Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

Threat actors compromised WordPress sites to deploy a script that was used to launch DDoS attacks, when they are visited, on Ukrainian websites. MalwareHunterTeam researchers discovered the malicious script on a compromised WordPress site, when the users were visiting the website the script launched a DDoS attack against ten Ukrainian sites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2022

government. government. Update on recent batch of Google TAG Government Backed Attack Warnings: In February, we detected an APT31 phishing campaign targeting high profile Gmail users affiliated with the U.S. government. The attackers carried out both phishing campaigns and DDoS attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Microsoft revealed that Ukrainian entities were targeted with a previous undetected malware, dubbed FoxBlade, several hours before the invasion. “This trojan can use your PC for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks without your knowledge.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, FoxBlade). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Cybersecurity Agency Adds 6 Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 425 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

KmsdBot is an evasive Golang-based malware that was first detected by Akamai in November 2022, it infects systems via an SSH connection that uses weak login credentials. The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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IoT DDOS Architecture Internet 92

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the FBI seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services. The FBI has seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services (aka booters or stressers ) that were used by their customers to launch powerful DDoS attacks. Authorities Take Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Websites.

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DDOS Advertising Internet Internet 91

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The hackers pointed out that there is no way to decrypt data without their decryptor, they also threatened the company to target it with a DDoS attack in case they will refuse to pay the ransom. As proof of the hack, the group published several ID cards, personal documents, contracts, and a screenshot of the folders containing stolen data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting government resources and critical infrastructure in Lithuania after the ban of Russian railway goods. Cyber Spetsnaz is targeting Lithuanian government resources and critical infrastructure – the recent ban on Russian railway goods has caused a new spike of hacktivist activity on the Dark Web.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

PlugX malware delivered by exploiting flaws in Chinese programs Prometei botnet evolves and infected +10,000 systems since November 2022 CISA adds VMware’s Cloud Foundation bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man Latest version of Xenomorph Android malware (..)

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Data breaches Banking Government Ransomware 86

Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? The post Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

March 11 – Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation. March 10 – Crooks target Ukraine’s IT Army with a tainted DDoS tool. Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ukraine).

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Hacking DDOS Phishing Malware 89

Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zyxel). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 372 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ). Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 395 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2022

For the past three days, a group of government officials from Ukraine are getting telegram alerts urging them to look at the security of their respective accounts, as some unlawful login into their accounts was being noticed by Russia.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Are the DDoS and the fire linked? SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 319 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Data breaches DDOS Small Business Ransomware 101

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 At the time, Jha was president and co-founder of ProTraf Solutions , a DDoS mitigation firm that provided just such a service.

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DDOS Government Malware Internet 182

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Avaddon). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

CVE-2022-0492 flaw in Linux Kernel cgroups feature allows container escape Charities and NGOs providing support in Ukraine hit by malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Data breaches Firmware Hacking Ransomware 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The gang was targeting organizations via spam campaigns to spread ransomware, however, the police did not disclose the malware family used by the group in its attacks. The group was also carrying out DDoS attacks to paralyze the networks of the victims and force them to pay the ransom. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IKEA).

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Ransomware DDOS Telecommunications Malware 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Foremost is the cyber attack that hit a third party IT service provider that operates most of the websites of government agencies related to New Zealand. Going deep into the details, the bank’s IT servers were targeted by a DDoS attack that might have been launched by Anonymous Hacking Group or by a team of pro-Ukrainian hacktivists.

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Cyber Attacks Banking DDOS Healthcare 107

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage. Key insights.

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DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 132

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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DDOS Ransomware Data breaches Advertising 93

Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2022

While no one is ruling out a large-scale cyberattack on Ukraine, attacks reported by the media to date have been mostly anti-Russian hacker activity and smaller-scale attacks against the Ukraine government attributed to Russia. Meanwhile a DDoS attack pummeled Russia's.ru This is the first week. Now the war is changing.

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DDOS Government Media Malware 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

The attacks aimed at almost any entity in Poland, including government services, private organizations, media outlets. Some of these hostile campaigns can be linked directly to the activities of pro-Russian hacking groups.” ” reads the alert published by the Polish Government. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DDOS Media Government Ransomware 93

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

March 5 – Anonymous #OpRussia Thousands of sites hacked, data leaks and more. March 4 – These are the sources of DDoS attacks against Russia, local NCCC warns. Russian government released a list containing IP addresses and domains behind DDoS attacks that hit Russian infrastructure after the invasion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

At the beginning this week, ransomware spreading hackers locked down the servers of Nantucket Public Schools with the help of file encrypting malware, prompting the school authorities to shut down the schools from Tuesday. More details are awaited!

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Ransomware DDOS Healthcare Education 111

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DDOS Spyware Mobile Advertising 96

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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Cyber Attacks Firewall Data breaches Telecommunications 86

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

. “FROZENBARENTS (aka Sandworm), a group attributed to Russian Armed Forces’ Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Unit 74455, continues to focus heavily on the war in Ukraine with campaigns spanning intelligence collection, IO, and leaking hacked data through Telegram.” ” reads the report published by the Google TAG.

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Phishing Education Accountability Telecommunications 89

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government accused unnamed Russian traffic networks as the source of massive attacks on Ukrainian security and defense websites. The threat actors attempted to compromise the targeted to deploy a DDoS bot. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Information Warfare). ” concludes the Reuters. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DDOS Government Cyber Attacks Internet 89

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2022

The Pro-Russian volunteer movement known as LEGION is calling to launch DDoS attacks against the final of the Eurovision song contest. Another week has passed and Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data via DDoSecrets. May 14 – Pro-Russian hacktivists target Italy government websites.

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DDOS Hacking Government Malware 95

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter, cyber security). A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches DDOS VPN Hacking 91

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible dedicated to providing current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy. Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year.

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Government Advertising Data collection Hacking 142

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Ransomware Passwords 90