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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

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Compounding the problem, several remaining malware-based proxy services have chosen to block new registrations to avoid swamping their networks with a sudden influx of customers. re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

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“This group is known for frequently changing malware and driving global trends in criminal malware distribution,” MITRE assessed. Tripwire’s tips for all organizations on avoiding ransomware attacks include: Making secure offsite backups. As noted in last year’s story Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs?

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Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

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This includes pivoting from or converting a single compromised Microsoft Windows user account to an administrator account with greater privileges on the target network; the ability to sidestep and/or disable any security software; and gaining the access needed to disrupt or corrupt any data backup systems the victim firm may have.

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911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

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re servers, data and backups of that data. “We found that the data on the server was maliciously damaged by the hacker, resulting in the loss of data and backups. However the intruders got in, 911 said, they managed to also overwrite critical 911[.]re Its [sic] confirmed that the recharge system was also hacked the same way. .”

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‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

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“As a result, we lost the proxy and destination backup servers,” SPR explained. And last week, authorities across Europe seized control over dozens of servers used to operate Emotet , a prolific malware strain and cybercrime-as-service operation. “Besides, now it’s impossible to open and decrypt the backend.