Banking, Cybercrime, Internet and Web Fraud

15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Over the past 15 years, a cybercrime anonymity service known as VIP72 has enabled countless fraudsters to mask their true location online by routing their traffic through millions of malware-infected systems. based Internet address for more than a decade — simply vanished. The domain Vip72[.]org The domain Vip72[.]org

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Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

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.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

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.

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911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

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.

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Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

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.

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Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

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.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

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.

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Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2020

In too many cases, he said, the deposits are going into accounts where the beneficiary name does not match the name on the bank account. Perhaps the most galling example comes from Arkansas, whose site exposed the SSNs, bank account and routing numbers for some 30,000 applicants. ” CANARY IN THE GOLDMINE.

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E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. But until recently, there wasn’t much to support a conclusion that Punchmade was actually doing the cybercrime things he promotes in his songs. Punchmade Dev’s shop.

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The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

One might even say passwords are the fossil fuels powering most IT modernization: They’re ubiquitous because they are cheap and easy to use, but that means they also come with significant trade-offs — such as polluting the Internet with weaponized data when they’re leaked or stolen en masse. TARGETED PHISHING.

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How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

According to the most recent statistics from the FBI ‘s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the most costly form of cybercrime stems from a complex type of fraud known as the “ B usiness E mail C ompromise” or BEC scam. Something like 63 percent of fraud losses reported to the FBI are related to it.

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Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers. Image: Intel471.

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

REACTs’ West said while there are a large number of pig butchering victims reporting their victimization to the FBI, very few are receiving anything more than instructions about filing a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which keeps track of cybercrime losses and victims.

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

But each can see if a law enforcement entity or individual tied to one of their own requests has ever submitted a request to a different Kodex client, and then drill down further into other data about the submitter, such as Internet address(es) used, and the age of the requestor’s email address.

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Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The force was originally created to tackle a range of cybercrimes, but Tarazi says SIM swappers are a primary target now for two reasons. Rose said even though a successful SIM swap often gives the perpetrator access to traditional bank accounts, the attackers seem to be mainly interested in stealing cryptocurrencies.

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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

Disneyland Malware Team: It’s a Puny World After All

Arrest, Raids Tied to ‘U-Admin’ Phishing Kit

A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’

E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time

Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

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