Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, we saw numerous law enforcement operations targeting cybercrime operations, including cryptocurrency scams, phishing attacks, credential theft, malware development, and ransomware attacks. [.]

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

But new research suggests that as cybercrime has become dominated by pay-for-service offerings, the vast majority of day-to-day activity needed to support these enterprises is in fact mind-numbingly boring and tedious, and that highlighting this reality may be a far more effective way combat cybercrime and steer offenders toward a better path.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report for November 2023 provides a deep dive into the current cybersecurity landscape, offering invaluable... The post Cybercrime Rampant: Novel Malware Attacks Triple in Frequency, BlackBerry Warns appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A new MacStealer macOS malware allows operators to steal iCloud Keychain data and passwords from infected systems. The macOS malware can steal documents, credit card data, cookies from a victim’s browser (i.e. The operators can control its MacStealers’ operations over Telegram.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One of the trends driving an increase is the compromise of enterprise single sign on (SSO) applications are info-stealer malware attacks. Learn more from Flare about this cybercrime ecosystem. [.]

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Researchers attribute the Raspberry Robin malware to the Russian cybercrime group known as Evil Corp group. IBM Security X-Force researchers discovered similarities between a component used in the Raspberry Robin malware and a Dridex malware loader, which was part of the malicious operations of the cybercrime gang Evil Corp.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 15, 2024

Mark Rasch examines 2023 cybercrime cases that appear to be the most impactful—not the most extensive or expensive—just the most “interesting.” The post Stupid Human Tricks: Top 10 Cybercrime Cases of 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 17, 2023

A new strain of malware developed by threat actors likely affiliated with the FIN7 cybercrime group has been put to use by the members of the now-defunct Conti ransomware gang, indicating collaboration between the two crews.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The FBI dismantled the Warzone RAT malware operation, seizing infrastructure and arresting two individuals associated with the cybercrime operation. [.]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The post Malware, Cybercrime and Cloud Security appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Today there is no safe haven from ransomware. In fact, attacks are targeting data and applications in the cloud nearly as often as they are directed at on-premises resources. Read the Full Article.

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Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 25, 2021

A financially motivated cybercrime gang has breached and backdoored the network of a US financial organization with a new malware known dubbed Sardonic by Bitdefender researchers who first spotted it. [.].

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 23, 2024

The latest development demonstrates the "breadth of their activities and depth of their connections within the cybercrime industry," the company said,

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 18, 2023

A cybercriminal tracked as the "Lemon Group" has been infecting millions of Android-based smartphones, watches, TVs, and TV boxes, with a malware strain named 'Guerilla.' [.]

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. This story explores the history and identity behind Cryptor[.]biz WHO RUNS CRYPTOR[.]BIZ?

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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. Between 2003 and 2006, Corpse focused on selling and supporting his Haxdoor malware.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon , a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Department of Justice (DOJ) last week announced the arrest of a 55-year-old Latvian woman who’s alleged to have worked as a programmer for Trickbot , a malware-as-a-service platform responsible for infecting millions of computers and seeding many of those systems with ransomware. Alla Witte’s personal website — allawitte[.]nl

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups. [.]

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Researchers warn of threat actors employing a new Go-based malware dubbed Aurora Stealer in attacks in the wild. Aurora Stealer is an info-stealing malware that was first advertised on Russian-speaking underground forums in April 2022. Aurora was offered as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) by a threat actor known as Cheshire.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Researchers warn that a financially motivated cybercrime group known as FIN7 is compromising Veeam Backup & Replication servers and deploying malware on them.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A new malware loader called HijackLoader is gaining traction among the cybercriminal community to deliver various payloads such as DanaBot, SystemBC, and RedLine Stealer.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. law enforcement agents in connection with various cybercrime investigations. FLATTENING THE CURVE.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 7, 2024

If you have been optimistically daydreaming that losses attributed to cybercrime might have reduced in the last year, it's time to wake up. The FBI's latest annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report has just been published, and makes for some grim reading. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 5, 2023

Law enforcement has detained a suspect believed to be a key member of the OPERA1ER cybercrime group, which has targeted mobile banking services and financial institutions in malware, phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns. [.]

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Always be wary of opening unsolicited attachments - they might harbour malware. That's a message that is being strongly underlined once again, following the discovery of a cybercrime campaign that is sending out poisoned PDF files - pretending they are associated with hotel reservations.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Researchers linked Vietnamese threat actors to the string of DarkGate malware attacks on entities in the U.K., WithSecure researchers linked the recent attacks using the DarkGate malware to a Vietnamese cybercrime group previously known for the usage of Ducktail stealer. ” reads the report published by WithSecure.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. ” According to Kilmer, AVrecon is the malware that gives SocksEscort its proxies.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Posing as fellow engineers, the North Korean state-sponsored cybercrime group Lazarus tricked crypto-exchange developers into downloading the hard-to-detect malware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. The global expense for organizations to protect their systems from cybercrime attacks will continue to grow.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER?

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A Vietnamese cybercrime gang is being blamed for a malware campaign that has seen bogus adverts posted on LinkedIn, pretending to be related to jobs at computer memory and gaming accessories firm Corsair. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. Here’s a look at one long-lived malware vulnerability testing service that is used and run by some of the Dark Web’s top cybercriminals. is cybercrime forum.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 18, 2023

A new information-stealing malware named 'Mystic Stealer,' has been promoted on hacking forums and darknet markets since April 2023, quickly gaining traction in the cybercrime community. [.]

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2023

Money is the root of all evil, including cybercrime. Thus, it was inevitable that malware creators would one day begin not only to distribute malicious programs themselves, but also to sell them to less technically proficient attackers, thereby lowering the threshold for entering the cybercriminal community.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2022

TA558 cybercrime group is behind a malware campaign targeting hospitality, hotel, and travel organizations in Latin America. Researchers from Proofpoint are monitoring a malware campaign conducted by a cybercrime group, tracked as TA558, that is targeting hospitality, hotel, and travel organizations in Latin America.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2020

In one scheme, an interactive dashboard of Coronavirus infections and deaths produced by John Hopkins University is being used in malicious Web sites (and possibly spam emails) to spread password-stealing malware. As long as this pandemic remains front-page news, malware purveyors will continue to use it as lures to snare the unwary.

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