Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Spur.us , a startup that tracks proxy services, told KrebsOnSecurity that the Internet addresses Lumen tagged as the AVrecon botnet’s “Command and Control” (C2) servers all tie back to a long-running proxy service called SocksEscort. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. .”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

.” Experts also observed important differences between the lists of plugin server configurations, TrickBot operators have apparently eliminated the Tor plugin services and have added the new <psrva> tags, likely obfuscated IPs. This technique was also implemented by the Bazar backdoor.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This token, in addition to the host universally unique identifier (UUID), is later used to identify the victim in a Tor website hosted by the attackers, which displays the price for the files decryptor. bt, public, msocache, windows, default, all users, tor browser, programdata, boot, config.msi, google, perflogs, appdata, windows.old.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Perhaps you've heard about Silk Road, the online drug Emporium it was located on the dark web, meaning you had to use a special browser, the onion router or Tor to access it. And I’m not talking about services that can quote remove your buddy’s Instagram photos where you are tagged doing something Not Safe For Work.

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Hacking Mobile Cryptocurrency VPN 52

NetSpi Technical

JULY 13, 2023

By changing the number and type of HTML tags around the user data, without affecting the UI, it becomes significantly harder to parse the data. For logged-out rate limits blocking certain IP ranges such as TOR IPs, or proxy/VPN providers may make a lot of sense especially if the majority of the traffic is inauthentic.

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Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

As can be seen in the screenshot above, the ransom note usually points to a TOR website that contains a unique identifier used by the ransomware author to identify the victim. Why does ransomware use Bitcoin and Tor? Why does ransomware use TOR? Payment site. Why are ransoms in Bitcoin? Tracing ransomware payments: overview.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Is the IP a TOR exit node? You can group by malware family, malware tags, and C2 ASNs. Summary intelligence provides the relative prominence of the malware based upon volume of detonations and correlates additional information to get a high-level perspective on the malware family, tag, or C2 ASN.

DNS 49

DNS Malware Engineering Cybersecurity 49

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

LockBit leaks data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service Italy’s Data Protection Authority temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns CISA adds bugs exploited by commercial surveillance spyware to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Hackers are actively exploiting a flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin Cyber Police of Ukraine (..)

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Spyware Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Data breaches 84

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. BGR says the price tag for Pegasus is in the range of millions of dollars. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Dave Bittner: [00:03:09] This isn't a commodity attack tool. Pegasus is pricey.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. BGR says the price tag for Pegasus is in the range of millions of dollars. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Dave Bittner: [00:03:09] This isn't a commodity attack tool. Pegasus is pricey.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The SyTech projects exposed included social media monitoring solutions and TOR deanonymization tools. BGR says the price tag for Pegasus is in the range of millions of dollars. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Dave Bittner: [00:03:09] This isn't a commodity attack tool. Pegasus is pricey.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40