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RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:29:33 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches since 2015. The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums — 21-year-old Diogo Santos Coelho, of Portugal — with six criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Tarrask malware uses scheduled tasks for defense evasion

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers have uncovered malware that creates “hidden” scheduled tasks as a defense evasion technique. In this post, we will demonstrate how threat actors create scheduled tasks, how they cover their tracks, and how the malware’s evasion techniques are used to maintain and ensure persistence on systems.

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