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Krebs on Security
JUNE 22, 2022
last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. The RUSdot mailer, the email spamming tool made and sold by the administrator of RSOCKS.
Krebs on Security
JULY 25, 2023
Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com
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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.
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.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, WeSteal). There is the name of the malware itself. Pierluigi Paganini.
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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Human-operated ransomare).
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2018
A Russian-speaking hacker, who goes by the name of Alexey, claims to have hacked into over 100,000 MikroTik routers with a specific intent, disinfect them. Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. Pierluigi Paganini.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 2, 2019
An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In response to an inquiry from this office, the RCMP stopped short of naming names, but said “we can confirm that our National Division Cybercrime Investigative Team did execute a search warrant at a Toronto location last week.”. Meanwhile on Hackforums[.]net
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