Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You know how it freaks people out when Facebook shows them advertisements for things they have only just thought about buying? They say, “I haven’t searched for the item yet, but here they are showing me this advertisement.”. Other password shenanigans. Letting browsers save their passwords. More Facebook concerns.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2018

A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware was spotted in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18. Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared in cybercrime forums on the Dark Web.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

The spyware is offered on download sites pretending to be installers for freeware and cracked versions of paid software. Several campaigns were found to push out this spyware, but all of them were easily connected by the malicious program embedded in the cracked versions of installers, and freeware.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

An advertisement for Orcus RAT. net, the forum where Revesz principally advertised his software. Also in 2018, 27-year-old Arkansas resident Taylor Huddleston was sentenced to three years in jail for making and selling the “NanoCore RAT,” which was being used to spy on webcams and steal passwords from systems running the software.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 29, 2021

Stolen data can include anything from your payment details to your medical records, passwords, and more. Malicious advertisement. Malicious advertisement, generally known as malvertising, is a tactic that attempts to distribute malware through online advertisements. In this article, we’ll discuss: .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

The bash shell script opens and runs itself in the Terminal app, then it extracts a self-embedded, password-protected.zip archive file, which contains a traditional Mac.app bundle. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. The STOP ransomware made the headlines because it is installing password-stealing Trojans on the victims’ machines. ” reads a blog post published by Bleepingcomputer.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

An advertisement for Orcus RAT. These are, of course, on top of the obviously ominous features such as password retrieval and key logging that are normally seen in Remote Access Trojans.”. 2017 analysis of the RAT. This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. Meanwhile on Hackforums[.]net

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2022

Secure your accounts with complex passwords. Are your passwords so strong you struggle to remember them? If not, it might be time you shift to new password and cryptography strategies. . This method works because many people set ordinary and easy-to-remember passwords, often using the same one for multiple accounts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

It is also important to remember that some basic steps can prevent you from falling victim to such spyware: we continue to urge the public to ensure their operating systems and security software are up to date.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

Whether this rise is part of the overall trend, a fluctuation relative to other malware activity like ransomware and spyware, or a genuine increase in this specific threat, is hard to say without more research. They are often spread by malicious advertising, spam, and compromised accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Stalkerware is commercial monitoring software or spyware that is used for stalking, it is usually used to secretly spy on family members or coll e agues. key from the device, which contains the hash sum for the screen unlock pattern or the password. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

WizzAir informed customers it forced a password reset on their accounts. Android Spyware Monokle, developed by Russian defense contractor, used in targeted attacks. Stock trading service Robinhood stored passwords in plaintext for some users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

FormBook data-stealing malware was used with cyber espionage purposes, like other spyware it is capable of extracting data from HTTP sessions, keystroke logging, stealing clipboard contents. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. states the analysis published by FireEye. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Gazorp builder allows generating for free the malicious code to steal passwords, payment information, cryptocurrency wallet data and more. Gazorp is designed for building binaries of the popular malware, Azorult, an infostealer used for stealing user passwords, credit card information, ” states CheckPoint. in live attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The TA886 hacking group targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new spyware tracked as Screenshotter. Rhadamanthys is an info stealing malware that was initially advertised for sale on underground forums since the middle of 2022.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. NanoCore NanoCore is used for stealing victims' information, including passwords and emails.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Either way, they serve no legitimate purpose for anyone other than shady advertisers and deserve to be deleted with extreme prejudice. In a well-known case, the creator of the FruitFly malware is known to have used passwords obtained from data breaches to gain access to victims' Macs. How do I protect myself from keyloggers?

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

Hash 32951a56e3fcd8f5b006c0b64ec694ddf722eba71e2093f7ee90f57856941f3d Threat Hawkey Spyware Brief Description Hawkey Spyware inside a Visual Basic Packer Ssdeep 12288:GVwYvwrMkE9LfRUXkpW7zGidwY/rwxOp8mH:COrI9zRUJfGCfzw0. Figure 20: Password retrieving routine from Internet Explorer.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureList

MARCH 15, 2021

In 2020, criminals launched a variety of scams that exploited the pandemic topic from just about every angle, from advertisements to masks when they were in short supply to special refunds from the government. A fake landing page for a mask advertised in a phishing email.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You may be most familiar with computer malware such as Trojan viruses and spyware, which can be used to retrieve sensitive data from a computer or even take control of the system. Malvertising, or malicious advertising, is the use of advertisements to spread malware. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Malvertising. Redirects.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Users’ logins and passwords from the Government Technology Agency ( [link] [.] Cybercriminals steal user accounts’ data using special spyware aimed at obtaining users’ authentication data. Another Trojan-stealer — AZORult, aside from stealing passwords from popular browsers, is capable of stealing crypto wallets data.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It can be a password, a fingerprint, a face scan. Identity check – a set of actions (a password, a fingerprint, or a face scan) designed for verification of someone’s identity. Spyware – malware that spies on the computer to collect the information about a product, a company, a person.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2019

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. We dubbed this JS Sniffer family GMO because the malware uses gmo[.]li Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – payment data, cybercrime ).

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

An Australian national has been charged for the creation and sale of the Imminent Monitor (IM) spyware, which was also used for criminal purposes. The 24-year-old Australian national Jacob Wayne John Keen has been charged for his alleged role in the development and sale of spyware known as Imminent Monitor (IM). Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

WinDealer’s man-on-the-side spyware. Last December, advertisements for the services of the ALPHV group, also known as BlackCat , appeared on hacker forums, claiming that the group had learned from the errors of their predecessors and created an improved version of the malware. BlackCat: a new ransomware gang.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, they included an additional module that constantly monitored the messenger and sent data to the spyware creator’s C2 server. On one of them we saw an advertisement promoting a new cryptor/loader variant called ASMCrypt. Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cybercriminals decided to take advantage of that exclusivity, creating phishing pages that assured visitors their verified status had been approved and all they needed to do was to enter their account logins and passwords. For example, spammers actively advertised services of a company transporting people to Russia.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Threat actors can develop fake mobile apps to install adware, steal PII and financial data, extract cookies and credentials, and download further payloads (such as spyware) from a remote-controlled domain. Once again, the sophistication of the apps varied greatly; however, they largely shared one purpose: deceive users into downloading them.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Spyware turned out to be the most common malware class hiding in fraudulent COVID-19 emails, with AgentTesla topping the list of phishers’ favorite strains. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload. Most COVID-19-related phishing emails analyzed had different spyware strains embedded as attachments. Source: CERT-GIB.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They used official advertisements and provided a synopsis of the film on the website. One of the main objectives in these mailing operations was to convince recipients to click a link leading to a fake login page and enter the username and password for their corporate account. Phishers used various ploys related to COVID-19.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Types of spyware are often classified based on what information they’re gathering. Need More Intel on Rootkits?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

gun exchange site on hacking forum Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign PoC exploit code for two Apache Struts 2 flaws available online XCSSET Mac spyware spreads via Xcode Projects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

H2 2019 has proved the tendency of past several years: mail remains the main method of delivering ransomware, spyware, backdoors and other malware, being used by cyber crooks in 94 percent of cases. They, in turn, let spyware and backdoors move ahead and become the second most popular malware with a 35-percent share.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Experts spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome. Slack resetting passwords for roughly 1% of its users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Scraping the TOR for rare contents.

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