SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Researchers have discovered and analyzed a new Android banking Trojan that allows attackers to steal sensitive banking information such as user credentials, personal information, current balance, and even to perform gestures on the infected device. ” Type and source of the infection. ” Type and source of the infection.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

Godfather malware includes banking trojans used by different threat actors to target Android mobile devices. 1) One primary design of Godfather malware is to harvest login credentials for various financial applications, including cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. In fact, malicious actors gain access to their financial accounts.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

BlueNoroff is the name of an APT group coined by Kaspersky researchers while investigating the notorious attack on Bangladesh’s Central Bank back in 2016. See our earlier publication about BlueNoroff attacks on the banking sector. Also, we have previously reported on cryptocurrency-focused BlueNoroff attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On Christmas Eve, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit spotted the author of perspective password stealer Meduza has released a new version (2.2). Altogether, Meduza makes a great competitor to Azorult , Redline , Racoon , and Vidar Stealer used by cybercriminals for account takeover (ATO), online-banking theft, and financial fraud.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2021

Now imagine the sting Stefan Thomas felt when he came to this realization: he has lost the password to a hard drive containing roughly $240 million in Bitcoin. Stefan Thomas, who is a programmer, was asked to make a video explaining how cryptocurrency works. Thomas has used eight of the ten password attempts, with no luck.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2024

Cybercriminals are targeting Mac users interested in cryptocurrency opportunities with fake calendar invites. Scammers, impersonating cryptocurrency investors, are active on Telegram channels to get interested people to attend a meeting about a future partnership. Topics are cryptocurrency investment opportunities.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims. stolen with the help of Raccoon.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

On Thursday, US authorities arrested two crooks charging them with stealing $550,000 in cryptocurrency from at least 10 victims using SIM swapping. American law enforcement has declared war to sim swapping scammers and announced the arrest of two individuals for stealing $550,000 in Cryptocurrency. In May, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2024

When informed that the target had significant cryptocurrency and project files, Chakhmakhchyan agreed to sell the Hive RAT. ” reported the DoJ. “ According to the indictment, Chakhmakhchyan engaged in electronic communication with buyers after advertising the Hive RAT. . ” continues DoJ.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

” That handle used the same ICQ instant messenger account number ( 555724 ) as a Mazafaka denizen named “ Nordex.” ” In February 2005, Nordex posted to Mazafaka that he was in the market for hacked bank accounts, and offered 50 percent of the take. In 2017, U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2024

The content of the messages attempted to trick the recipients into opening a password-protected RAR archive. Altogether, Meduza makes a great competitor to Azorult , Redline , Racoon , and Vidar Stealer used by cybercriminals for account takeover (ATO), online-banking theft, and financial fraud. net on 2023-04-30.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

To prove it, researchers from SafeBreach purchased a €600 license from the anti-malware firm to collect over 1,000,000 usernames and passwords stored on the cloud based database of the said company. The post Details on VirusTotal Hacking appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead. A copy of his complaint is here (PDF).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

While it is generally a bad idea for cybercriminals to mix their personal life with work, Witte’s social media accounts mention a close family member (perhaps her son or husband) had the first name “Max,” which allegedly was her hacker handle. law enforcement agencies.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. The good news is that regardless of these continuous advancements, we’ve witnessed a steady decrease in the number of attacks by banking Trojans.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. For the tool to function, the operator must input a list of compromised email accounts to be scanned.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2021

This is aided by imitation accounts modelled to look like the genuine organisation’s account. The victim is typically sent to a phishing page where accounts, payment details, identities, or other things can be stolen. The scam isn’t being spread by just one account, nor is there just one bogus support form.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Driven by poverty and unemployment, cybercriminals intensified their malicious activity against bank customers and bank infrastructure. SpyEye, developed in 2009 and described as a “bank Trojan with a form grabbing capability”, surged from the eighth most common banking malware tool with a 3.4%

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. In 2017, when cryptocurrencies were gaining momentum, their record-breaking capitalization and a spike in Bitcoin’s exchange rate led to dozens of attacks on cryptocurrency services.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. Business impersonation is increasing exponentially with hackers gaining access to company email accounts. Smishing might impersonate the government, banks or other agencies to seem more legitimate.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Reliaquest says QakBot infections accounted for nearly one-third of all loaders observed in the wild during the first six months of this year. The DOJ declined to say whether any suspects were questioned or arrested in connection with Qakbot, citing an ongoing investigation.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2019

From there, the attackers simply start requesting password reset links via text message for a variety of accounts tied to the hijacked phone number. million stealing cryptocurrencies and extorting people for restoring access to social media accounts that were hijacked after a successful SIM-swap.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 19, 2021

But cyber experts claim the link will lead victims to a malware that will help hackers to hack the device and the victim might lose access to their WhatsApp account on a respective note. To those uninitiated, from the past 7 days a message is doing round on various WhatsApp group claiming to turn the WhatsApp into Pink.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

The decrypted icon files revealed the location of the malware’s control server, which was then queried for a third stage of the malware compromise — a password stealing program dubbed ICONICSTEALER. The malware was found inside of a document that offered an employment contract at the multinational bank HSBC. Microsoft Corp.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

Once obtained a new SIM, crooks can operate with the victim’s mobile account, intercepting or initiating calls, accessing SMSs (including authorizations codes sent by bank and cryptocurrency exchanges) and to authorize transactions. ” continues the press release. ”continues Europol. .”

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Researchers found 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps that attackers used to steal money from victims who believed they installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app. If targets later tried to withdraw funds or close the account, the attackers would block access. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Taylor Monahan is founder and CEO of MetaMask , a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Robinhood is an increasingly popular trading app where you can buy and sell stocks, as well as cryptocurrency. Phishing attempts come via email where scammers use different social engineering tactics to pose as a reputable sender like the IRS, your bank or brokerage firm. But it is also popular with hackers and cybercriminals, too.

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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. The STOP ransomware made the headlines because it is installing password-stealing Trojans on the victims’ machines. ” concludes BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions.

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Fox IT

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Authored by Alberto Segura Introduction Hydra, also known as BianLian, has been one of the most active mobile banking malware families in 2022, alongside Sharkbot and Flubot (until Flubot was takedown by Law Enforcement at the end of May 2022). The targets consist mostly of banks and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Cash App is an app that allows users to easily send money, spend money, save money, and buy cryptocurrency. Block pointed out that the reports don’t contain personally identifiable information such as usernames or passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, and bank account details.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2021

By scouring the dark web for stolen data belonging to any of the top 25 largest gaming firms, over a million unique and newly uploaded accounts were discovered. Additionally, researchers found credentials for over 500,000 gaming company employees exposed in previous data breaches but used for multiple accounts.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). Since then, cryptocurrency values reached new records during the pandemic. Cryptocurrencies Are Established Via Blockchain Security.

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