Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. wtf, and PQHosting ; -sites selling aged email, financial, or social media accounts, such as verif[.]work

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against five individuals accused of orchestrating sophisticated phishing campaigns tied to the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group. These types of fraudulent solicitations are ubiquitous and rob American victims of their hard-earned money with the click of a mouse.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The 8Base ransomware group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. Source Nation Thailand The gang compromised at least 17 Swiss companies using the Phobos ransomware between April 2023 and October 2024.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

A new cybercrime gang, tracked as UNC2529 , has targeted many organizations in the US and other countries using new sophisticated malware. FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. The post UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. The experts observed a massive spike in activity associated with this threat actor between May and June 2023. and Brazil.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

Pearce also hijacked accounts of former Avaya employees to generate more license keys and draw suspicion away from him. He also used his privileges to conceal evidence that such accounts were generating keys, leaving Avaya in the dark for years. They then sold the keys to other resellers and end-users globally.

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