CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 19, 2023

Killnet is notorious for launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which overwhelm a website hosting server with a flood of web traffic, rendering it unable to process legitimate requests. It has been reported that the BlackCat Ransomware gang is demanding a ransom of $4.5 million to decrypt Reddit’s compromised database.

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Cyber Attacks Banking DDOS Ransomware 101

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Google delivered 33,015 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of phishing attacks, launched by nation-state actors, targeting their accounts. Google sent 11,856 government-backed phishing warnings during Q1 2020, 11,023 in Q2 2020, and 10,136 in Q3 2020. Tbps, the largest DDoS attack of ever.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 30, 2022

From phishing, spamming, ad frauds, data harvesting to DDoS attacks, account takeovers, and brute force attacks, bad bots are leveraged by attackers to orchestrate a wide range of attacks. Content scraping is also used by attackers to orchestrate phishing attacks and scams. Leveraged in a Range of Attacks?. Price Scraping.

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Marketing DDOS Advertising Phishing 129

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“Phishing emails containing malware, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute forcing and Virtual Private Network (VPN) vulnerability exploitation are the most common intrusion tactics used by cybercriminals. The Russian conflict with Ukraine led to a significant boost in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against EU targets.

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Cybercrime Ransomware DDOS Backups 105

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka spent his early days on Exploit and other forums selling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could knock websites offline for about USD $80 a day. DomainTools.com [an advertiser on this site] reports mixfb@yandex.ru “Come, rob, and get dough! .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2021

It can be used for trolling, phishing, scams, or anything else the message-placer can think of. Messages can also be placed in games for the purposes of advertising but that’s a tale for a different day. Plugging the DDoS gap in gaming. DDoS attacks in video game land have been around forever.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages. BitRAT is a relatively new threat advertised on underground marketplaces and forums since Feb 2021, it is offered for $20. Execution of payloads with bypasses.

Banking 88

Banking Malware Phishing DDOS 88

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Threat actors used the consoles to deliver malware and ransomware through an IoT botnet that was also used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “One particular IP was associated with dozens of activities related to the distribution of malware, phishing emails, ransomware, and DDoS attacks.”

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IoT DDOS Advertising Malware 69

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

DDoS Attacks. DDoS attacks are used to flood a site with illegitimate and automated traffic in order to slow the site’s load time or crash the site entirely, taking it offline for visitors. It’s no wonder, then, that the average organization experiences eight DDoS attacks per day. Malvertising.

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Small Business DDOS Malware Phishing 98

SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

RapperBot: “intelligent brute forcing” RapperBot, based on Mirai (but with a different C2 command protocol), is a worm infecting IoT devices with the ultimate goal to launch DDoS attacks against non-HTTP targets. These phishing websites contain fake installers, luring users into downloading and installing the malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

.” The NCSC also provided info about the initial infection vectors observed in the ransomware attacks: Insecure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configurations Vulnerable Software or Hardware Phishing emails. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Education Ransomware Antivirus Backups 144

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

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. In some cases, the gang also threatened and conducted distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during negotiations. ransomware and phishing scams).

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Ransomware DDOS Passwords Backups 95

Identity IQ

APRIL 29, 2021

Gaining control of multiple computers to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against other networks. These are some ways malware can find its way into your devices: Phishing Emails. Phishing emails trick a victim into clicking on a link or opening an attachment that contains a malicious file. Malicious advertisement.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. SSNDOB advertised its services on dark web forums and offered customer support for buyers. You run the risk of being targeted for spear phishing, or having your personal information used for fraudulent applications.

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DDOS Cryptocurrency Scams Data breaches 106

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Trojan horse.

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Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In most cases, cybercriminals, while attacking cryptocurrency exchanges, use traditional tools and methods, such as spear phishing, social engineering, distribution of malware, and website defacement. Spear phishing remains the major vector of attack on corporate networks. Crypto exchanges: in the footsteps of Lazarus .

