Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If the attachment is opened, the malicious document proceeds to quietly download additional malware and hacking tools to the victim machine ( here’s one video example of a malicious Microsoft Office attachment from the malware sandbox service any.run ).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

“FUD” in the ad above refers to software and download links that are “Fully UnDetectable” as suspicious or malicious by all antivirus software. The EULA attached to 911 software downloaded from browsingguard[.]com A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net in the British Virgin Islands.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2021

A forensic investigation of Schober’s computer found he’d inadvertently downloaded malicious software after clicking a link posted on Reddit for a purported cryptocurrency wallet application called “Electrum Atom.” universities).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2019

After you change your password, log on to the official website to start downloading and installing Office365! Be sure to remember the modified new password. Once you forget your password, you will lose Office365! Your account information: * USERMANE : (sent username). Password Initial: (sent password).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

. “Suddenly the victim notices they have a couple of petabytes of data to restore over the Internet, and they realize that even with their fast connections it’s going to take three months to download all these backup files,” said Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at Emsisoft. ”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

“After unsuspecting customers downloaded Havex-infected updates, the conspirators would use the malware to, among other things, create backdoors into infected systems and scan victims’ networks for additional ICS/SCADA devices,” the DOJ said. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

WPAD stands for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol , which is an ancient, on-by-default feature built into every version of Microsoft Windows that was designed to make it simpler for Windows computers to automatically find and download any proxy settings required by the local network. Trouble is, any organization that chose a.ad

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 21, multiple United Rental customers reported receiving invoice emails with booby-trapped links that led to a malware download for anyone who clicked. While phony invoices are a common malware lure, this particular campaign sent users to a page on United Rentals’ own Web site (unitedrentals.com).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2023

For example, when he downloaded and tried to rename the file, the right arrow key on the keyboard moved his cursor to the left, and vice versa. The reader, who asked to remain anonymous, said the phishing message contained an attachment that appeared to have a file extension of “ pdf,” but something about it seemed off.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

HeartSender customers can interact with the subscription service via the website, but the product appears to be far more effective and user-friendly if one downloads HeartSender as a Windows executable program. Image: DomainTools.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

” “RaidForums also sold ‘credits’ that provided members access to privileged areas of the website and enabled members to ‘unlock’ and download stolen financial information, means of identification, and data from compromised databases, among other items,” the DOJ said in a written statement.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The judge reportedly said that when a search warrant was executed at Urban’s residence, the defendant was downloading programs to delete computer files. At Urban’s arraignment, it emerged that he had no fixed address and had been using an alias to stay at an Airbnb.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

3 blog post from email and SMS marketing firm Klaviyo.com , the company’s CEO recounted how the phishers gained access to the company’s internal tools, and used that to download information on 38 crypto-related accounts. In an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

According to Bill, the fraudsters aren’t downloading all of their victims’ emails: That would quickly add up to a monstrous amount of data. .” A sample of some of the most frequent search queries made in a single day by the gift card gang against more than 50,000 hacked inboxes.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

“You upload 1 mailbox of a certain domain, discuss percentage with our technical support (it depends on the liquidity of the domain and the number of downloaded emails).” . “Emails can be uploaded to us for sale, and you will receive a percentage of purchases %,” the service explains.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In this case, the victim didn’t download malware or fall for some stupid phishing email. It’s not like the person who leaves a laptop in plain view in the car, and when the laptop gets stolen you say well someone just encouraged the thief in that case. ” Lt.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 16, 2022

The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 18, 2022

Recipients who call the supplied toll-free number to contest the transaction are soon asked to download software that lets the scammers assume remote control over their computer. The post PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2023

3, 2023 post on BreachForums, comparing the redacted code from the DarkNavy analysis with the same function in the Pinduoduo app available for download at the time. Google said its ban did not affect the PDD Holdings app Temu , which is an online shopping platform in the United States.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2024

In May 2024, security firm eSentire warned that Fin7 was spotted using sponsored Google ads to serve pop-ups prompting people to download phony browser extensions that install malware. Malwarebytes blogged about a similar campaign in April, but did not attribute the activity to any particular group.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

ru , which for many years was a place to download pirated e-books. According to DomainTools, the Unforgiven email address was used to register roughly a dozen domains, including three that were originally registered to Keren’s email address — pepyak@gmail.com (e.g., antivirusxp09[.]com). was thelib[.]ru DomainTools says thelib[.]ru

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

” Group-IB said ValidCC was one of many cybercrime shops that stored some or all of its operational components at Media Land LLC , a major “bulletproof hosting” provider that supports a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

You may also wish to download Google Authenticator to another mobile device that you control. To change this setting, open Authenticator on your mobile device, select your profile picture, and then choose “Use without an Account” from the menu.

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