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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook told KrebsOnSecurity it seized hundreds of accounts — mainly on Instagram — that have been stolen from legitimate users through a variety of intimidation and harassment tactics, including hacking, coercion, extortion, sextortion , SIM swapping , and swatting. THE MIDDLEMEN. WHAT YOU CAN DO.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

For less than a dollar per day, Faceless customers can route their malicious traffic through tens of thousands of compromised systems advertised on the service. Notices posted for Faceless users, advertising an email flooding service and soliciting zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet of Things devices. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com.

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Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders

Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

After a user logs in, the link prompts them to install a malicious but innocuously-named app that gives the attacker persistent, password-free access to any of the user’s emails and files, both of which are then plundered to launch malware and phishing scams against others. Image: Proofpoint.

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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity published a brief writeup about the brazen Manipulaters team, noting that they openly operated hundreds of web sites selling tools designed to trick people into giving up usernames and passwords, or deploying malicious software on their PCs. ” A number of questions, indeed. .

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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices.

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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like other anonymity networks marketed largely on cybercrime forums online, VIP72 routes its customers’ traffic through computers that have been hacked and seeded with malicious software. -based Internet address for more than a decade — simply vanished. Image: Google Translate via Archive.org.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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. form [sic] hackers on public networks.”

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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. 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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Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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. WHO’S BEHIND BHPROXIES? The website BHProxies[.]com

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

net available at the Wayback Machine shows that in 2016 this domain was used for the “ ExE Bucks ” affiliate program, a pay-per-install business which catered to people already running large collections of hacked computers or compromised websites. A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net in the British Virgin Islands. 911 TODAY.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

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. Image: Spur.us. SocksEscort is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

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That Domain You Forgot to Renew? Yeah, it’s Now Stealing Credit Cards

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

“When I tried to reset the account password through Instagram’s procedure, I could see that the email address on the account had been changed to a.ru But the site is noticeably devoid of any SSL certificate (the entire site is [link] not [link] and the products for sale are all advertised for roughly half their normal cost.

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How to Shop Online Like a Security Pro

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Adopting a shopping strategy of simply buying from the online merchant with the lowest advertised prices can be a bit like playing Russian Roulette with your wallet, for the simple reason that there are tons of completely fake e-commerce sites out there looking to separate the unwary from their credit card details. CHCEK THE SHIPPING.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

The reality that teenagers are now impersonating law enforcement agencies to subpoena privileged data on their targets at whim is evident in the dramatic backstory behind LAPSUS$ , the data extortion group that recently hacked into some of the world’s most valuable technology companies , including Microsoft , Okta , NVIDIA and Vodafone.

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Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. Each advertises their claimed access to T-Mobile systems in a similar way. At a minimum, every SIM-swapping opportunity is announced with a brief “ Tmobile up!” ” or “ Tmo up!

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

When KrebsOnSecurity recently explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media firms and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem.

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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Webinars

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Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders

Webinars

‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

That Domain You Forgot to Renew? Yeah, it’s Now Stealing Credit Cards

How to Shop Online Like a Security Pro

Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

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