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 111

Artificial Intelligence Banking Scams Cybercrime 111

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.

Phishing 99

Phishing Banking Mobile Scams 99

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. ” SEPTEMBER.

Cryptocurrency 239

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 239

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Social engineering schemes range from covert to obvious. OnePercent Group attacks.

Social Engineering 133

Social Engineering Ransomware Engineering Phishing 133

Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

During their investigation the police received help from the threat intelligence firm Group-IB that specializes in investigating and preventing cybercrimes. When victims submit their banking credentials, the phishing site sends them to the web panel where the fraudster is waiting. Always go to your banking site directly.

Phishing 118

Phishing Banking Password Management Scams 118

Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Given that 52% of people use the same password for multiple accounts, compromising one account can give a criminal access to a vast range of personal data. Tax documents such as W-2s and 1040s can be purchased for around $1.04, while Social Security numbers range from $0.19 Never use the same password for multiple accounts.

Accountability 105

Accountability Data breaches Passwords Social Engineering 105

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The increasing popularity of cryptocurrency is attracting cybercrime that is using different means to target the cryptocurrency industry. Password and info stealers. Another type of info stealer, this malware checks the user’s clipboard and steals banking information or other sensitive data a user copies. ClipBanker trojans.

Cryptocurrency 86

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Malware Cybercrime 86

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Rapid7 found a bypass for the recently patched actively exploited Ivanti EPMM bug Russian APT29 conducts phishing attacks through Microsoft Teams Hackers already installed web shells on 581 Citrix servers in CVE-2023-3519 attacks Zero-day in Salesforce email services exploited in targeted Facebook phishing campaign Burger King forgets to put a password (..)

Malware 72

Malware Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 72

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The stolen data also includes driver’s license numbers and/or social security numbers. The intrusion resulted from a social engineering attack on a third-party IT support vendor used by Caesars Entertainment. ” The investigation is still ongoing to determine the extent of security incident.

Social Engineering 102

Social Engineering Ransomware Banking Cyber Attacks 102

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 360

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Microsoft is warning of human-operated ransomware, this kind of attack against businesses is becoming popular in the cybercrime ecosystem. Human-operated ransomware is a technique usually employed in nation-state attacks that is becoming very popular in the cybercrime ecosystem.

Ransomware 111

Ransomware Cybercrime Social Engineering Banking 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

The Zeus Sphinx malware was first observed on August 2015, a few days after a new variant of the popular Zeus banking trojan was offered for sale on hacker forums, Now the Zeus Sphinx malware is back, operators are spreading it in a spam campaign aimed at stealing victims’ financial information. . ” continues the post.”Next,

Banking 98

Banking Malware Social Engineering Advertising 98

SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

In reality, cybercriminals had for months lured employees searching for their payroll system with a mirror-image-like website that reportedly tricked hundreds of employees into providing their usernames and passwords. Using a password manager such as Keeper can help users avoid phony lookalike websites.

Scams 82

Scams Password Management Passwords Authentication 82

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. 70% of attacks were on banks. Social Tactics. billion in reported losses.

Social Engineering 117

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 117

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

Some highlights include: Stealers are primarily sold on cybercrime forums. Zero-Day attacks get the headlines when they happen, but users falling for phishing attacks or other social engineering attacks happen every day without fail. Their logs are sold on instant messaging platforms such as Telegram and Discord.

Malware 64

Malware Social Engineering Passwords Spyware 64

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

The crooks exploited online tools and technology along with social engineering tactics to target the victims and steal usernames, passwords, and bank accounts. “Ogunshakin provided Uzuh and other co-conspirators with bank accounts that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers. ” continues OFAC.

Social Engineering 76

Social Engineering Scams Small Business Banking 76

SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord. At around the same time, phishers started targeting online payment systems and internet banks.

Scams 98

Scams Phishing Social Engineering Banking 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In this research, we analyze various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms, banking and payment systems, and discuss recent trends. In 2022, the number of attacks using banking Trojans doubled when compared to the same period of 2021, reaching almost 20 million.

