacks that hit hundreds of machines in Ukraine.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. In October, the botnet was upgraded with DDoS functionality. This is further evidence that the same botnets are often used for mining and DDoS. Once on the device, Moobot waits for a command from the C2 server before launching a DDoS attack.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If you’ve used a computer for more than 5 minutes, you probably know a thing or two about computer viruses and malware. On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Though often conflated with one another, malware and computer viruses aren’t necessarily the same thing. Looking to Protect Yourself Against Malware?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A new multifunctional Go-based malware dubbed Chaos is targeting both Windows and Linux systems, experts warn. Researchers from Black Lotus Labs at Lumen Technologies, recently uncovered a multifunctional Go-based malware that was developed to target devices based on multiple architectures, including Windows and Linux.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Finally, we will make some forecasts about financial attacks in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Researchers linked the threat actor behind the Eternity malware-as-a-service (MaaS) to a new malware strain called LilithBot. Zscaler researchers linked a recently discovered sample of a new malware called LilithBot to the Eternity group (aka EternityTeam; Eternity Project). ” reads the report published by Zscaler.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2023

The report covers incidents in aviation, maritime, railway, and road transport industries between January 2021 and October 2022. During the reporting period, ransomware was the most prominent threat against the sector in 2022. The researchers pointed out that the ransomware attacks doubled compared to the previous year.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2022. On January 24, a hash for sophisticated Solaris SPARC malware was posted on Twitter. Pangolin is private malware we discovered in 2021, exclusively used by ZexCone, the threat actor behind ExCone and DexCone. The most remarkable findings.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

PrivacyAffairs released the Dark Web Index 2022, the document provides the prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces. The document updates the information provided in the Dark Web Index 2022 report. The document updates the information provided in the Dark Web Index 2022 report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). The cybercrime marketplace also continued to get more robust while the barrier to entry for malicious actors continued to drop. Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Financial Company Geolocating a Traveler via OSINT techniques Telegram Hit by a DDoS Attack: What Is the Cause Behind It?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The threat actors behind a massive AdSense fraud campaign infected 10,890 WordPress sites since September 2022. In November 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri reported to have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. URLs like t[.]co/Xa4ZRqsp8C co/KgdLpz31TG.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Our analysis of the rogue firmware, and other malicious artefacts from the target’s network, revealed that the threat actor behind it had tampered with the firmware to embed malware that we call MoonBounce.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2022. Disclaimer: when referring to APT groups as Russian-speaking, Chinese-speaking or other-“speaking” languages, we refer to various artefacts used by the groups (such as malware debugging strings, comments found in scripts, etc.)

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2022

Ahead of the Anti-Ransomware Day, we summarized the tendencies that characterize ransomware landscape in 2022. This year, ransomware is no less active than before: cybercriminals continue to threaten nationwide retailers and enterprises , old variants of malware return while the new ones develop. Conti parameters (Linux ESXi).

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Cyble analyzed a Tor website named named ‘Eternity Project’ that offers for sale a broad range of malware, including stealers, miners, ransomware, and DDoS Bots. The channel was used to share information about malware listings and updates. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Europen Agency for cybersecurity ENISA releases its ENISA Threat Landscape 2022 (ETL) report , which is the annual analysis of the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. This is the 10 th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2021 and July 2022. Cybercrime actors. Hacktivists.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. domains were the worst in the world for spam, botnet (attack infrastructure for DDOS etc.) US phishing domains.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As for KSB 2022, we invited notable experts to share their insights and unbiased opinions on what we should expect from cybersecurity in the following year. We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. Some may even perceive this as their patriotic duty.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Shortly after that, those same servers came under a sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Chaput said whoever was behind the DDoS was definitely not using point-and-click DDoS tools, like a booter or stresser service. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw “Consider salaries in Russia,” Quotpw said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Zerobot operators are offering the botnet as a malware-as-a-service model, one domain (zerostresser[.]com) com) with links to the bot was among the 48 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

Researchers discovered a sophisticated malware framework, dubbed NetDooka, distributed via a pay-per-install (PPI) malware service known as PrivateLoader. The PrivateLoader malware is a downloader used by threat actors for downloading and installing multiple malware. ” reads a report published by Trend Micro.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Have hope that through the hard work and brilliant minds behind these security defenses that 2022 will not be a repeat of such high level attacks. We can expect to see a steep rise in US state-by-state data privacy requirements and movement toward a potential federal privacy law in 2022. Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte. “In

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot , also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications. ” concludes the report.

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