Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Image: Spur.us.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

Genesis mostly gets its inventory of botted computers and stolen logins from resellers who specialize in deploying infostealer malware via email and booby-trapped websites. As a result, it is often far easier for customers to simply create a new account than it is to regain control over a hacked one, or to change a forgotten password.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. Image: Guard.io.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

With the recent demise of several popular "proxy" services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. The post No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services! appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

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. The post Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. The post When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

The DOJ said it did not seek to disinfect compromised devices; instead, it obtained court orders to remove the Cyclops Blink malware from its “command and control” servers — the hidden machines that allowed the attackers to orchestrate the activities of the botnet. energy facilities. ” HYDRA. ” HYDRA. .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

But cybercrooks are constantly figuring out ingenious ways to fly beneath Google’s anti-abuse radar, and new examples of bad ads leading to malware are still too common. My guess it’s still continuing because of the up-and-down [of the] domains hosting malware and then looking legitimate.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

But a new report from researchers at DomainTools.com finds that several computers associated with The Manipulaters have been massively hacked by malicious data- and password-snarfing malware for quite some time. ” A number of questions, indeed. ” A number of questions, indeed.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

The INTERPOL statement says the platform sold hacking tools to compromise more than 70,000 users in 43 countries. RIZKY BUSINESS It is not uncommon for cybercriminals to accidentally infect their own machines with password-stealing malware , and that is exactly what seems to have happened with one of the more recent administrators of 16Shop.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. PPI programs) to generate new installations of their malware.”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

After a user logs in, the link prompts them to install a malicious but innocuously-named app that gives the attacker persistent, password-free access to any of the user’s emails and files, both of which are then plundered to launch malware and phishing scams against others. Image: Proofpoint.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The trouble is, there’s little to stop criminals from leveraging newly registered or hacked LinkedIn business accounts to create their own ad campaigns using Slinks. Here’s the very first Slink created: [link] which redirects to the homepage for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. “This group is known for frequently changing malware and driving global trends in criminal malware distribution,” MITRE assessed. healthcare organizations.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Mylobot malware includes more than 1,000 hard-coded and encrypted domain names, any one of which can be registered and used as control networks for the infected hosts. “I had an account that was simply hacked from me shortly after and I never bothered about it because it wasn’t mine in the first place,” he explained.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

” According to 911, the service was hacked in early July, and it was discovered that someone manipulated the balances of a large number of user accounts. Its [sic] confirmed that the recharge system was also hacked the same way. “Not sure how did the hacker get in,” the 911 message reads.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Consider the scenario where an attacker drops a malware-laden USB flash drive in the parking lot of a company he wants to hack into. A USB stick with malware is very likely how U.S. If this sounds like a script from a James Bond movie, you’re not far off the mark.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

This email address is also connected to accounts on several Russian cybercrime forums, including “ __edman__ ,” who had a history of selling “logs” — large amounts of data stolen from many bot-infected computers — as well as giving away access to hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2019

But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers. 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.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

re network uses at least two free VPN services to lure its users to install a malware-like software that achieves persistence on the user’s computer,” the researchers wrote. The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products. 2022 closure of LuxSocks , another malware-based proxy network.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

A Google-translated snippet of the hacked ChronoPay Confluence installation. The latest document in the hacked archive is dated April 2021. ” A native of Donetsk, Ukraine, Horohorin told KrebsOnSecurity he hacked and shared the ChronoPay Confluence installation because Vrublevsky had threatened a family member.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Large-scale spam campaigns often are conducted using newly-registered or hacked email addresses, and/or throwaway domains. Guilmette told KrebsOnSecurity he initially considered the possibility that GoDaddy had been hacked, or that thousands of the registrar’s customers perhaps had their GoDaddy usernames and passwords stolen.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

I later received an email from the seller, who said his Amazon account had been hacked and abused by scammers to create fake sales. Be on guard against phishing and malware schemes that take advantage of shopper distraction and frenzy during the holidays. SCOUR YOUR STATEMENTS.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it’s hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

. “This was accomplished by targeting the DevOps engineer’s home computer and exploiting a vulnerable third-party media software package, which enabled remote code execution capability and allowed the threat actor to implant keylogger malware,” LastPass officials wrote. And then he got hacked.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

ValidCC , a dark web bazaar run by a cybercrime group that for more than six years hacked online merchants and sold stolen payment card data, abruptly closed up shop last week. Group-IB believes UltraRank is responsible for a slew of hacks that other security firms previously attributed to at least three distinct cybercrime groups.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Each day, millions of malware-laced emails are blasted out containing booby-trapped attachments. From there, the infected system will report home to a malware control server operated by the spammers who sent the missive. ” WHO IS DR. SAMUIL? In conducting research for this story, KrebsOnSecurity learned that Dr.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2020

Earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity alerted the 10th largest food distributor in the United States that one of its Web sites had been hacked and retrofitted with code that steals credit card and login data. A script that references an external JavaScript, hosted on a malicious site (in this case, http[.]ps).

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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. and Europe.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2023

Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the software. Most of the news coverage of Google’s move against Pinduoduo emphasizes that the malware was found in versions of the Pinduoduo app available outside of Google’s app store — Google Play.

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