Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Mandiant researchers discovered a new Unix rootkit named Caketap, which is used to steal ATM banking data, while investigating the activity of the LightBasin cybercrime group (aka UNC1945 ). “This CAKETAP variant targeted specific messages destined for the Payment Hardware Security Module (HSM).”

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

A new cryptocurrency stealer dubbed WeSteal is available on the cybercrime underground, unlike other commodity cryptocurrency stealers, its author doesn’t masquerade its purpose and promises “the leading way to make money in 2021.”. There is the name of the malware itself. ” reads the post published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The United States Department of Justice sentenced two individuals that were providing bulletproof hosting to various malware operations. The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

US DoJ charged two Russian citizens for deploying the Dridex malware and for their involvement in international bank fraud and computer hacking schemes. The Bugat malware a multifunction malware package designed to automate the theft of confidential personal and financial information. Attorney Brady.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

European law enforcement has conducted an operation aimed at performing a mass-sanitization of computers infected with the infamous Emotet Windows malware. European law enforcement agencies automatically wiped the infamous Emotet malware from infected systems across the world as part of a mass sanitization operation.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

Unfortunately, as system administrators seek ways to control access to these platforms, users may seek out alternative ways to gain access.” However, this recent campaign shows malicious ads can still slip by moderators and deliver victims malware.” In this case, the visitors were downloading Midjourney-x64.msix,

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

At the time, BleepingComputer reported that the City’s court system canceled all jury trials and jury duty for several days starting from May 2nd. CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

“Bridgestone Americas are currently investigating a potential information security incident. All we do is provide paid training to system administrators around the world on how to properly set up a corporate network. We are only interested in money for our harmless and useful work.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The tool is basically a search engine for local and network shared files inside a Windows environment: unlike the default Windows search, it is designed to locate files and folders by filename instantly, speeding up system information discovery. Its name is YDArk and it is an open-source tool available even on GitHub ( link ).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. This hostname connection is particularly heterogeneous, but it technically makes sense.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A technical analysis of NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the attackers’ perspective. Executive Summary Our insights into a recent NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the opportunistic attackers’ perspective.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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