Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

“web shells”) that various cybercrime groups worldwide have been using to commandeer any unpatched Exchange servers. 26, Shadowserver saw an attempt to install a new type of backdoor in compromised Exchange Servers, and with each hacked host it installed the backdoor in the same place: “ /owa/auth/babydraco.aspx.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. Cloud Router was previously called 911 S5.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Protect Your Organization from Cybercrime-as-a-Service Attacks madhav Thu, 10/12/2023 - 04:53 In years gone by, only large enterprises needed to be concerned with cybercrime. However, Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) offerings have essentially democratized cybercrime. What is Cybercrime-as-a-Service?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A key malicious domain name used to control potentially thousands of computer systems compromised via the months-long breach at network monitoring software vendor SolarWinds was commandeered by security experts and used as a “killswitch” designed to turn the sprawling cybercrime operation against itself, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The FBI responded by reverifying InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. In a post on the English language cybercrime forum BreachForums , USDoD leaked information on roughly 3,200 Airbus vendors, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. But on Sept. But on Sept.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, has been sentenced to 20 years supervised release. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick , the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. Fitzpatrick was released on a $300,000 bond signed by his parents.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Recommendations provided in the report include installing updates promptly, using phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), securing remote access software, making backups, and applying mitigations from the #StopRansomware Guide.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

The cybersecurity community is waiting for the next shoe to drop in the wake of the audacious MOVEit-Zellis hack orchestrated by the infamous Russian hacking collective, Clop. ” Post SolarWinds This is a prime example of what multi-stage supply chain hacks have morphed into two years after the milestone SolarWinds hack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

citizen, who was involved in the attack on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses. Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe (24), the hacker who was involved in the attacks on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

An international law enforcement operation led by Europol disrupted a cybercrime ring focused on hacking wireless key fobs to steal cars. The gang was composed of software developers, resellers, and car thieves who used the tool created by the gang to steal the vehicles. SecurityAffairs – hacking, key fobs).

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later. That included paying affiliates to distribute their proxy software by secretly bundling it with other software. The 911 S5 botnet-powered proxy service, circa July 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Remote desktop software company AnyDesk announced that threat actors compromised its production environment. Remote desktop software company AnyDesk announced on Friday that threat actors had access to its production systems. AnyDesk is a remote desktop software that allows users to connect to a computer or device remotely.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications. Its authors created cloned web pages offering to download popular free software, such as the WinSCP file manager. A mix of social engineering, hacking, and abuse of legitimate services makes this style of online crime incredibly effective.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2024

A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. After being charged with the attack in October 2022, Kivimäki fled the country.

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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. based Internet address for more than a decade — a remarkable achievement for such a high-profile cybercrime service.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2022

Operators behind the Amadey Bot malware use the SmokeLoader to distribute a new variant via software cracks and keygen sites. The malware is available for sale in illegal forums, in the past, it was used by cybercrime gangs like TA505 to install GandCrab ransomware or the FlawedAmmyy RAT. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ransomware operators with the skills to write software for use by affiliate groups have identified a gap in the criminal market. This is accelerating the professionalization of cybercrime. This is despite moves by the Biden administration to improve standards in federal organizations and among its software providers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Microsoft has uncovered Zerologon attacks that were allegedly conducted by the infamous TA505 Russia-linked cybercrime group. Microsoft spotted a series of Zerologon attacks allegedly launched by the Russian cybercrime group tracked as TA505 , CHIMBORAZO and Evil Corp. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zerologon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

UNC2465 cybercrime group that is affiliated with the Darkside ransomware gang has infected with malware the website of a CCTV camera vendor. “Sometime in May 2021 or earlier, UNC2465 likely Trojanized two software install packages on a CCTV security camera provider website.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, UNC2465).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The attackers used methods to deliver the malware, including phishing websites masquerading as legitimate ones, YouTube videos and fake “free software catalogue” websites. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Aurora Stealer). ” reads the analysis by the experts. . ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Brute Ratel post-exploitation toolkit has been cracked and now is available in the underground hacking and cybercrime communities. Threat actors have cracked the Brute Ratel C4 (BRC4) post-exploitation toolkit and leaked it for free in the cybercrime underground. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Brute Ratel). in, and Xss[.]is,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Experts warn of the availability in the cybercrime underground of offers for initial access to networks of players in global supply chains. based transportation management and trucking software supplier and a U.S.-based SecurityAffairs – hacking, initial access broker). based commodity transportation services company.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2021

The simple truth is that no cybersecurity company can compete with the data stacks of the FAAMG behemoths, which is why cybercrime is seeing a 63 percent boost over the past year. Cybercrime. So why aren’t cybersecurity companies, the mitigators of cybercrime, doing the same? Casinos trade intel on card counters.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

The cybercrime gang has been active since at least January 2020. Talos researchers noticed a significant focus on infecting Russian-speaking victims, the threat is spreading under the guise of game cheats, key generators and pirated software, a circumstance that suggests it was developed to mainly target home users. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

A 32 year-old software engineer has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for remotely accessing chat logs, photos, videos, and webcams of his female victims. It goes without saying that you should make sure you have good security software installed on your device and keep it up to date. General tips.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7 hacking group created fake cybersecurity companies to hire experts and involve them in ransomware attacks tricking them of conducting a pentest. The FIN7 hacking group is attempting to enter in the ransomware business and is doing it with an interesting technique. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security).

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

One of the reasons why there’s so much cybercrime is because there are so many ways for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities and circumvent even the best defenses. Take a deep dive into the three main hacker types and get tips on how to defend against them by downloading the e-book, Hacker Personas: a deeper Look Into Cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Accenture researchers detailed the activity of a new sophisticated cybercrime group, called Karakurt, behind recent cyberattacks. “Accenture Security has identified a new threat group, the self-proclaimed Karakurt Hacking Team, that has impacted over 40 victims across multiple geographies. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Karakurt).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Print management software provider PaperCut confirmed ongoing active exploitation of CVE-2023-27350 vulnerability. On April 19th, Print management software provider PaperCut confirmed that it is aware of the active exploitation of the CVE-2023-27350 vulnerability. ” concludes the report published by Huntress.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

By exploiting a vulnerability in the software, the cybergang REvil infiltrated between 1,500 and 2,000 businesses around the world, many of which were SMBs. The final list of the software includes MS Office, MS Teams, Skype and others used by the SMB sector. The total number of detections of these files was 764,015.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 6, 2023

Is Hacking Illegal? Really, hacking, by itself, is not a crime. The word “hack” simply means to take something apart. And there’s a corollary in the hacking world that says “you can look, but you can not touch.” “ Criminal Hackers Criminal hacking is, and remains, illegal.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

Progress Software addressed a third vulnerability impacting its MOVEit Transfer application that could lead to privilege escalation and information disclosure. Customers have to modify firewall rules to deny HTTP and HTTPs traffic to the software on ports 80 and 443. ” reads the advisory published by Progress.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This seems to be an identity theft first : Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive's voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of €220,000 ($243,000) in March in what cybercrime experts described as an unusual case of artificial intelligence being used in hacking.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Adobe Patch Tuesday addressed at least a half dozen vulnerabilities, including critical issues that expose Windows and macOS to hack. The company also addressed an important-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-24090 , in the Photoshop software.

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