Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A team of researchers from the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography (COSIC) group at the KU Leuven University in Belgium has demonstrated how to steal a Tesla Model X in minutes by exploiting vulnerabilities in the car’s keyless entry system. ” Lennert Wouters explained to Wired. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

, aka Baobeilong, aka Zhang Jianguo, aka Atreexp, both nationals of the People’s Republic of China (China), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft was announced today. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

The group has been operating since 2018, on multiple cyber criminal forums they were offering to convert cryptocurrency resulting from cybercriminal activities into fiat. Police conducted searches of the suspects’ residences and offices and seized more than $ 200,000 worth of computer equipment, weapons, ammunition and cash.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

million Windows systems between 2018 and 2020. The software includes illegal Adobe Photoshop 2018, a Windows cracking tool, and several cracked games.” million computers. The post Mysterious custom malware used to steal 1.2TB of data from million PCs appeared first on Security Affairs. terabyte of stolen data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

The virtual currency exchange received criminal proceeds from various illegal activities, including computer intrusions, ransomware attacks, identity theft, corruption, and drug distribution. French authorities accused Vinnik of defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities between 2016 and 2018.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

We got an FBI training doc on obtaining data from secure messaging apps, and shared it w/ @AndyKroll / @RollingStone. Cloud Act , which applies to all electronic communication service or remote computing service providers that operate in the U.S. . FOIA [link] — PropertyOfThePeople (@PropOTP) November 29, 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Experts at Yoroi’s Cyber Security Defence Center along with Fincantieri’s security team investigated the recently discovered Martymcfly malware attacks. Background. On October 17th we disclosed the ‘MartyMcFly’ Threat ( Rif. Analysis ) where unknown attackers were targeting Italian naval industries. Malicious Email.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Marco Ramilli, founder and CEO at cyber security firm Yoroi has explained how to use Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper. The downloaded PE Executable is a.NET file created by ExtendedScript Toolkit (according to compilation time) on 2018-11-13 15:21:54 and submitted a few hours later on VirusTotal. Stage 3: NET file.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. Stage2: OleOBj inclusion (click to expand it).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services. Miller was charged this week with conspiracy and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). million attacks between 2018 and 2022, and attracted some 50,000 registered users. million attacks between 2018 and 2022.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. group_b : from August 2017 to January 2018 3. group_c : from January 2018 to February 2018 4. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Of course the ESS ExpressVote voting computer will have lots of security vulnerabilities. It's a computer, and computers have lots of vulnerabilities. This particular vulnerability is particularly interesting because it's the result of a security mistake in the design process. Yes, they're computers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

The crime gang was formed in 2018, it was involved in distributing stolen user credentials, developing and distributing malware and hacking tools, and fraud. . The agents seized electronic equipment, external hard drives and hardware cryptocurrency wallets, all worth around €100 000. ” concludes the Europol. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However most of the new attacks, qualitative speaking, happened during the time frame between 2018 to 2019. For example from 2017 to early 2018 APT28 used specific techniques such as: T1251 , T1329 , T1336 and T1319. Finally from October 2018 to late march 2019 APT28 introduced a totally different weaponization technique: the T1345.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

More than 250 customers of a popular and powerful online attack-for-hire service that was dismantled by authorities in 2018 are expected to face legal action for the damage they caused, according to Europol , the European Union’s law enforcement agency. In April 2018, investigators in the U.S., According to U.S. According to U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. VCPI) provides IT consulting, Internet access, data storage and security services to some 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The news is quite curious, the US military will no longer use 8-inch floppy disks in an antiquated computer (SACCS) to manage nuclear weapons arsenal. In June, the US Air Force has replaced the floppy disks in the SACCS nuclear weapons management system with a “highly-secure solid state digital storage solution.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2018

Security researchers from Italian security firm TG Soft have uncovered an ongoing malware campaigns targeting Samsung service centers in Italy. has analyzed the campaign of spear-phishing on 2 april 2018 targeting the service centers of Samsung Italy.” “TG Soft’s Research Centre (C.R.A.M.)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

a and seized electronic equipment (laptops, mobile phones) and storage media. The prosecutors ordered the detention for a period of 24 hours of the 2 defendants, for illegal access to a computer system with the intent of disrupting the operation of compromised networks and conducting money laundering. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

The SilentTrinity malware can take control over an infected computer, it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Searching online for SILENTTRINITY the experts found a reference in the PE file debugging information, the code comes for the IronPython project uploaded on GitHub in October 2018 by Marcello Salvati.

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MAY 2, 2019

On April 19 2019 researchers at Chronicle, a security company owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, have examined the leaked tools , exfiltrated the past week on a Telegram channel, and confirmed that they are indeed the same ones used by the OilRig attackers. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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JULY 30, 2019

“A former Seattle technology company software engineer was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging computer fraud and abuse for an intrusion on the stored data of Capital One Financial Corporation, announced U.S. I commend our law enforcement partners who are doing all they can to determine the status of the data and secure it.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. According to Group-IB’s report published in September 2018, Silence gang members presumably were or are legally employed as pentesters and reverse engineers. About MoneyTaker.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2019

In April 2018, an international operation conducted by the European law enforcement agencies led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch Police, with the help of Europol, took down the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire service. ” reads the press release published by the Europol. ” concludes the Europol.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

When it comes to securing mobile computing devices, the big challenge businesses have long grappled with is how to protect company assets while at the same time respecting an individual’s privacy. Reacting to the BYOD craze , mobile security frameworks have veered from one partially effective approach to the next over the past decade.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

The authorities raided the houses of the suspects and seized a large number of electronic devices, equipment, and valuable assets. The suspects are accused to have committed computer misuse act offences and to have engaged in money laundering activities. . . ” concludes the press release. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’ll often see the terms cyber security and information security used interchangeably. In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

Norse’s attack map was everywhere for several years, and even became a common sight in the “brains” of corporate security operations centers worldwide. By 2014 it was throwing lavish parties at top Internet security conferences. A snapshot of Norse’s semi-live attack map, circa Jan.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

On July 18, 2018, Pasco County authorities arrested Ricky Joseph Handschumacher , an employee of the city of Port Richey, Fla, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. ” A SIM card is the tiny, removable chip in a mobile device that allows it to connect to the provider’s network. GRAND PLANS.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Group-IB security experts are warning about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Fake leather bags, sunglasses, sportswear, electronics and perfumes pose risks to consumers. How to avoid online scammers: protect your brand & secure your wallet. Long Beach press conference.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2018

A group of security researchers has published a proof-of-concept exploit code for a vulnerability in the Intel Management Engine JTAG. A team of security researchers has published a proof-of-concept exploit code for a vulnerability in the Intel Management Engine JTAG. Pierluigi Paganini. Securi ty Affairs – JTAG, hacking).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. 13, 2018 bomb threat hoax. EARLY WARNING SIGNS.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras. A rendering of Xiongmai’s center in Hangzhou, China.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

pleaded guilty this week to one count of conspiracy to cause damage to Internet-connected computers and for his role in owning, administering and supporting illegal “booter” or “stresser” services designed to knock Web sites offline, including exostress[.]in Usatyuk of Orland Park, Ill. in , quezstresser[.]com

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Purveyors of stressers and booters claim they are not responsible for how customers use their services, and that they aren’t breaking the law because — like most security tools — stresser services can be used for good or bad purposes. ” DOWN THEM ALL.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2025

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Lanterman’s LinkedIn profile that has a degree from Harvard University.

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