The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

Primarily the Pharming attack is planned to gain sensitive data like login credentials, personally identifiable information (PII), social security numbers, bank details, and more. The Pharming attacks are carried out by modifying the settings on the victim’s system or compromising the DNS server. DNS Poisoning.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

Let's start with a poll: At your place of work, does your employer have the right to access the contents of your corporate email account if necessary? But there's also a lot of consistency, for example, here's a piece on whether it's legal to access an employee's email account in Australia : The short answer is yes.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world. Attempts have now been made to steal credentials from customers of 70 banks from different European and South American countries. The codenames are bank names written in leetspeak.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. Those clients included crooks using malware like Zeus , SpyEye , Citadel and the Blackhole exploit kit to build botnets and steal banking credentials. The domain wmpay.ru

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by carrying out DNS hijacking. Crooks are targeting DLink DSL modem routers in Brazil to redirect users to fake bank websites by changing the DNS settings. D-Link DSL-2740R / Unauthenticated Remote DNS Change Exploit [link].

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2022

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Intuit phish says “We have put a temporary hold on your account” The Quad commits to strengthening cybersecurity in software, supply chains Double-whammy attack follows fake Covid alert with a bogus bank call Microsoft Office zero-day “Follina”—it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! (It’s

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. Salesforce told KrebsOnSecurity that this was not a compromise of Pardot, but of a Pardot customer account that was not using multi-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

” Dean Marks is executive director and legal counsel for a group called the Coalition for Online Accountability , which has been critical of the NTIA’s stewardship of.US. . “This indicates a possible problem with the administration or application of the nexus requirements.” “Even very large ccTLDs, like.de

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

For years leading up to 2015, “ admin@manipulaters.com ” was the name on the registration records for thousands of scam domains that spoofed some of the world’s top banks and brand names, but particularly Apple and Microsoft. ” and a Gmail account beginning with “bluebtc.” Bilal Waddaich).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

“Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.” However there are two cybercriminal identities on the forums that have responded to individual 911 help requests, and who promoted the sale of 911 accounts via their handles.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

” Infoblox determined that until May 2023, domains ending in.info accounted for the bulk of new registrations tied to the malicious link shortening service, which Infoblox has dubbed “ Prolific Puma.” “We have not found any legitimate content served through their shorteners.” domains registered daily.US

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Hackers use intercepted data to hijack your current session on a website, giving them access to your private accounts and information. Check your social media accounts for active sessions and log out of any you don’t recognize.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. us , a site unabashedly dedicated to helping people hack email and online gaming accounts. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus. Abusewith[.]us

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The past months have shown that the most dangerous hacks involved DNS hijacking, which helped attackers manipulate DNS records for MITM attacks. Hacking banks around the world is the prerogative of Russian-speaking hackers: they still make up the majority of attacking groups. Bank card compromise, carding, and data leaks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

People fell prey for these manipulative emails and provide confidential details like passwords and bank information in their negligence. These emails appear to be coming from some authentic source like from your bank or some legit business organization. Tips to Prevent Phishing. Be Extra Vigilant. Protect Your Device and Connection.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 9, 2023

Connecting to a fake hotspot may unknowingly give criminals access to your personal information, including passwords, bank account information, and other sensitive data. Avoid doing sensitive activities like online banking or shopping while connected to a public Wi-Fi hotspot. A fake hotspot can be dangerous.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards. One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. US cyberattack temporarily paralyzed the ability of Iran to target oil tankers in the Gulf. XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet , it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware , the Scarab ransomware , and the Dridex banking Trojan. ” continues the blog post. ” concludes the post.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Vega also became known as someone who had the inside track on “ unlimited cashouts ,” a globally coordinated cybercrime scheme in which crooks hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines to rapidly withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

CISA: hackers breached a state government organization Russia-linked Turla APT uses new TinyTurla-NG backdoor to spy on Polish NGOs US Gov dismantled the Moobot botnet controlled by Russia-linked APT28 A cyberattack halted operations at Varta production plants North Korea-linked actors breached the emails of a Presidential Office member Nation-state (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From online shopping to banking, transferring funds, and sending invoices, online transactions ensure utter convenience and efficiency. HTTPS and DNS), data link (e.g., Verifying accounts, addresses, and transactions helps you prevent identity theft and fraud. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. 1973 – Embezzlement — A teller at a local New York bank uses a computer to embezzle over $2 million dollars. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 3, 2024

But you must have a good VPN for Twitch so that it provides sufficient speed, works stably, supports kill switches, and protects against IP and DNS address leaks. Some VPN providers may flag your account if they detect multiple IP addresses accessing it using the same account. Be careful when changing servers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

The group carried out a large number of campaigns using weaponized Office and PDF documents to deliver notorious malware, including the Dridex banking trojan , tRAT RAT, FlawedAmmy RAT, Philadelphia ransomware, GlobeImposter and Locky ransomware. The threat actors use the.bit Top-Level Domain (TLD) for the Domain Name System (DNS) servers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2021

The starting point of Group-IB’s research to identify and deanonymize the cybercriminal was the extraction of a phishing kit (a tool used to create phishing web pages) exploiting the brand of a large French bank by Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence & Attribution system.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We have seen targeted attacks exploiting the vulnerability to target companies in research and development, the energy sector and other major industries, banking, the medical technology sector, as well as telecoms and IT. The following timeline sums up the different steps of the campaign. It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

They also created numerous fake domains that look like venture capital and bank domains: most of these imitate Japanese venture capital companies, indicating that the group has an extensive interest in Japanese financial entities. Our analysis revealed more than 70 domains used by this group, meaning that they were very active until recently.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 17, 2023

DDoS, SQL injections, supply chain attacks, DNS tunneling – all pervasive attacks that can arrive on your doorstep anytime. Types of insider threats to look out for Insider threats amount to attacks via employee user accounts. User account administration is the best chance you stand against insider threats.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 15, 2023

We can't touch DNS. Let me illustrate by example: in January this year, I loaded a rather large breach into HIBP: New scraped data: Twitter had over 200M accounts scraped from a vulnerable API in 2021. And that pattern extends all the way down to much more localised brands too; My bank. We can't add a meta tag.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

From here, the driver would be convinced to hand over banking details or log in to a fake portal. He sent her a link to verify her identity, and then said she wouldn’t be able to access her earnings / account for roughly four days. The end result would be a loss of funds, and potentially not being able to do their job.

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SecureList

JULY 8, 2024

0x3007 Clear DNS cache Clears the DNS cache. 0x1007 Set net user info Sets information about a user account on a Windows network using NetUserSetInfo. 0x3007 Clear DNS cache Clears the DNS cache. 0x1007 Set net user info Sets information about a user account on a Windows network using NetUserSetInfo.

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SecureList

AUGUST 19, 2024

Spam campaigns impersonating financial and banking entities are also common. The group modified the RAT by adding functionality to capture information from the victim’s browser to intercept credentials for banking services. After execution, the malware monitored newly opened browser windows.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

The targeted entities are law firms, banks, and strategic consultancies. com Running PowerShell scripts directly from a GitHub gist created by an account associated with DSIRF. Note: Microsoft strongly encourages all customers download and use password-less solutions like Microsoft Authenticator to secure accounts.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious. Coyote: a multi-stage banking Trojan Developers of banking Trojans are constantly looking for new ways to distribute their implants. Read our analysis here.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · An Australian schoolboy hacked into Apple Servers and stole 90GB of secure files. · Black Hat 2018 – Expert demonstrated a new PHP code execution attack. · Cosmos Bank – Hackers stole Rs 94 crore ($13.5 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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