SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Breaking the spell : Employ a robust backup strategy, disable macros in documents, train employees to recognize suspicious links, and deploy endpoint detection and response tools. Spooky fact : The average cost of a ransomware attack in 2023 is estimated to be $4.5 million, factoring in downtime, recovery costs, and reputational damage.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The proliferation of cybercrime guides on forums and a 7% rise in insider threat content, driven by significant financial incentives, highlight the growing complexity of cybersecurity challenges. The proliferation of these guides enables more individuals to enter the cybercrime arena.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2025

These GenAI scams often promise to generate resumes, tax documents, or personalized advicewhile quietly harvesting personal information and delivering malware through infected PDFs. Why traditional security is failing Many traditional defenseslike firewalls, email filters, and antivirus softwarestruggle to detect these new scams.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

"Many people unknowingly treat their email accounts like free cloud storage and keep years' worth of sensitive documents, such as tax forms, medical records, contracts, and passwords without considering how sensitive they are," Fowler said. 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

The locations of alleged GozNym cybercrime group members. According to the indictment, the GozNym network exemplified the concept of ‘cybercrime as a service,’ in that the defendants advertised their specialized technical skills and services on underground, Russian-language, online criminal forums. Source: DOJ.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Unfortunately, this time of year brings as much cybercrime as it does holiday cheer. Whether you purchase a new device or receive one as a gift, now is the time to consider the importance of protecting it with an antivirus program. What is antivirus? Do I really need antivirus? Benefits of antivirus.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. “Antivirus software trusts signed programs more. That protracted and public conflict formed the backdrop of my 2014 book — “ Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime, from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door. Image: Ke-la.com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2019

A Russian hacking group Fxmsp is offering for sale the access to the networks of at least three antivirus companies in the US and source code of their software. Buyers can also pay at least $300,000 acquiring both, the price depends on the antivirus company. ” The man is involved in cybercrime activities since mid-2000.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. in cybercrime forum. While many techniques are documented, such as removing PPL protection via the RTCore64.sys Similar ads by users “killerAV” and “lefroggy” appeared on the RAMP and xss[.]is

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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

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

JUNE 17, 2021

UNC2465 cybercrime group that is affiliated with the Darkside ransomware gang has infected with malware the website of a CCTV camera vendor. In the documented attack, once the backdoor is deployed, UNC2465 interactively established an NGROK tunnel and performed lateral movements in less than 24 hours. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Sentinel Labs’s analysis revealed that Black Basta ransomware operators develop and maintain their own toolkit, they documented only collaboration with a limited and trusted set of affiliates. The DisableAntiSpyware parameter allows disabling the Windows Defender Antivirus in order to deploy another security solution.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. in cybercrime forum. While many techniques are documented, such as removing PPL protection via the RTCore64.sys Similar ads by users “killerAV” and “lefroggy” appeared on the RAMP and xss[.]is

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

A recently discovered cybercrime gang, tracked as Epic Manchego , is using a new technique to create weaponized Excel files that are able to bypass security checks. The phishing messages carry weaponized Excel documents that are able to bypass security checks and that had low detection rates. EPPlus is such a tool.”

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Afterall, the dark web is where most cybercrimes get their start. They’ve created a new model for cybercrime where criminal specialists sell their talents to the highest bidder. The right cybersecurity tools will keep your important financial documents and your most precious memories safe from attack – or even accidental deletion.

