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Why Malware Crypting Services Deserve More Scrutiny

June 21, 2023 admin +7.9235059268, Breadcrumbs, cdek, constella intelligence, crypt[.]guru, gumboldt@gmail.com, Intel 471, kerens, kolumb, masscrypt@exploit.im, Ne'er-Do-Well News, obelisk57@gmail.com, pepyak@gmail.com, sergey y purtov, sergey yurievich purtov, spurtov@gmail.com, vip crypt, Web Fraud 2.0, Сергей Юрьевич Пуртов

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:39:36 +0000

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In fact, the process of “crypting” malware is sufficiently complex and time-consuming that most serious cybercrooks will outsource this critical function to a handful of trusted third parties. This story explores the history and identity behind Cryptor[.]biz, a long-running crypting service that is trusted by some of the biggest names in cybercrime.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

June 1, 2023 admin 165540027, 774748@gmail.com, akafitis@gmail.com, Breadcrumbs, code-signing certificates, constella intelligence, DomainTools.com, featar24, fitis, Flashpoint, glavmed, Intel 471, konstantin evgenievich fetisov, megatraffer, Ne'er-Do-Well News, o.r.z., Spamit, spampage@yandex.ru

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:15:34 +0000

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. Both of these qualities make stolen or ill-gotten code-signing certificates attractive to cybercriminal groups, who prize their ability to add stealth and longevity to malicious software. This post is a deep dive on “Megatraffer,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015.

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Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks

May 30, 2023 admin aura network, berk yilmaz, bookmarklets, Breadcrumbs, Latest Warnings, levatax, metrixcoin, nahmii, nicholas scavuzzo, ocean protocol, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 00:19:17 +0000

A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running malicious Javascript code disguised as a Web browser bookmark.

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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

May 22, 2023 admin arkose labs, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, domaintools, edgard011012@gmail.com, lolzteam, Mastodon, mondi group, moonxtrade, msr-sergey2015@yandex.ru, Ne'er-Do-Well News, quot.pw, renaud chaput, sergey proshutinskiy, tgm, Twitter, Web Fraud 2.0, ципа

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 00:15:30 +0000

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows is an interview with a Russian hacker responsible for a series of aggressive crypto spam campaigns that recently prompted several large Mastodon communities to temporarily halt new registrations. According to the hacker, their spam software has been in private use until the last few weeks, when it was released as open source code.

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$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

May 9, 2023 admin 79608229389, A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, denis gennadievich kulkov, Intel 471, Joker's stash, k022yb190, kreenjo, mazafaka, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nordex, nordexin, nordia@yandex.ru, polkas@bk.ru, try2check, u.s. department of justice, u.s. department of state, U.S. Secret Service, Unicc, vault market

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 01:50:08 +0000

The U.S. government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check, one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. U.S. authorities say 43-year-old Denis Kulkov’s card-checking service made him at least $18 million, which he used to buy a Ferrari, Land Rover, and other luxury items.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

May 2, 2023 admin Breadcrumbs, farmer's market, federaljobscenter.com, gary plott, Latest Warnings, muhammed tabish mirza, nextlevelsupportcenters, postal career placement llc, postal job services inc., postal operations inc., russell ramage, ryan rawls, smart logistics, stephanie dayton, tab.webcoder@gmail.com, u.s. federal trade commission, united states postal service, us job services, USPS, usps jobs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 22:08:35 +0000

A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has exposed its internal IT operations and database of nearly 900,000 customers. The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016.

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A Serial Tech Investment Scammer Takes Up Coding?

April 3, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, alan john mykhailov, blackstone corporate alliance ltd, Breadcrumbs, codestoyou, colette davies, david bruno, DomainTools.com, drydennow.com, igor gubskyi, igor hubskyi, iryna davies, john bernard, john clifton davies, maria yakovleva, mariya kulikova, mysolve, Ne'er-Do-Well News, safeswiss secure communication ag, secure swiss data, the inside knowledge gmbh

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:13:42 +0000

John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies’ newest invention appears to be “CodesToYou,” which purports to be a “full cycle software development company” based in the U.K.

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Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan?

March 9, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, domaintools, dugidox, FBI, mario zanko, Ne'er-Do-Well News, netwire rat

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:52:25 +0000

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). While the defendant in this case hasn’t yet been named publicly, the NetWire website has been leaking information about the likely true identity and location of its owner for the past 11 years.