SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Conclusion: cybersecurity and cybercrime have matured.

Cybercrime 140

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 140

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. KmsdBot supports multiple architectures, including as Winx86, Arm64, and mips64, x86_64, and does not stay persistent to avoid detection. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

IoT 88

IoT DDOS Architecture Internet 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Researchers from Black Lotus Labs at Lumen Technologies, recently uncovered a multifunctional Go-based malware that was developed to target devices based on multiple architectures, including Windows and Linux. A new multifunctional Go-based malware dubbed Chaos is targeting both Windows and Linux systems, experts warn.

Malware 83

Malware DDOS Architecture Financial Services 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

Cybercrime 87

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Accountability 87

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

.” The Mirai botnet is exploiting the issue to gain access to the device and downloads the malicious payload for the targeted architecture. The Mirai botnet that is behind the attacks observed by ZDI is focused on launching DDoS attacks, it has the capability to target Valve Source Engine (VSE). ” continues the report.

DDOS 89

DDOS Engineering Firmware Architecture 89

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

Malware 140

Malware DDOS IoT Cybercrime 140

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2023

The experts discovered that the malicious code had been compiled for different architectures. The AVrecon malware was written in C to ensure portability and designed to target ARM-embedded devices. ” concludes the report.

Malware 80

Malware Advertising Cybercrime Passwords 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2022

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DDOS 75

DDOS Architecture Malware Cybercrime 75

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

Researchers warn of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums. Cybersecurity researchers from BlackBerry are warning of a remote access trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) that is available for sale on Russian cybercrime forums.

Cybercrime 87

Cybercrime Malware Surveillance DDOS 87

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before.

Architecture 92

Architecture DDOS IoT Internet 92

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

com) with links to the bot was among the 48 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December. The most recent variant spotted by Microsoft spreads by exploiting vulnerabilities in Apache and Apache Spark ( CVE-2021-42013 and CVE-2022-33891 respectively) and also supports new DDoS attack capabilities.

IoT 113

IoT DDOS Malware Firmware 113

SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

losses from cybercrime topped $4.1 Today’s columnist, Glenn Mulvaney of Clumio, says while ransomware has become a hot-button issue, companies also need to focus on viruses, DDoS attacks, cryptojacking, and securing the cloud. This information will help build this security “compartmentalization architecture.” billion in 2020.

Backups 72

Backups DDOS Architecture Ransomware 72

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating.

Cyber threats 203

Cyber threats Cyber Insurance Cybersecurity Threat Detection 203

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cybercrime costs approximately $600 billion per year, accounting for over 1% of global GDP, as per The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and 300,562,519 people were affected by publicly disclosed security breaches the previous year, as per the Identity Theft Resource Center. Cyber risk management. Risk assessment.

Cyber Risk 99

Cyber Risk Risk Architecture Identity Theft 99

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“The first use of the command is activated to receive information about the CPU architecture. AquaSec researchers believe that threat actors are using the Redigo malware to infect Redis and add them to a botnet used to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, run cryptocurrency miners, or steal data from the servers.

Malware 141

Malware DDOS Architecture Cryptocurrency 141

Spinone

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For example, a DDoS attack on a server intrudes in an esports match. The architectural threat takes advantage of the weakness in components of the information system. Organization. For example, cyber espionage undermines the economy of a country.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Cyber threats Engineering 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Upon executing the script, it would download and execute the proper bot clients for the specific Linux architectures: hxxp://185.225.74[.]251/armv4l The list of targeted devices includes routers, DVRs, access control systems, and Solar power generation monitoring systems. The researchers observed two campaigns, respectively in March and June.

IoT 85

IoT Malware Encryption DDOS 85

IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

Although cybercrime as a whole has seen a rise during the pandemic, arguably ransomware has been one of the more successful and lucrative attack types. Digital transformation and the move to remote work has fundamentally changed the way modern businesses operate.

Ransomware 96

Ransomware Digital transformation Antivirus DDOS 96

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. The code seems inspired from multiple source code of China basis DDoS client, like Elknot. Figure 2: The C2 software for Linux DDoS.

DDOS 83

DDOS Malware Encryption Penetration Testing 83

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

According to experts from Avast, the Torii bot has been active since at least December 2017, it could targets a broad range of architectures, including ARM, MIPS, x86, x64, PowerPC, and SuperH. The Torii IoT botnet stands out for the largest sets of architectures it is able to target. ” reads the analysis published by Avast.

IoT 84

IoT Architecture Advertising DDOS 84

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web. Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian.

Architecture 99

Architecture Malware Hacking DDOS 99

SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

RapperBot: “intelligent brute forcing” RapperBot, based on Mirai (but with a different C2 command protocol), is a worm infecting IoT devices with the ultimate goal to launch DDoS attacks against non-HTTP targets. RapperBot then determines the processor architecture and infects the device.

Malware 104

Malware Engineering Advertising Phishing 104

SecureList

MAY 11, 2022

Watching and assessing these tendencies not only provides us with threat intelligence to fight cybercrime today, but also helps us deduce what trends may see in the months to come and prepare for them better. This means that their ransomware should be able to run on different combinations of architectures and operation systems.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Encryption Malware Cybercrime 118

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Over the past few years, we have witnessed numerous APT actors and cybercrime groups successfully execute their code in the kernel-mode of targeted systems, despite the presence of these new protection mechanisms. First, they can carry out actual cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks , data theft or destruction, website defacement, and so on.

Hacking 109

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 109

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The architectural features of 5G (compared to 1/2/3/4G), such as superfast data transfers and other advantages of the new technology, are mainly implemented using software rather than hardware platforms. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking). The development of 5G networks will create new threats to this industry. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 83

Banking Telecommunications Marketing Internet 83

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Killnet, led by a person nicknamed “KillMilk”, is one of the leaders of the hacktivist movement that uses DDoS as a means of disruption. This sophisticated malware, completely rewritten from scratch, exhibits an advanced and complex architecture that makes use of loadable and embedded modules and plugins.

Malware 88

Malware Government Phishing Social Engineering 88

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit several government websites. While we were unable to obtain the same results by analyzing the CERT-UA samples, we subsequently identified a different WhiteBlackCrypt sample matching the WhisperKill architecture and sharing similar code.

Malware 135

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 135