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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. Set up a policy to control access to corporate assets, such as e-mail boxes, shared folders and online documents.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2024

Experts observed that the Russian cybercrime group FIN7 has been exploiting the vulnerability since April 2023, while Researchers from BlackBerry reported that in June 2024, a threat actor targeted a Latin American airline with the Akira ransomware. ” reads the report published by BlackBerry.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

. “A Russian national was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for operating a “crypting” service used to conceal the Kelihos malware from antivirus software, which enabled hackers to systematically infect approximately hundreds of thousands of victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2019

The latest variant appeared in the cybercrime underground in December 2018, it was named HawkEye Reborn v9. ” The messages use weaponized Microsoft Excel, RTF and DOC documents to deliver the malware. ” The messages use weaponized Microsoft Excel, RTF and DOC documents to deliver the malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Recent spam campaigns used messages with malicious Word documents, or links to them, pretending to be an invoice, shipping information, COVID-19 information , resumes, financial documents, or scanned documents. Generally speaking, removal/cleaning by antivirus is not a sufficient guarantee. Send the samples (.doc

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Experts revealed that the botnet was used by the TA505 cybercrime gang to distribute the FlawedAmmy RAT and some email stealers. Once provided the login credentials, the user will be informed of a pending refund and will be asked to download a document, print and sign it. The signed document has to be sent or uploaded to the portal.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2021

“Both exchanges require identity documents in order to exchange cryptocurrencies for fiat or to make transfers to banks, however it isn’t clear if the documents they accept are scrutinized in any meaningful way. A legal authority can request identity details for the individuals receiving the payments.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

The crooks used malicious emails purporting to be legitimate from such entities as Western Union, Norton AntiVirus and the IRS to spread the malware. “According to testimony at trial and court documents, Nicolescu, Miclaus, and a co-conspirator who pleaded guilty, collectively operated a criminal conspiracy from Bucharest, Romania.”

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SC Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Phishing scammers posing as customers are contacting live-chat support agents with phony issues or problems and tricking them into opening up malicious documents, according to an incident response expert who has observed a marked uptick in use of this tactic over the last two quarters. EDR, MDR or XDR solutions).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

“The purpose of this document is to describe the operating mode used during these attacks and the associated compromise indicators, then to provide recommendations to limit the impact of this type of incident.” SecurityAffairs – Pysa ransomware, cybercrime). ” reads the issued by French CERT. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The last time security experts documented the FIN8’s activities was in 2016 and 2017. FireEye documented obfuscation techniques used by the group in June 2017 and the involvement of PUNCHTRACK POS-scraping malware. At the time, FireEye and root9B published detailed reports about a series of attacks targeting the retail sector.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Because the address comes across as an internal team member, people trust them, ultimately exposing themselves to cybercrime. To prevent malicious scams, companies should do the following: •Install high-quality antivirus software and spam filters. Encrypt all sensitive information and documentation.

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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. One way that Emotet was so effective was due to its ability to spread via Microsoft Word documents. What if my credentials were stolen by Emotet?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

“VirusTotal does not showcase the evolution of detections of antivirus products over time, but almost all campaigns have or had a 0/62 FUD score on VirusTotal at some point in time, confirming the difficulty of detecting dropper apps with a minimal footprint.” ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2023

Adobe Acrobat Sign allows registered users to sign documents online and send a document signature request to anyone. The message includes a link to the document that that will be hosted on Adobe itself. This latter process consists of generating an email that is sent to the intended recipients. ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Today, any company can fall victim to cybercrime, which has become a major problem around the world. A smart decision is to give your Mac a regular scan to detect malware using tools that offer antivirus protection. . . Source [link]. 5 Cyber Security Best Practices to Protect Your Business Data. Back Up Your Data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. When searching for the ransomware binary, we recommend looking for an EXE file in a folder which doesn’t typically contain executables, such as %temp% , Documents or Pictures.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2022

Within the last week, there have been some significant victories in combatting Russian cybercrime, as the country continues its brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2019

When users click on “Decreto” hyperlink, they are redirected to a Google Drive web page which opens a fake page where a fake document is shown and it invites them to click on a download link. Figure 2: Drive document “Scarica il documento”. scentasticyoga[.]com, scentasticyoga[.]com, Figure 3: File contained in the Zip file.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

” Both macro builders allow crooks to easily create malicious Office documents that are usually involved in hacking campaigns as a first-stage loader for other malware. According to Flashpoint , Rubella is not particularly sophisticated, the builder is used to create Microsoft Word or Excel weaponized documents to use in spam email.

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