Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Picus Labs has updated the Picus Threat Library with new attack methods for Krachulka, Lokorrito, Zumanek Trojans that are targeting banks in Brazil, Mexico, and Spain. Banking trojans have a significant role in the cybercrime scene in Latin America. T1056.003 Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon).

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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

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Last month we covered a wide range of cybercrime topics. But there’s more going on in the cybercrime landscape, so we also published reports on new versions of the Lumma stealer and Zanubis Android banking trojan. This blog post contains excerpts from those reports.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

The recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows that global cybercrime is on the rise. Cybercrime Report Data. When you try to open these links or attachments using your username and password, the hackers can get your credentials or gain access to the company’s intellectual property.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The Tetrade term coined by Kaspersky experts to refer four large banking trojan families developed and spread by Brazilian crooks worldwide. The Brazilian cybercrime underground is recognized as the most focuses on the development and commercialization of banking trojans. The VBS scripts in installer package files (.MSI)

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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.

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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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Seems like every few months another blogger or security maven laments the passing of the password, a security tool that has outlived its usefulness and should now be replaced with something more of the times, more effective, more secure. And while the password might be on life-support, it’s not quite gone. That’s right.

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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 — a remarkable achievement for such a high-profile cybercrime service.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

“FluBot is an Android spyware that aims to steal financial login and password data from your device. The Android malware has been used to steal banking credentials, payment information, and sensitive data from infected devices. You must install an Android security update to remove FluBot.” ” states the report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

.'” MRMURZA Faceless is a project from MrMurza , a particularly talkative member of more than a dozen Russian-language cybercrime forums over the past decade. MrMurza’s Faceless advertised on the Russian-language cybercrime forum ProCrd. The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.” In 2013, U.S.

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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

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims. The Raccoon v.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has finally been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US District Court. The Neverquest was used by cyber criminals to steal login credentials from banking customers, it leverages on injection mechanisms to provide users fake forms into legitimate banking websites.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

Digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7 million user records on a crime forum. The popular digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7,516,625 user records on a crime forum. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2024

. “Australian offenders are allegedly among 10,000 cybercriminals globally who have used the platform, known as LabHost, to trick victims into providing their personal information, such as online banking logins, credit card details and passwords, through persistent phishing attacks sent via texts and emails.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2023

Real estate agencies handle sensitive data, including customers’ personally identifiable information, bank account details, and other data highly valued by cybercriminals. The file contained PostgreSQL and Redis databases credentials, including host, port, username, and password. Ensuring cybersecurity is vital.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If this malware is able to steal the login and password for your business bank account, it will very quickly empty that account. So if the thieves steal every last dime you have in the bank account, you’re out of luck. And this is especially dangerous to small businesses in the U.S. And maybe even out of business.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Additionally, there are also Russian cybercrime organizations that are not state-sponsored but are allowed to operate. Although there’s no one magic solution to eliminating cyberattacks and cybercrime risks, there are steps you can take to reduce the chances of becoming a victim. businesses called #ShieldsUp.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Two separate attacks on banks in the United States and Pakistan revealed this week highlight once again the inherent weakness of a security practice that relies on passwords or knowledge-based credentials to protect critical information. Read the whole entry. »

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. Passwords Google and Microsoft made good on their promise to back passkeys , an encryption-based alternative to passwords that can’t be stolen, guessed, cracked, or phished.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2023

Nope, says a renowned international bank from UK. Instead of considering payment, it is advisable to take the following steps if you’ve been affected by a ransomware attack: Report the incident: Contact your local law enforcement agency or a cybercrime reporting or-ganization to report the attack.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. ?A The group claims to have also stolen data from the Banco Pichincha bank and infected a system at Ministry of Finance using for training purposes with PHP-based ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2021

In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by breaching its developer’s networks and then deploying a fraudulent update last week, said Passwordstate’s maker, Click Studios.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

The illegal dark web marketplace RaidForums has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of the international law enforcement Operation TOURNIQUET coordinated by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. Europol will continue working with its international partners to make cybercrime harder – and riskier –to commit.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2021

The customers of Banco Pichincha, the largest bank in Ecuador, are still experiencing service disruptions after a massive cyberattack hit the financial organization early this week. The cyberattack took place over the last weekend and forced the bank to shut down a large part of its computer network in response to the incident.

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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.

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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. This and other “nordia@” emails shared a password: “ anna59.”

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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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The Russian hacker Stanislav Vitaliyevich Lisov pleads guilty to bank fraud after running a botnet that spread ‘NeverQuest’ malware for three years. “ NeverQuest has been responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of attempts by hackers to steal money out of victims’ bank accounts. “Geoffrey S. Sweeney Jr.,

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The FBI said unlimited operations compromise a financial institution or payment card processor with malware to access bank customer card information and exploit network access, enabling large scale theft of funds from ATMs. million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

According to a new research conducted by Group-IB experts, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks. Even so, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks , 29 percent were found to be actively infected with malware, and in 52 percent of cases traces of past attacks were detected.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets. Users in Turkey were the most targeted, with 2.98% encountering mobile banking malware. of attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The same rules apply to the criminal underworld, where it’s becoming very obvious that information is the top currency – more valuable even than bank accounts and credit cards. That includes banks, credit card companies, and payment systems like PayPal and Western Union. Any guess what the number one target for phishing was?

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