SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2022

The most recent win for the good guys fighting ransomware threat actors comes from Europol, who successfully took out a VPN service, known as VPNLab.net, that was used by criminals to distribute ransomware, malware, and other types of cyberattacks. See the report from Europol for more information. What made VPNLab.net popular?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The researchers believe that one reason that contributed to multiple ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations shutting down this year ( Babuk , DarkSide , BlackMatter , REvil , Avaddon ) was that affiliates used low-level access sellers and brokers (RDP, vulnerable VPN, poor quality spam). ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2024

Introduction to TLS and Certificate Transparency Log Securing Internet communications is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of information in transit. Although the Certificate Transparency Log is designed to improve security and transparency, its public nature leads to known Information Disclosure risks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. Experts reported that brute-force cracking tools and account checkers are available on cybercrime marketplaces and forums for an average of $4. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The post Cybercrime underground flooded with offers for initial access to shipping and logistics orgs appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The analysis of the attack chain associated with this threat actor revealed that it primarily leverages VPN credentials to gain initial access to the target’s network. group and karakurt[.]tech,

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

In addition, we speak to Malwarebytes senior security researcher JP Taggart about the importance of trusting your VPN. But obscuring your Internet activity—including the websites you visit, the searches you make, the files you download—doesn’t mean that a VPN magically disappears those things. Source: ComputerWeekly).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In October 2022, CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Initiate packet captures to capture other sensitive system information. The sensitive system information, system configurations, and network details might be further distributed over the darkweb. The post Threat actors are offering access to corporate networks via unauthorized Fortinet VPN access appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company notified law enforcement authorities, including local police departments, Ontario Provincial Police, Interpol and the FBI, and all relevant regulatory organizations including the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner. Bluewater Health hospital confirmed that threat actors stole a database containing information on 5.6

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Ticketmaster confirms data breach impacting 560 million customers Critical Apache Log4j2 flaw still threatens global finance Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin ShinyHunters is selling data of 30 million Santander customers Over 600,000 SOHO routers were destroyed by Chalubo malware in 72 hours LilacSquid APT (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2024

“The man, 42, is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (28 June, 2024) to face nine charges for alleged cybercrime offences.” These harvested cfedentials could be used to access victims’ personal information and bank details. ” AFP Western Command Cybercrime Detective Inspector Andrea Coleman said.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2021

A coordinated effort between global law enforcement agencies—led by the Dutch National Police—shut down a VPN service that was advertised on cybercrime forums. The VPN company promised users the ability to double- and triple-encrypt their web traffic to obscure their location and identity. One of those options is DoubleVPN.

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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. Experts noticed that in this supply chain attack, UNC2465 did not deliver the Darkside ransomware as the final payload, but they not exclude that the cybercrime group could move to a new RaaS operation.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Proxy services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. SocksEscort[.]com SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

A Latvian woman has been charged for their alleged role in a transnational cybercrime organisation. Money mules and spear phishing are thrown into the mix alongside social engineering and international theft of money, personal, and confidential information. As touched on above, the group hired experts in a variety of cybercrime fields.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

22 on RAMP , a new and fairly exclusive Russian-language darknet cybercrime forum. ” In the first week of September, Groove posted on its darknet blog nearly 500,000 login credentials for customers of Fortinet VPN products, usernames and passwords that could be used to remotely connect to vulnerable systems. .”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“Through Eurojust, authorities were able to quickly exchange information and coordinate actions to take down the infostealers.” Consider extra security layers : Use additional protection like a VPN for safer online activity. The following authorities participated in the Operation Magnus.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. ” continues the advisory.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

But protecting your personal information online doesn’t need to be scary. billion people had their social security numbers and other personal information hacked , and all that stolen data ended up for sale on the dark web. By safeguarding our information from cyber threats, we can all help keep the digital world we live in more secure.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows and Rejetto HTTP File Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Evolve Bank data breach impacted over 7.6 Patch it now! Their focus? million miles on U.S. million miles on U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In January, KrebsOnSecurity examined clues left behind by “ Wazawaka ,” the hacker handle chosen by a major ransomware criminal in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. I just couldn’t convincingly connect those two identities with Wazawaka using the information available at the time. ” Around Apr.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The FBI warned private industry partners of attempts by an Iranian threat actor to buy stolen information belonging to US organizations. Iranian nation-state actors are attempting to buy info available for sale in the cybercrime underground to launch attacks against US organizations. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

One of the major issues surrounds keeping remote workers protected against cybercrime. Invest in a strong VPN. A VPN can provide access to a remote company server, as well as other systems, tools, and software. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

PROXY WARS Security experts say that not long after the war started, Stark began hosting dozens of proxy services and free virtual private networking (VPN) services, which are designed to help users shield their Internet usage and location from prying eyes. is a company that tracks VPNs and proxy services worldwide.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 “You can provide us accounting data for the access to any company, for example, login and password to RDP, VPN, corporate email, etc.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with information about "Daixin Team," a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. Exfiltrated personal identifiable information (PII) and patient health information (PHI) and threatened to release the information if a ransom is not paid.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2024

The email and password details harvested could then be used to access more personal information, including bank accounts, emails and messages, photos and videos, and more. The investigation is ongoing but the man can expect to face nine charges for the alleged cybercrime offences. Look out for unexpected behavior.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Ohio Lottery data breach impacted over 538,000 individuals Notorius threat actor IntelBroker claims the hack of the Europol A cyberattack hit the US healthcare giant Ascension Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year Russia-linked APT28 targets government Polish institutions Citrix warns customers to update PuTTY version installed (..)

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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. We are reviewing every existing user, to ensure their usage is legit and [in] compliance with our Terms of Service.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2024

The attackers breached the organization via compromised credentials for a VPN portal that lacked multi-factor authentication (MFA). The threat actors conducted post-exploitation activities eighteen days after initial access.

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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. And then the information is sent to its destination, secure and private.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 9, 2023

As a result, vulnerability to cybercrime is a serious concern. The hacker is following the victim’s keystrokes every step of the way, including taking note of any usernames, passwords and financial information the victim is typing. Criminals can use this information to commit identity theft or fraud.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. Employees are the first line of defense against cybercrime and should understand how to recognize phishing emails and what to do if they suspect them. Use a corporate VPN. There are several ways you can protect your business from data breaches.

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