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. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2024

The Australian man developed and sold Firebird to customers on a dedicated hacking forum. The RAT allowed customers to access and control their victims’ computers remotely, its author advertised its stealing capabilities. The Australian man faces twelve counts of computer offenses. ” reported the DoJ. ” continues DoJ.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

An Iranian developer is promoting on a Telegram hacking channel the BlackRouter ransomware through a Ransomware-as-a-Service model. An Iranian developer is advertising on Telegram a Ransomware-as-a-Service called BlackRouter. The same expert advertises other malware and is believed to the author of another ransomware called Blackheart.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2023

Thus, it was inevitable that malware creators would one day begin not only to distribute malicious programs themselves, but also to sell them to less technically proficient attackers, thereby lowering the threshold for entering the cybercriminal community. A MaaS operator is typically a team consisting of several people with distinct roles.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cybercriminals are manipulating Google search results and embedding fraudulent advertisements to deceive users attempting to install the legitimate software WinSCP. Securonix is tracking this hacking activity under the name “SEO#LURKER.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Image: Spur.us.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new information stealer malware, called Statc Stealer, that can steal a broad range of info from Windows devices. The malware can steal sensitive information from various web browsers, including login data, cookies, web data, and preferences.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Victims who clicked on the ad were taken to a hacked webpage with a link to download the application, which turned out to install over a dozen different pieces of malware instead. Unfortunately, some of those pages have been injected with malware that spams malicious content into them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Coming to the third news related to malware, Vmware and Microsoft have jointly issued a warning against Chromeloader Malware that has evolved into a major threat in recent times. Hackers are seen using this malware to exploit browsers leading to advertising and affiliate frauds.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Three hacking forums Nulled.ch, Sinfulsite.com, and suxx.to have been hacked and their databases have been leaked online. Researchers from intelligence firm Cyble made the headlines again, this time they have discovered online the databases of three hacking forums. The databases appear to have been leaking in May 2020.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Security researchers have started seeing attack campaigns that use a relatively new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) tool called AresLoader. AiD Lock is not a newcomer to malware development and was previously associated with the AiD Locker ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) program as well as with a group called PHANTOM DEV or DeadXInject Hack.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2021

News article : Most troublingly, Activision says that the “cheat” tool has been advertised multiple times on a popular cheating forum under the title “new COD hack.” ” (Gamers looking to flout the rules will typically go to such forums to find new ways to do so.)

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The Hacker News

APRIL 4, 2022

A previously undocumented "sophisticated" information-stealing malware named BlackGuard is being advertised for sale on Russian underground forums for a monthly subscription of $200.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2023

Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to use for a range of criminal activities from password spraying to digital advertising fraud. The AVrecon malware was written in C to ensure portability and designed to target ARM-embedded devices. The popular investigator Brian Krebs and Spur.us “ SocksEscort[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

But cybercrooks are constantly figuring out ingenious ways to fly beneath Google’s anti-abuse radar, and new examples of bad ads leading to malware are still too common. My guess it’s still continuing because of the up-and-down [of the] domains hosting malware and then looking legitimate.” million advertiser accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A new MacStealer macOS malware allows operators to steal iCloud Keychain data and passwords from infected systems. The macOS malware can steal documents, credit card data, cookies from a victim’s browser (i.e. The operators can control its MacStealers’ operations over Telegram.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

” The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo , whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly positive ratings. He said Saicoo did not address his concern that the driver package on its website was bundled with malware.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Gamers looking for cheats on YouTube are being targeted with links to malicious password-protected archive files designed to install the RedLine Stealer malware and crypto miners on compromised machines.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 1, 2022

A new info-stealer malware dubbed BlackGuard has been identified by security analysts. It seems that it’s put up for sale on Russian hacking forums, according to the researchers who discovered it. The post BlackGuard, a New Info-Stealer, for Sale on Russian Hacking Forums appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A threat actor is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers in the attempt to access them to install a new crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. A group of hackers is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers with the intent to compromise them and install crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. Mining process.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Researchers warn of threat actors employing a new Go-based malware dubbed Aurora Stealer in attacks in the wild. Aurora Stealer is an info-stealing malware that was first advertised on Russian-speaking underground forums in April 2022. Aurora was offered as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) by a threat actor known as Cheshire.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis that was designed to steal information from infected systems. This week, Microsoft warned of a recently uncovered piece of malware, tracked as Anubis, that was distributed in the wild to steal information from infected systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2022

Introduction: Hacking forums often double up as underground marketplaces where cybercriminals buy, rent, and sell all kinds of malicious illegal products, including software, trojans, stealers, exploits, and leaked credentials. Advanced Threat Protection: Win32.PWS.Blackguard. PWS.Blackguard. Advanced Cloud Sandbox: Fig 14.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Therefore, data breaches provide key insights into the methods and tactics of hackers—since they will do whatever it takes to gain illegal access into their target’s network—using the plethora of advertised malware and hacking services available on illicit marketplaces.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

Security experts at FortiGuard uncovered a new malware campaign aimed at delivering the StealthWorker brute-force malware. The malicious code was first discovered by Malwarebytes at the end of February and tracked by malware researchers at Cybaze -Yoroi ZLab as GoBrut. SecurityAffairs – StealthWorker , hacking).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2021

This strange malware stops you from visiting pirate websites. Sophos researchers uncovered a malware campaign that aims at blocking infected users’ from being able to visit a large number of piracy websites. . In the background, the malware fetches the next stage payload, named ProcessHacker.jpg, from an external domain.

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Security Boulevard

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. The post Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

Activision reported finding postings on hacking forums on YouTube by a threat actor promoting a Remote Access Trojan that can be embedded in cheat mods for games like Call of Duty. The attackers used a new cryptor to obfuscate the malware code they hid in seemingly legitimate files and evade detection from antivirus software.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

Security researchers are warning that Google Ads are being actively leveraged to distribute malware to unsuspecting victims searching for software downloads. On January 20, CronUp researcher Germán Fernández warned that the DEV-0569 ransomware group is using Google Ads to distribute Gozi/Ursnif malware, RedLine stealer, and Royal ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Threat actors compromised a media company to deliver FakeUpdates malware through the websites of hundreds of newspapers in the US. The media company serves The media company provides video content and advertising via Javascript to its partners. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). zip, Chrome.Updater.zip, Firefo?.U?dat?.zip,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam have spotted a new piece of remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed ‘Abaddon’ that is likely the first malware using the Discord platform as command and control. The Abaddon malware connects to the Discord command and control server to check for new commands to execute. "Abaddon"

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

The Ke3chang hacking group added a new malware dubbed Ketrum to its arsenal, it borrows portions of code and features from older backdoors. ” The Intezer’s report includes Indicators of compromised (IOCs) and additional details regarding the new Ketrum malware. SecurityAffairs – Ke3chang, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Who is hacking the hackers? Experts from Cybereason a mysterious hackers group is targeting other hackers by spreading tainted hacking tools. Experts from security firm Cybereason warn of a mysterious group of hackers that are distributing trojanized hacking tools on an almost daily basis for the past years.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Expert discovered that the T95 Android TV box, available for sale on Amazon and AliExpress, came with sophisticated pre-installed malware. Security researcher, Daniel Milisic, discovered that the T95 Android TV box he purchased on Amazon was infected with sophisticated pre-installed malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. The attackers may have gained access to some users’ login credentials after deploying malware on both websites. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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