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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. Bank customers.

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Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But clicking the meeting link provided by the scammers prompts the user to run a script that quietly installs malware on macOS systems. KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader who works at a startup that is seeking investment for building a new blockchain platform for the Web.

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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. Between 2003 and 2006, Corpse focused on selling and supporting his Haxdoor malware. The domain Vip72[.]org

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

For the past seven years, a malware-based proxy service known as “ Faceless ” has sold anonymity to countless cybercriminals. The proxy lookup page inside the malware-based anonymity service Faceless. Image: spur.us. as a media sharing device on a local network that was somehow exposed to the Internet.

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How Malicious Android Apps Slip Into Disguise

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

Researchers say mobile malware purveyors have been abusing a bug in the Google Android platform that lets them sneak malicious code into mobile apps and evade security scanning tools. Google says it has updated its app malware detection mechanisms in response to the new research.

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

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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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US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The top-level domain for the United States — US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified.US US phishing domains. government agencies.

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Man Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2021

After several years of working with investigators, Schober says he’s confident he has located two young men in the United Kingdom responsible for using a clever piece of digital clipboard-stealing malware that let them siphon his crypto holdings. When Schober went to move approximately 16.4

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

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to this comprehensive breakdown of the phishing toolkit , the U-Admin control panel isn’t sold on its own, but rather it is included when customers contact the developer and purchase a set of phishing pages designed to mimic a specific brand — such as a bank website or social media platform.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Russian banks are prohibited from processing payments for online gambling, and as a result many online gaming sites catering to Russian speakers have chosen to process credit card payments through Ukrainian financial institutions. . What Pavel does is he blackmails those Ukrainian banks using his connections and knowledge.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

re network uses at least two free VPN services to lure its users to install a malware-like software that achieves persistence on the user’s computer,” the researchers wrote. The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products. 2022 closure of LuxSocks , another malware-based proxy network.

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Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

for Germany — which has a far larger market share of domain name registrations than.US — have very low levels of abuse, including phishing and malware,” Marks told KrebsOnSecurity. . “Even very large ccTLDs, like.de “In my view, this situation with.US should not be acceptable to the U.S.

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How to Shop Online Like a Security Pro

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Sure, the card associations and your bank are quick to point out that you’re not liable for fraudulent charges that you report in a timely manner, whether it’s debit or a credit card. Does the bank reimburse you when your credit score takes a ding because your mortgage or car payment was late? Don’t hold your breath.

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Phishers are Angling for Your Cloud Providers

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 21, multiple United Rental customers reported receiving invoice emails with booby-trapped links that led to a malware download for anyone who clicked. While phony invoices are a common malware lure, this particular campaign sent users to a page on United Rentals’ own Web site (unitedrentals.com).

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911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

.” Operated largely out of China, 911 was an enormously popular service across many cybercrime forums, and it became something akin to critical infrastructure for this community after two of 911’s longtime competitors — malware-based proxy services VIP72 and LuxSocks — closed their doors in the past year.

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Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Now if an attacker launches a malware campaign using these domains, it will be harder to pinpoint who/what is carrying out the attack since the domains would all appear to be just regular domains with no observable pattern other than the fact that they all use cloud DNS. . National Association ; Viacom International ; and Walgreens.

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How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it’s hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors. ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed.

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

. “This was accomplished by targeting the DevOps engineer’s home computer and exploiting a vulnerable third-party media software package, which enabled remote code execution capability and allowed the threat actor to implant keylogger malware,” LastPass officials wrote. Then, early on the morning of Sunday, Aug.

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

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Ronnie Tokazowski (RT): The why is that there’s a lot of money being lost to this type of fraud.

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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.

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Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

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. In this case, the victim didn’t download malware or fall for some stupid phishing email. ” FAKE IDs AND PHONY NOTES. ” Lt.

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

Calendar Meeting Links Used to Spread Mac Malware

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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

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How Malicious Android Apps Slip Into Disguise

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

US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

Man Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents

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

‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

How to Shop Online Like a Security Pro

Phishers are Angling for Your Cloud Providers

911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com

How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19

Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

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

Meet the World’s Biggest ‘Bulletproof’ Hoster

Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

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