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.

Cybercrime 141

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 141

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A new banking trojan dubbed maxtrilha (due to its encryption key) has been discovered in the last few days and targeting customers of European and South American banks. The new maxtrilha trojan is being disseminated and targeting several banks around the world. Figure 1: High-level diagram of maxtrilha banking trojan.

Banking 139

Banking Malware Internet Internet 139

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. Bank customers. Bank customers.

Malware 279

Malware Banking Phishing DDOS 279

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused. Image: KrebsOnSecurity.

Marketing 345

Marketing Cybercrime Passwords Banking 345

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.

Banking 63

Banking Cybersecurity Antivirus Phishing 63

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

Cybercrime 213

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 213

SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2022

While it should come as no surprise that cybercrime broke pretty much every record in 2021, the actual numbers behind the crimes are quite revealing. Cybercrime in the last five years. The first section of the report provides an overview of what cybercrime has looked like in the last five years.

Internet 72

Internet Internet Cybercrime Ransomware 72

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Proofpoint researchers uncovered a campaign exclusively targeting French entities and organizations with operations in France with the banking malware TinyNuke. The post TinyNuke banking malware targets French organizations appeared first on Security Affairs. Most of the websites involved in the campaigns use the French language. .

Banking 113

Banking Malware Manufacturing Business Services 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. SSL certificates were not used for DKIM verification.

Banking 111

Banking Computers and Electronics Phishing Cybercrime 111

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Authorities traced more than €150 000 in several bank accounts and online payment platforms. some private security firms. the police has also frozen them.

Internet 113

Internet Internet Advertising Cybercrime 113

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

The world of cybercrime is changing, and more and more malware variants have spread every day. There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

Internet 129

Internet Internet Malware Banking 129

SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

The FBI just released its annual Internet Crime Report, and it is truly a sign of the times. The FBI notes that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been key to its mission to track cybercrimes. It is vital the complaint contain all required data in provided fields, including banking information. Visit www.ic3.gov

Cybercrime 54

Cybercrime Scams Banking Accountability 54

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once obtained the SIM cards, they were able to bypass SMS-based 2FA used to access bank accounts and steal the money.

Banking 115

Banking Accountability Mobile Cryptocurrency 115

Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Experts warn that cybercriminals are targeting Indonesia’s major banks posing as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. To lure victims, cybercriminals pose as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. From January to early March 2021, this scheme grew in scope 2.5-fold

Banking 100

Banking Scams Accountability Media 100

Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

Since the initial lockdown, we have seen the rise of certain types of cybercrime, including scams and fraud campaigns that either bank on the global COVID-19 pandemic or take advantage of potential victims that adhere to work-from-home measures. It is no surprise to see SOCs being conducted over the internet by crime groups.

Cybercrime 103

Cybercrime Scams Ransomware Phishing 103

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mr. Krebson also heard from an investigator representing the Nigeria Finance CERT on behalf of the Central Bank Of Nigeria. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center ( IC3 ), consumers and businesses reported more than $4.2 Source: FBI/IC3 2020 Internet Crime Report. Krebson is a clout-chasing monger.

Scams 270

Scams Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft 270

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. Local banks have already been attacked by advanced hacker groups several times; we expect this trend to increase,” – comments Dmitry Volkov, Group-IB CTO.

Cybercrime 96

Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 96

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. 13 was amounted to 177,878 : there were 150,632 dumps of Pakistani banks, 16,227 cards of other regions’ banks and 11,019 dumps of undefined banks.

Banking 108

Banking Cybercrime Advertising Data collection 108

Identity IQ

JUNE 15, 2021

A credit report and identity theft monitoring service can monitor your personal data with the credit bureaus along with scour the internet and dark web to see if your information is at risk. Monitor your bank and other financial accounts. Initiate a fraud alert. You might be instructed to cancel the document and obtain a replacement.

Cybercrime 119

Cybercrime Identity Theft Data breaches Hacking 119

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

British malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015. The popular British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the Kronos banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 76

Banking Malware Advertising Cybercrime 76

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

Malware 241

Malware Passwords Accountability Advertising 241

Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66

Marketing 242

Marketing Cybercrime Accountability Cryptocurrency 242

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The investigators used INTERPOL’s Global Rapid Intervention of Payments (I-GRIP) to detect online fraudulent transactions, and then froze the associated bank and virtual asset service provider (VASP) accounts. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, HAECHI IV)

Scams 114

Scams eCommerce Banking Cybercrime 114

Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2020

Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return.

Computers and Electronics 343

Computers and Electronics Banking Accountability Scams 343

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. Upon detection, it alters the banking information of the intended recipient (like the victim’s supplier) to details specified by the perpetrator.

Artificial Intelligence 125

Artificial Intelligence Banking Scams Cybercrime 125

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Internet and email fraud. This enormously horrific cybercrime primarily targets older women and freshly widowed individuals. Ever present threats.

Identity Theft 274

Identity Theft Scams Insurance Internet 274

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that is now targeting Poland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and as of September 2018, Ukraine. Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that was first spotted earlier this year. onion web sites.

Banking 102

Banking Advertising VPN Architecture 102

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

barely and cannot afford to leave the camp, nor to operate his own bank account but only to survive miserably. “ I am writing to you from an old desktop computer in the tent of the chaplain who works on behalf of a refugee agency, because here there is no internet point or effective means of communication. […].

Scams 123

Scams Banking Computers and Electronics Accountability 123

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode, an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic and Ukrainian.

Malware 59

Malware Cybercrime Banking Phishing 59

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re is was one of the original “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for his/her Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. “None of those are good replacements for LuxSocks or 911.

Cybercrime 267

Cybercrime Software VPN Backups 267

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats.

Cybercrime 217

Cybercrime Hacking Data breaches Banking 217

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Qakbot/Qbot was once again the top malware loader observed in the wild in the first six months of 2023.

Hacking 260

Hacking Malware Ransomware Government 260

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Brad Marden , superintendent of cybercrime operations for the Australian Federal Police (AFP), said their investigation into who was behind U-Admin began in late 2018, after Australian citizens began getting deluged with phishing attacks via mobile text messages that leveraged the software. Further reading: uAdmin Show & Tell.

Phishing 277

Phishing Scams Banking Mobile 277

SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has announced the arrest of 16 individuals connected to the Grandoreiro and Melcoz (also known as Mekotio) cybercrime groups. Grandoreiro is a banking Trojan malware family that initially started its operations in Brazil. It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module.

Banking 140

Banking Malware Cybercrime Technology 140

IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Not only do companies need to be safe, but so must all internet users. Imagine working for a top tech company, securing their systems, or maybe being a secret agent of sorts, fighting against cybercrime. Banks, hospitals, government agencies, and schools need digital security professionals.

Banking 131

Banking Cyber threats Internet Internet 131

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The man was held in the Netherlands, and he was charged for his alleged role in the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. FBI identified more than 50 million unique credentials and forms of identification (email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency addresses, credit card numbers, etc.) in the stolen data.

Identity Theft 114

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Hacking 114

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

VPN 310

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 310