Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2019

Usatyuk developed and operated other DDoS-for-hire services with a co-conspirator between August 2015 and November 2017. The list of illegal DDoS-for-hire services operated by the man includes ExoStress.in (“ ExoStresser ”), QuezStresser.com, Betabooter.com (“ Betabooter ”), Databooter.com, Instabooter.com, Polystress.com, and Zstress.net.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2019

Europol and law enforcement agencies worldwide are investigating DDoS-for-hire services and hunting users that paid them to carry out cyber attacks. The operation dubbed Power Off allowed to shut down the biggest DDoS-for-hire service ( webstresser.org ) and arrest its administrators. webstresser.org.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. The year 2016 saw banks in Russia hacked one after another.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the FBI seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services. The FBI has seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services (aka booters or stressers ) that were used by their customers to launch powerful DDoS attacks. Authorities Take Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Websites.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods. Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure – the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The British teenager George Duke-Cohan (19) has been sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and carrying out DDoS attacks. The team was offering a DDoS-for-hire service that has many similarities with the booter implemented by the popular Lizard Squad hacking crew. Security Affairs – cybercrime, DDoS).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2024

The director of the Information and Security Service (SIS) Alexandru Musteata during a press conference warned that Russia can carry out hybrid attacks against the country to destabilize the its government. In October 2022, another wave of attacks targeted tens of Moldovan institutions with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ). Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 395 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

A Pro-Russian group named NoName057(16) is targeting organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries with DDoS attacks. A Pro-Russian cybercrime group named NoName057 (16) (aka 05716nnm or Nnm05716) is behind a wave of DDoS attacks against organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries, SentinelOne researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zyxel). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 372 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

In keeping with the hybrid nature of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several hacktivist groups and hackers have joined the fight in the embattled nation, including some hacktivists encouraged by the government of Ukraine itself. Cyber Partisans of Belarus claim train hacks. Presumed hacktivists hacked Russian EV charging stations.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A few days ago, the Pro-Russia group NoName057(16) announced to have launched DDoS attacks on several Canadian organizations, including CBSA, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, and the Senate. The attacks severely impacted operations at several Canadian airports last week. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2022

Non-state actors include multinational corporations, collectives of hacktivists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), cybercrime syndicates, private military organizations, media outlets, terrorist groups, labor unions, organized ethnic groups, lobby groups, criminal organizations, private businesses, and others. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Let’s focus attention on three key areas that have seen significant changes: state-sponsored activity, cybercrime, and hacktivism. Russian-government–backed APT groups have waged a range of cyber attacks against Ukrainian targets since the beginning of 2022. The war continues, and so do its effects on cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The first DDoS attack observed by Akamai targeted a gaming company named FiveM , which allows gamers to host custom private servers for Grand Theft Auto Online. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Are the DDoS and the fire linked? SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 319 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible dedicated to providing current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy. Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The group was also carrying out DDoS attacks to paralyze the networks of the victims and force them to pay the ransom. The suspects face multiple criminal charges, including money laundering, unauthorized access to computers and networks, and the creation, use, distribution, and sale of malware and hacking tools. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2018

According to sentencing memo submitted by government prosecutors, in his freshman and sophomore years at Rutgers Jha used a collection of hacked devices to launch at least four distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the university’s networks. Paras Jha, a 22-year-old computer whiz from Fanwood, N.J.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This follows the DDoS attacks against several Ukrainian websites earlier today 1/n — ESET research (@ESETresearch) February 23, 2022. According to the security firm, the infections followed the DDoS attacks against several Ukrainian websites, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, and Rada.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

PlugX malware delivered by exploiting flaws in Chinese programs Prometei botnet evolves and infected +10,000 systems since November 2022 CISA adds VMware’s Cloud Foundation bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man Latest version of Xenomorph Android malware (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CVE-2022-0492 flaw in Linux Kernel cgroups feature allows container escape Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

March 5 – Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more. March 4 – These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns. Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. Erin: What role should governments play in combating cybercrime?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. Raccoon Malware, a success case in the cybercrime ecosystem. Hacking campaign targets sites running popular Duplicator WordPress plugin. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The list is composed of 31 targets including Russian critical infrastructure, government agencies, banks, hosting prividers. Task # 1 We encourage you to use any vectors of cyber and DDoS attacks on these resources. The Russian Government’s portal , and the websites of other ministries were running very slow. Stay Tuned!

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The seizure notice appearing on the homepage this week of more than a dozen popular “booter” or “stresser” DDoS-for-hire Web sites. Booter sites are dangerous because they help lower the barriers to cybercrime, allowing even complete novices to launch sophisticated and crippling attacks with the click of a button.

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DNS Computers and Electronics Government Internet 179

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

. “FROZENBARENTS (aka Sandworm), a group attributed to Russian Armed Forces’ Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Unit 74455, continues to focus heavily on the war in Ukraine with campaigns spanning intelligence collection, IO, and leaking hacked data through Telegram.” ” reads the report published by the Google TAG.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University. million in compensation for DDoS attacks against the systems of Rutgers University.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

ZoneAlarm forum site hack exposed data of thousands of users. Experts warn of spike in TCP DDoS reflection attacks targeting Amazon, SoftLayer and telco infrastructure. TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies. DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, AvosLocker ransomware).

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