Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

In March 2018, security researchers at Antivirus firmDr.Web discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones were shipped with the Android.Triada.231 231 banking malware.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Antivirus protection Software that protects against viruses and malware. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime – malware that can read your credit or debit card and hand its data over to an attacker. That starts with a fraudulent ‘smishing’ message sent via SMS or WhatsApp, often impersonating a bank and asking the user to call.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records. They can rack up charges on your credit cards and even drain your bank accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

While Google searches are probably one of the most common tasks for any vacation planning, the results that people see can be manipulated through a type of cybercrime called malvertising , short for “malicious advertising. Protect your devices with antivirus and cybersecurity tools.

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Webroot

JUNE 17, 2025

Research shows that the travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattacks, with nearly 31% of hospitality organizations experiencing a data breach and a record 340 million people affected by cybercrimes. When banks and credit card companies know your travel plans, it’s much easier for them to flag any suspicious transactions.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2025

billion in financial crimes, with nearly 14% of investigations sparked by Bank Secrecy Act data. Why traditional security is failing Many traditional defenseslike firewalls, email filters, and antivirus softwarestruggle to detect these new scams. Identity theft and fraudulent refund schemes were major players.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. The stolen information is frequently sold on dark web marketplaces, fueling a cycle of cybercrime.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today unsealed charges against 11 alleged members of the GozNym malware network, an international cybercriminal syndicate suspected of stealing $100 million from more than 41,000 victims with the help of a stealthy banking trojan by the same name. Source: DOJ. Vladimir Gorin , a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims. The following advertisement (translated into English by cybersecurity firm Intel 471 ) was posted by the NetWalker affiliate program manager last year to a top cybercrime forum.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

A new Grandoreiro banking trojan campaign has been ongoing since March 2024, following the disruption by law enforcement in January. IBM X-Force warns of a new Grandoreiro banking trojan campaign that has been ongoing since March 2024. The banking Trojan is likely operated as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. ” A depiction of the Proxygate service.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game has been leveraged by a cybercrime actor to disable antivirus programs to facilitate the deployment of ransomware, according to findings from Trend Micro. sys") is signed with a valid certificate,

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware. banks are stiffing account takeover victims.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity briefly profiled “ The Manipulaters ,” the name chosen by a prolific cybercrime group based in Pakistan that was very publicly selling spam tools and a range of services for crafting, hosting and deploying malicious email. One of several current Fudtools sites run by The Manipulaters.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Sergei Mikhailov , formerly deputy chief of Russia’s top anti-cybercrime unit, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison. In a telephone interview with this author in 2011, Vrublevsky said he was convinced that Mikhailov was taking information gathered by Russian government cybercrime investigators and feeding it to U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Experts found four Android banking trojans that were available on the official Google Play Store and that infected +300,000 devices. Researchers from ThreatFabric discovered four distinct Android banking trojans that were spread via the official Google Play Store between August and November 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

A new Grandoreiro banking malware campaign is targeting organizations in Mexico and Spain, Zscaler reported. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers observed a Grandoreiro banking malware campaign targeting organizations in the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain. ” reads the post published by Zscaler. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

The recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows that global cybercrime is on the rise. Cybercrime Report Data. The post Cybercrime is on the Rise – Here are Some Easy Ways to Protect Yourself appeared first on IdentityIQ.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

SOVA is an Android banking Trojan with significant capabilities like credential theft, capturing keystrokes, taking screenshots, etc., The post Beware: SOVA Android Banking Trojan emerges more powerful with new capabilities appeared first on Quick Heal Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The BrazKing Android banking trojan is back with significant improvements and dynamic banking overlays to avoid detection. Researchers from IBM spotted a new version of the BrazKing Android banking trojan that pull fake overlay screens from the command and control (C2) server in real-time. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

Experts discovered malicious Android apps on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions spreading the SharkBot Trojan. Sharkbot is an information stealer steals used by crooks to siphon credentials and banking information. The banking Trojan uses Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA), which is rarely used by Android malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They may use various tactics to evade antivirus and other security measures. Our research team also found some bank logs for sale, info stealers were possibly used to steal these logs. Bank logs : These are sets of data containing sensitive information about a bank account. In this Cybernews article Mars was mentioned.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Nonetheless, their behavior is annoying, sometimes even dangerous, and the antivirus alerts users because, despite being legal, they often sneak onto the device without the user realizing. A “personal” banking service These scammers disguise themselves as a financial institution.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. Financially motivated cybercrime, using malware and phishing , is growing at a rapid pace. A recent Which? The scammer will often produce a plausible reason why they are asking for this sensitive information.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And if you think that simply relying on antivirus software will get you through safely, there’s some more bad news. Some reports have suggested that today’s antivirus software can detect very few of the most dangerous types of malware – the stuff you really want to avoid. And the New York Times can testify to that.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

While the gang had previously targeted Russian banks, Group-IB experts also have discovered evidence of the group’s activity in more than 25 countries worldwide. After the activity of Cobalt group has declined, Silence became one of the major threats to Russian and international banks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. ” continues Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

EMOTET spread in Chile targeted financial and banking services. This threat is known as a banking trojan malware that collects financial information by injecting malicious code into a computer. Data includes date/hour of infection , remote IP from victim’s computer , OS version and antivirus name.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Security firm Symantec says that hackers have recently been very successful in delivering a nasty gift of malware to unsuspecting users by blasting out emails pretending to be antivirus software updates. If this malware is able to steal the login and password for your business bank account, it will very quickly empty that account.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

” Zloader is a banking malware that has been active at least since 2016, it borrows some functions from the notorious Zeus 2.0.8.9 banking Trojan and was used to spread Zeus-like banking trojan (i.e. Zeus OpenSSL). ” reads a post published by Microsoft. ” reads a post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

Now researchers from Cleafy have spotted the BRATA malware targeting a specific financial institution, its operators modified the attack chain customizing the malware to hit a specific target at a time, moving to a different bank after the victim begins implementing countermeasures. ” reads the report published by the researchers.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2021

Troy Hunt and the FBI provided some recommendations for anyone that finds themselves in this collection of data: "Keep security software such as antivirus up to date with current definitions. It was first discovered in 2014 as a banking trojan, and quickly evolved to become a perfect solution for cybercriminals anywhere.

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