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FIN7 sysadmin behind “billions in damage” gets 10 years

April 20, 2021 admin 0 Comments Anunak, atm, Carbanak, cobalt, FIN7, hladyr, reports, ryuk

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:55:42 +0000

Fedir Hladyr is considered the mastermind behind the Carbanak campaign that stole $900 million from financial institutions and others.

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Tags: anunak atm carbanak Cobalt FIN7 hladyr ryuk

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“Huge upsurge” in DDoS attacks during pandemic

April 15, 2021 admin 0 Comments reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:17:51 +0000

A new report by Netscout sets yet out another way in which why 2020 was a record-breaking year for for all the wrong reasons.

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NAME:WRECK, a potential IoT trainwreck

April 13, 2021 admin DNS, dnspooq, freebsd, Government, healthcare, ipnet, name:wreck, NEXT, nucleau, reports, tcp/ip

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:52:18 +0000

Researchers have discovered 9 vulnerabilities in popular TCP/IP stacks that could affect 100 Million or more devices.

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Tags: dns dnspooq freebsd government healthcare ipnet name:wreck next nucleau tcp/ip

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How bitcoin payments unmasked a man who hired a Dark Web contract killer

April 12, 2021 admin Big Data, crypto-analysis, dark web, darkweb monitor, Europol, hitman, onionscan, polizia postale e delle comunicazioni, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:02:32 +0000

Bitcoin isn’t anonymous and the Dark Web isn’t as dark as you think.

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Tags: big data crypto-analysis Dark Web darkweb monitor europol hitman onionscan Polizia Postale e Delle Comunicazioni

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Report goes “behind enemy lines” to reveal SilverFish cyber-espionage group

March 22, 2021 admin cobalt strike, domain fronting, empire, evil corp., evilcorp, koadic, Mimikatz, powerploit, prodaft, reports, sandbox, sarasota, silverfish, solarwinds, trickbot, wastedlocker, wordpress

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:42:16 +0000

PRODRAFT researchers have uncovered a sophisticated cyber-espionage group with links to SolarWinds and EvilCorps.

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Tags: cobalt strike domain fronting empire evil corp evilcorp Koadic mimikatz powerploit prodaft sandbox sarasota silverfish solarwinds trickbot wastedlocker wordpress

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Police credit “unlocked” SKY ECC encryption for organized crime bust

March 11, 2021 admin encrochat, encryption, eurojust, Europol, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:00:04 +0000

Europol claims to have broken SKY ECC’s encryption and SKY ECC denies it has. Who should you believe?

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Tags: encrochat encryption eurojust europol

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TikTok pays $92 million to end data theft lawsuit

February 26, 2021 admin Artificial Intelligence, bytedance, Chinese, Facial Recognition, obfuscation, personal data, privacy, reports, settles, TikTok, us class-action suit

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:47:17 +0000

TikTok has agreed to pay a hefty settlement, and to stop recording users’ biometric and location data.

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Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report

February 16, 2021 admin 2021 state of malware report, Android, assurance wireless, barnes & noble, bitcoinminer, bitcoinminters, covid-19, crytek, dridex, egregor, egregor ransomware, emotet, hacktools, hiddenads, k-mart, kms, Monitor, monitoring app, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, potentially unwanted programs, pups, ransomware, Ransomware as a Service, reports, spyware, stalkerware, State of Malware, state of malware 2021 report, state of malware report, thiefquest, trickbot

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Through the chaos and devastation of 2020, one form of business seems to have thrived—the creation and operation of malicious software.

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Tags: 2021 State of Malware report Android Assurance Wireless Barnes & NOble BitCoinMiner BitCoinMinters covid-19 Crytek dridex egregor egregor ransomware emotet hacktools HiddenAds K-Mart KMS monitor monitoring app monitoring applications monitoring apps potentially unwanted programs PUPs ransomware Ransomware as a Service spyware stalkerware State of Malware State of Malware 2021 report state of malware report ThiefQuest trickbot

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