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Cyber Attacks Cryptocurrency Phishing Social Engineering 84

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals conducting DDoS attacks deploy a network of hacked machines called a “botnet” to flood servers with traffic they can’t handle. Even when a DDoS attack doesn’t take a site completely offline, it usually slows it enough to make it unusable. Distributed denial of service. Stealthy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. RAM scraper.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Phishing attacks, vulnerability exploits, DDoS attacks, and much more threaten your company’s Macs at any time — and if any of them are successful, it could cost your business millions in lost productivity and information theft. But surely a few advertisements aren’t too big a threat to your Mac endpoint security, right?

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DNS Adware Malware Antivirus 102

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It could be hidden in a malicious advertisement, fake email or illegitimate software installation. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Trojan Horse.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Hackers published a list of allegedly phished Discord login credentials. Imperva blocked the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack it has ever seen. 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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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Computers and Electronics 60

Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches Advertising 60

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

DDoS Attack on Amazon Web Services caused intermittently outage. Spear-phishing attacks target United Nations and NGOs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Unsecured ElasticSearch DB exposed data for 7.5M

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here are just some of the types of cybercrime that could jeopardize the safety of digital media assets: External attacks : Cybercriminals may attempt to breach company networks or systems to steal sensitive assets through phishing emails, brute force, or DDoS attacks.

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Media Encryption Internet Internet 81

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Another fact suggesting that UltraRank is far from an ordinary player of the cybercriminal market are the competition methods used by the group: Group-IB experts tracked UltraRank’s hacks of websites already compromised by rival cybercriminal groups and DDoS attacks on phishing pages masqueraded as the ValidCC card shop.

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Banking Cybercrime Marketing Advertising 112

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Earlier this year, we covered the threats related to gaming , and looked at the changes from 2020 and the first half of 2021 in mobile and PC games as well as various phishing schemes that capitalize on video games. Firstly, there are people who steal logs with the help of botnets or phishing schemes. Background. me/4/654/login.php.

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Accountability Marketing Phishing Malware 102

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2021

Phishing Campaigns. No surprise here–phishing campaigns have moved to target the NFT marketplace. Hardware wallet vendor Ledger has an ongoing list of phishing attack examples thrown at their customers. While remote code execution is unlikely, the issue can cause DDoS.

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Cryptocurrency Marketing Accountability Scams 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Malware, phishing, and web. Phishing is also one of the prominent threats relating to scams and fraudulent offers that arrive in users’ inboxes. Nobody told them that their coffee machine could be hacked into or that their camera could be used to launch a DDoS attack. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IoT).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

” Attackers carried out phishing campaigns with crafted URLs and malvertising campaigns attempting to change the DNS configuration from within the user’s browser. The experts noticed that the phishing websites used in the campaign are flagged as not secure in the URL address. ” recommends Radware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DNS Banking Mobile Advertising 48

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The level of sophistication used by attackers to mimic the original domains varied greatly, ranging from low quality, obvious phishing pages to more refined efforts mimicking animations and logos. pro is flagged as a phishing domain by multiple security providers. Among these pages, a notable example was the qatar2022[.]pro

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2019

“Necurs is the multitool of botnets, evolving from operating as a spam botnet delivering banking trojans and ransomware to developing a proxy service, as well as cryptomining and DDoS capabilities,” explained Mike Benjamin, head of Black Lotus Labs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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DNS Banking Advertising Ransomware 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

When a customer enters a store and connects to the conveniently free WiFi, their device can be taken over by hackers and can potentially launch a host of threats including denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. No phishing here. Whether it’s phishing, smishing, pharming or whaling, these scams are nothing new.

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Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Botnets : Networks of compromised computers are controlled by a central attacker and used for various malicious activities such as launching coordinated distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks, providing a staging point for attacks on other victims, or distributing spam.

Software 98

Software Data breaches DDOS Ransomware 98

Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are another familiar type of attack that can prevent businesses from carrying out operations. This leads to a situation where employees are even more likely to fall victim to phishing attacks or malicious websites that lure employees with relevant COVID-19 headlines or subject lines.

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Cyber Attacks Phishing Backups Ransomware 78