Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Avast researchers discovered and analyzed a malware campaign that exploited the update mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and crypto miners.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

“web shells”) that various cybercrime groups worldwide have been using to commandeer any unpatched Exchange servers. Oddly, none of the several dozen antivirus tools available to scan the file at Virustotal.com currently detect it as malicious. Just my Social Security number. I’d been doxed via DNS.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In August 2024, several users reported that Dr.Web antivirus detected changes in their TV box system files. Users may also mistakenly believe TV boxes are more secure than smartphones and are less likely to install antivirus software, increasing their risk when downloading third-party apps or unofficial firmware.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

What began as antivirus product has expanded into a comprehensive portfolio to secure your entire digital life. Introducing Webroot Total Protection: Comprehensive security for the modern world When you think about cybersecurity, you probably think of antivirus protectionand rightly so. But as technology advances, so do the threats.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

The PowerShell code avoids antivirus detection by using Get-Command to execute the payload. This DLL acts as a loader, decrypting and executing the final Remcos payload from encrypted files within the ZIP.

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Webroot

MARCH 12, 2025

But if your hard drive crashes, your laptop gets stolen, or you fall victim to cybercrime, the loss can be devastating. Backing up your data simply means creating copies of your important files and storing them in secure, encrypted locations. Ensures that your valuable data is encrypted, secure, and accessible when you need it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2025

“Like the majority of ransomware operators, Spearwing and its affiliates carry out double extortion attacks, stealing victims’ data before encrypting networks in order to increase the pressure on victims to pay a ransom,” reads the report published by Symantec.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

The discovered infected archives contained an additional executable, with a modified start script tricking victims into disabling antivirus protections. Its configuration is Base64-encoded and encrypted with AES-CBC. By December 2024, reports emerged of further miner-infected versions spreading via Telegram and YouTube.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Android Malware Detection Based on Behavioral-Level Features with Graph Convolutional Networks.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Cybercriminals can then exploit the compromised device for various purposes, such as stealing personal information, conducting financial fraud, recruiting it into a botnet, or encrypting data and holding it for ransom. A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2024

An attacker can exploit the issue to obtain encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database, potentially leading to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts. Once data exfiltration was completed, the attackers deployed ransomware to encrypt the infected systems. ” reads the report published by BlackBerry.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

“The main module implements numerous techniques to evade detection by antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDRs) including call stack spoofing, sleep obfuscation, and leveraging Windows fibers.” For sleep obfuscation, CoffeeLoader encrypts its memory while inactive, decrypting only during execution.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

JULY 3, 2023

The post White Snake Menace: The Growing Threat of Information Stealers in the Cybercrime Landscape appeared first on Quick Heal Blog. Introduction The rise of malicious software designed to steal sensitive information has become a significant problem in the.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. ViperSoftX also checks for active antivirus products running on the machine. c2 arrowlchat[.]com

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

The anatomy of the breach The exposed database was neither encrypted nor password-protected, making it easily accessible to anyone who stumbled upon it. The stolen information is frequently sold on dark web marketplaces, fueling a cycle of cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They may use various tactics to evade antivirus and other security measures. Some info stealers may use encryption techniques to hide their communication with command-and-control servers, making it more challenging for security systems to detect malicious activities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. “On one of the compromised information systems, experts found encrypted files with the extension “ newversion.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The security researcher John Page aka ( hyp3rlinx ) discovered that malware from multiple ransomware operations, including Conti , REvil , LockBit , AvosLocker , and Black Basta, are affected by flaws that could be exploited block file encryption. “Conti looks for and executes DLLs in its current directory.

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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. Once it infects your computer, it will encrypt or lock your files and then demand a ransom to unlock them so you can use them again.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files. “Akira threat actors utilize a sophisticated hybrid encryption scheme to lock data.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

The data in question was posted on a Russian cybercrime forum on May 15 and then uploaded again on June 3, apparently garnering attention from other cybercriminals and potential buyers. The hackers say that the dates of birth and social security numbers were originally encrypted but have since been decrypted and are now visible in plain text.

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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. Its like putting a lock on your personal data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. The attackers implement a double extortion model using the PYSA ransomware to exfiltrate data from victims prior to encrypting their files.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2024

New cybercrime group Mad Liberator is targeting AnyDesk users and runs a fake Microsoft Windows update screen to conceal data exfiltrating. The Mad Liberator ransomware group has been active since July 2024, it focuses on data exfiltration instead of data encryption.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

Visma confirmed they were affected by the Kaseya cyber attack that allowed the REvil ransomware to encrypt their customers’ systems. Kroll researchers reported that the ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Kroll researchers reported that the ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary. Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Quality password managers like the one included with Webroot Premium will generate, store and encrypt all your passwords, requiring you to only remember one password. Keeping technology up to date Another simple weapon in the war on cybercrime – keeping your devices, software and apps up to date.

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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. Security experts noticed that the Go-based ransomware was able to encrypt files at high speeds. Upon its execution, BianLian searches all available disk drives (from A: to Z:) and all files to encrypt.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The technique was already employed by other Chinese APT groups since 2013, later it was also adopted by other cybercrime gangs in attacks in the wild. ’ In a first attack scenario, hackers leverage a Microsoft antivirus component to load mpsvc.dll that acts as a loader for Groza_1.dat.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The cybercrime gang also apologized for the damages they have caused their victims. Unlike other ransomware strains that don’t encrypt victims in Russia and other CIS countries, Shade also targets computers in Russia and Ukraine. ” reads the message published by the gang on GitHub.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

As a freelancer in any industry, you are likely more susceptible to hackers and cybercrime than many other professions. Start by installing antivirus software and use it to scan your system every week for malware and viruses. Article by Beau Peters.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Today companies face a challenge of identifying and deflecting encrypted traffic leveraged by malicious actors. This was considered a significant win for the U.S. The Creeper Virus (1971). Lessons learned.

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