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WeSteal, a shameless commodity cryptocurrency stealer available for sale

Security Affairs

The bold author of a new cryptocurrency stealer, dubbed WeSteal, is promising its customers a leading way to make money in 2021. According to Palo Alto Networks, the author of WeSteal, that goes online as “ComplexCodes,” started advertising the cryptocurrency stealer on underground forums in mid-February 2021.

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Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke changes tactics

Security Affairs

Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns, has now using news tactics to evade detection. Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke, that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns in past , has now using news tactics to evade detection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers

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The crooks used malicious emails purporting to be legitimate from such entities as Western Union, Norton AntiVirus and the IRS to spread the malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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QwixxRAT, a new Windows RAT appears in the threat landscape

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The Uptycs Threat Research team discovered the QwixxRAT (aka Telegram RAT) in early August 2023 while it was advertised through Telegram and Discord platforms. “To avoid detection by antivirus software, the RAT employs command and control functionality through a Telegram bot. .

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Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

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It has been sold on underground hacker forums for stealing browser data, user credentials, and cryptocurrency information. FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. AZORult AZORult is used to steal information from compromised systems. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. ru , which at one point advertised the sale of wooden staircases. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov.

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A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware appeared in the wild

Security Affairs

Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared in cybercrime forums on the Dark Web. The experts attributed the campaign to the TA516 threat actor that was focused on cryptocurrencies. com/soft.exe.

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