Trend Micro

MARCH 28, 2023

We discovered a new malware, which we named “OpcJacker” (due to its opcode configuration design and its cryptocurrency hijacking ability), that has been distributed in the wild since the second half of 2022.

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Zero Day

MAY 5, 2021

The malware hones in on cryptocurrency funds as well as VPN credentials.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 9, 2022

According to a report published by The Washington Post , downloads by Russians of the 10 most popular VPN applications jumped from fewer than 15,000 per day just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine to a current figure of over 300,000 a day – even reaching as high as 475,000 per day at one point during the current military campaign.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

‘Vishing’ attack on GoDaddy employees gave fraudsters access to cryptocurrency service domains NiceHash, Liquid.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 3, 2023

OpcJacker's main functions include keylogging, taking screenshots, stealing sensitive data from browsers, loading additional modules, and replacing cryptocurrency addresses in the clipboard for hijacking purposes," Trend Micro researchers

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2023

However, only 9-10 of them get into the public eye with deeds and rest either lose their sheen or survive on mere $15to $2k ransom payments made with volatile- cryptocurrencies such as BTC. . The post Ransomware being spread through Fortinet VPN Devices appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

One in four internet users use a VPN regularly, but how much does the average user know about what goes on behind the software? Pulling back the curtain, a VPN runs on various VPN protocols that govern the way a VPN client communicates with a VPN server. IKEv2 is uniquely suited to mobile VPN solutions.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 11, 2021

This latest attack also steals credentials from Telegram, Discord and Steam, according to a Trend Micro analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

” The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency, hackers exploit unprotected open Docker API port to instantiate an Ubuntu container. Experts also recommend to access admin endpoints only through firewall or VPN gateway. “The spre. ” concludes the experts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

Cryptocurrency ATM maker General Bytes suffered a security breach over the weekend, the hackers stole $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturers General Bytes suffered a security incident that resulted in the theft of $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. Terminals should also connect to CAS via VPN.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The malware also supports anti-sandbox techniques and evasion techniques, it can download and execute a second-stage payload, log keys, steal sensitive information and cryptocurrency, and execute remote commands. The malware is also able to steal data from messaging apps and VPN clients. ” reads the report published by Zscaler.

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WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 14, 2021

Plus: An Apple lawsuit, a VPN audit, and more of the week's top security news.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2024

Once the victim places enough trust in the scammer, they bring the victim into a cryptocurrency investment scheme. After some small talk, the scammer will ask if you’re familiar with investments, or cryptocurrency. Direct you to a fake cryptocurrency site, often imitating a real portal. So here are some pointers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2022

Most of the malicious apps were VPN software (42), followed by Camera (20), and Photo Editing (13). Trend Micro researchers also discovered 40 fake cryptocurrency miner apps that are variants of similar apps that they discovered in August 2021. Web researchers, the development team behind the threat has frequently changed its code.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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SecureWorld News

JULY 25, 2023

A recent report from Mandiant sheds light on the hacking unit operated by North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), which primarily targets cryptocurrency companies in an effort to fund the country's sanctioned nuclear weapons program. North Korean threat actors have been linked to a breach of enterprise software company JumpCloud.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io. ” SPEAR VISHING.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Appliances with affected software must have Anyconnect SSL VPN enabled on whichever interface is exposed to the internet for an attack to occur. Akira also has potential ties to Conti, another ransomware group, through cryptocurrency transactions, according to Unit 42. Changing passwords, secrets, and pre-shared keys.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of those VPN products are under its other developer name, Lemon Clove, and another two by Autumn Breeze 2018. Innovative Connecting VPNs products.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“A Russian, suspected of having recovered in cryptocurrencies the money taken from French victims of the powerful Hive ransomware , dismantled in January, was arrested last week, AFP learned on Tuesday December 12 from the judicial police.” anti-cybercrime (Ofac).” cybersecurity and intelligence authorities.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. “On Twitter, more spam and crypto scam.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The script on that site looks at your IP address, your type of machine and whether you are using a VPN. Unfortunately when I set my VPN to pretend I was located in Germany, the script identified it as an anonymous proxy and stopped there. An example of a redirect URL shows some of the elements that were fingerprinted.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several information, including credentials, credit card data, cookies, autocomplete information stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, credentials stored in VPN clients and FTP clients. The malicious code can also act as a first-stage malware.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

VPNLab had been around since 2008 and had built its service around the OpenVPN technology, used strong encryption, and provided double VPN, with servers located in many different countries. What is double VPN? Double VPN is basically what the name suggests. Double VPN is not a common feature, because it is very slow.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 6, 2021

And in return, the employees are being offered millions of dollars as bribe in the form of either cryptocurrency, such as BTC or a holiday package for a month on a cruise or at a scenic destination. Yes, what you’ve read is right! As LockBit 2.0

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

VPN services on the rise A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel that effectively conceals user traffic from internet service providers and potential snoopers, thus reducing the number of parties that can access user data even on public Wi-Fi. We expect such attacks to become a trend in the near future.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 8, 2021

These exit nodes were used in man-in-the-middle attacks to remove encryption from web traffic where possible, known as SSL stripping, primarily targeting cryptocurrency-based traffic, especially those visiting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency tumbling services. Use a VPN. How to stay safe. Stay safe, everyone!

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

The researchers pointed out that the Doki is a new multi-threaded malware leverages an undocumented technique for C2 communications by abusing the Dogecoin cryptocurrency blockchain in a unique way. ” continues the report. “The malware starts by generating a C2 domain using its unique DGA.” ” state the researchers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2021

KAERI released a press statement at the end of last week admitting a cyberattack on one of its servers that took place through a VPN Vulnerability that was blocked and patched by the technical team on time. .

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Payments are made in cryptocurrency to maintain anonymity. Counter actions If you are afraid of swatters targeting you for your online actions, you can use a VPN to hide your IP address. Keep your online privacy by using Malwarebytes Privacy VPN. For $75, Torswats says they will close down a school.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

But some of them — like 911 — build their networks in part by offering “free VPN” or “free proxy” services that are powered by software which turns the user’s PC into a traffic relay for other users. Riley Kilmer , co-founder of the proxy-tracking service Spur.us , said 911’s network will be difficult to replicate in the short run.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2021

If you must connect your NAS to the internet, we highly recommend using a trusted VPN or a myQNAPcloud link.” ” QNAP NAS devices continue to be under attack, earlier March, researchers at 360Netlab warned of a cryptocurrency malware campaign targeting unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

Experts from BadPackets pointed out that attackers might have exploited the Pulse Secure VPN CVE-2019-11510 to compromise the company. BadPackets reported that SeaChange had a Pulse Secure VPN server ( [link] ) vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510 from April 24, 2019 until March 24, 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several information, including credentials, credit card data, cookies, autocomplete information stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, credentials stored in VPN clients and FTP clients. The malicious code can also act as a first-stage malware.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2022

The Jester stealer is able to steal credentials and authentication tokens from Internet browsers, MAIL/FTP / VPN clients, cryptocurrency wallets, password managers, messengers, game programs, and more.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison Is BazarLoader malware linked to Trickbot operators?

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