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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

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. Conclusion: cybersecurity and cybercrime have matured.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating.

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Cyber Best Practices for Overseas Asset Security

SecureWorld News

If you are already familiar with the evolving cyber threat landscape in your home country, you’ll know that humans are often the most exploited attack vector for cybercrime, and how frequently small businesses are breached. So, how exactly are these challenges exacerbated when moving your operations beyond borders?

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Exclusive – MalwareMustDie Team analyzed the Cayosin Botnet and its criminal ecosystem

Security Affairs

One of them is the Layer 7 (HTTP) Attack reported in the picture below documenting how this kind of malware can evade the anti-DDoS solutions like Cloudfare. They seem interested in building tools to DDoS and boast about taking down services with OVH, Choopa, NFO – and if the hype is real, maybe even Rocket League servers.”.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. The code seems inspired from multiple source code of China basis DDoS client, like Elknot. Figure 2: The C2 software for Linux DDoS.

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Securing Your Organization's Digital Media Assets

SecureWorld News

Here are just some of the types of cybercrime that could jeopardize the safety of digital media assets: External attacks : Cybercriminals may attempt to breach company networks or systems to steal sensitive assets through phishing emails, brute force, or DDoS attacks.

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A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang

Krebs on Security

Here’s a closer look at the DarkSide cybercrime gang, as seen through their negotiations with a recent U.S. In mid-April the ransomware program announced new capability for affiliates to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets whenever added pressure is needed during ransom negotiations.