Phishing 104

Phishing Banking Scams Retail 104

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

. “The services of the website allowed those who sign up and pay for the service to anonymously make spoofed calls, send recorded messages, and intercept one-time passwords.” ” “As cybercrime knows no borders, effective judicial cooperation across jurisdictions is key in bringing its perpetrators to court.

Retail 87

Retail Cybercrime Banking Passwords 87

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

“For instance, a “premium” page may include elements of social engineering, such as an appealing design, promises of large earnings, an anti-detection system and so on.” Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances. One-time password (OTP) bots.

Phishing 85

Phishing Scams Social Engineering Banking 85

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Phishing is a type of social engineering scam most commonly hidden in a fraudulent email but sometimes via text message, website, or phone call where a criminal posing as a legitimate institution, such as a bank or service, tries to obtain sensitive information from a target victim. What is Phishing? Malicious Web Links.

Phishing 98

Phishing Identity Theft Scams Banking 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The Loki Bot attacks started in July and aimed at stealing passwords from browsers, messaging applications, mail and FTP clients, and cryptocurrency wallets. Loki Bot operators employ various social engineering technique to trick victims into opening weaponized attachments that would deploy the Loki Bot stealer.

Social Engineering 51

Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Advertising Malware 51

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. Another trend was disguising malware in emails.

Ransomware 68

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 68

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

” “Cybercrime apparently cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020.” The pandemic is providing the perfect cover for cybercrime, as can be seen in the alarming statistic from First Orion that criminals were able to get 270% more personal information in 2020 than in 2019 via vishing or phone scams. Tech Support Scams.

Scams 92

Scams Computers and Electronics Insurance Social Engineering 92

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. Add to that widespread warnings to use social media circumspectly. Then COVID-19 came along and obliterated societal norms and standard business practices.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. None of these early threats went pro. pharma giant ExecuPharm.

Ransomware 243

Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The document contained a list of pornographic sites, along with passwords for access to said sites and would then spread itself and its NSFW content by emailing the first 50 people in the victim’s contact list. Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. It later evolved to also include file encryption.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel. To do so, RedCurl uses the LaZagne tool, which extracts passwords from memory and from files saved in the victim’s web browser.

Phishing 135

Phishing Social Engineering Banking Advertising 135

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

According to the ad, BloodyStealer was a malicious stealer capable of fetching session data and passwords, and cookie exfiltration, and protected against reverse engineering and malware analysis in general. A person is offering thousands of usernames and passwords for various game platforms for just $4000. 40) for lifetime.

Accountability 100

Accountability Marketing Phishing Malware 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Often, they are designed to electronically spy on the user’s activities one way or another: PSWs are designed to steal logins and passwords for various services and detect when those services are being used, bankers target banking websites and applications and spy on the user’s banking activity.

Phishing 99

Phishing Accountability Malware Adware 99

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. The deep web is also made up of content that is not indexed by search engines and requires a login to access.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

We filled in the login and password fields in the screenshot below. Fake TikTok login page generated by the phishing bot From an engineering standpoint, this is a rather primitive product of a basic phishing kit. An OTP (one-time password) bot is another service available by subscription.

Phishing 120

Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 120

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For example, once it infects your device, a keylogger will start tracking every keystroke you make and sending a log of those keystrokes to the hacker, allowing them to reconstruct any sensitive information you might have entered after infection, such as your PIN, password, or social security number.

Malware 75

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

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. Soon after, the attackers were able to use their control over his mobile number to reset his Gmail account password. OG accounts typically can be resold for thousands of dollars.

Mobile 243

Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Passwords 243

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When downloading the games from untrustworthy sources, players may receive malicious software that can gather sensitive data like login information or passwords from the victim’s device; and in an attempt to download a desired game for free, find a cool mod or cheat, gamers can actually lose their accounts or even money.

Mobile 101

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 101

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT can step in to offer insights on identifying the latest scams, avoiding social engineering pitfalls, and setting stronger passwords in concise, conversational text that may be more effective than a lecture or slide presentation.

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 76