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‘Tis the Season for the Wayward Package Phish

Krebs on Security

One of dozens of FedEx-themed phishing sites currently being advertised via SMS spam. com — from a desktop web browser redirects the visitor to a harmless page with ads for car insurance quotes. “It is a nearly perfect attack vector at this time of year,” Morton said. com, g001bfedeex[.]com, com, and so on.

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

Privnote’s ease-of-use and popularity among cryptocurrency enthusiasts has made it a perennial target of phishers , who erect Privnote clones that function more or less as advertised but also quietly inject their own cryptocurrency payment addresses when a note is created that contains crypto wallets.

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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

The first mention of VIP72 in the cybercrime underground came in 2006 when someone using the handle “ Revive ” advertised the service on Exploit, a Russian language hacking forum. And it stands to reason that VIP72 was launched with the help of systems already infected with Corpse’s trojan malware.

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Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Krebs on Security

BHProxies sells access to “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for their Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. 5, 2014 , but historic DNS records show BHproxies[.]com

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

“Using the internal router, it would be possible to poison the DNS cache of the LAN router of the infected node, enabling further attacks.” net , which advertised “free unlimited internet file-sharing platform” for those who agreed to install their software. in the British Virgin Islands. 911 TODAY.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

That is a far cry from the proxy inventory advertised by 911, which stood at more than 200,000 IP addresses for rent just a few days ago. According to Constella Intelligence [currently an advertiser on KrebsOnSecurity], Oleg used the same password from his iboss32@ro.ru Image: Spur.us. Cached copies of angrycoders[.]net

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

guru’s registration records also are hidden, yet passive domain name system (DNS) records for both cryptor[.]biz But Intel 471 finds that after his critical review of VIP Crypt, Kerens did not post publicly on Exploit again for another four years until October 2016, when they suddenly began advertising Cryptor[.]biz.

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