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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator , the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Mr. Shefel did not respond to requests for comment in advance of that December 2023 profile. Vrublevsky Sr.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. Fitis’s Himba affiliate program, circa February 2014.

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Coronavirus: Europol arrests man behind €6M face masks and hand sanitisers scam

Security Affairs

million by a European pharmaceutical company, a European State reported. “A European Member State reported to Europol that one of their pharmaceutical companies had been defrauded of €6.64 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The man has stolen €6.64 million by this individual.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

Security Affairs

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The attacks aimed at a Ministry of Health and a pharmaceutical company involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

Security Affairs

While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, threat actors are conducting cyber espionage campaigns in the attempt of stealing information on the work. . ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement

Security Affairs

Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014. some private security firms. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. the police has also frozen them.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

Security Affairs

The company’s alert advises Gmail users to take several measures to secure their accounts, such as enrolling in the Advanced Protection Program, keeping software up to date, enabling Gmail 2-step verification , as well as using Google Authenticator and/or a physical security key for 2-step verification. Pierluigi Paganini.