Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

AvosLocker operators already advertised in the past a Linux variant, dubbed AvosLinux, of their malware claiming it was able to support Linux and ESXi servers. AvosLocker affiliates use legitimate software and open-source remote system administration tools to compromise the victims’ networks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

A new cryptocurrency stealer dubbed WeSteal is available on the cybercrime underground, unlike other commodity cryptocurrency stealers, its author doesn’t masquerade its purpose and promises “the leading way to make money in 2021.”. Experts pointed out that ComplexCodes had been selling a “WeSupply Crypto Stealer” since May 2020.,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

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. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

“According to the indictment, Bugat is a malware specifically crafted to defeat antivirus and other protective measures employed by victims. For over a decade, Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev led one of the most sophisticated transnational cybercrime syndicates in the world,” said U.S. Attorney Brady. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A recent leak has put it in the hands of cybercrime actors and it is very likely that by the end of the year we will see it involved in APT cases too. We encourage system administrators to immediately set up monitoring for these machines, due to the unlikelihood that patching (even in a timely fashion) will be sufficient to protect them.

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