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Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2021

Classiscam expands to Europe: Russian-speaking scammers lure Europeans to pages mimicking classifieds

Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds is a criminal scheme dubbed Classiscam. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has discovered that Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds. The scheme, dubbed Classiscam by Group-IB, is an automated scam as a service designed to steal money […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2021

Rogue Android RAT emerges from the darkweb

Experts discovered an Android Remote Access Trojan, dubbed Rogue, that can allow to take over infected devices and steal user data. Rogue is a new mobile RAT discovered by researchers from Check Point while investigating the activity of the darknet threat actors known as Triangulum and HeXaGoN Dev. Both actors are Android malware authors that […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2021

Police took down DarkMarket, the world’s largest darknet marketplace

The world’s largest black marketplace on the dark web, DarkMarket, has been taken offline by law enforcement in an international operation. DarkMarket, the world’s largest black marketplace on the dark web, has been taken offline as a result of an international operation conducted by law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2021

Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years in prison

A U.S. court on Thursday sentenced the Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin to 12 years in prison for his role in an international hacking campaign. A U.S. court sentenced this week Andrei Tyurin (37) to 12 years in prison for carrying out an international hacking campaign that targeted several financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2021

TeamTNT botnet now steals Docker API and AWS credentials

Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet is now able to steal Docker API logins along with AWS credentials. Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet was improved and is now able to steal also Docker credentials. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2021

FBI alert warns private organizations of Egregor ransomware attacks

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a security alert warning private sector companies of Egregor ransomware attacks. The US FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to warn private organizations of Egregor ransomware attacks. The Egregor ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2020, since then the gang claimed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2021

Ryuk ransomware operations already made over $150M

The Ryuk ransomware had a disruptive impact on multiple industries around the world, operators already earned more than $150 million. The Ryuk ransomware gang is one of the most prolific criminal operations that caused destruction in multiple industries around the world. According to a joint report published by security firms Advanced-intel and HYAS, Ryuk operators […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2021

Fake Trump sex video used to spread QNode RAT

Researchers uncovered a malspam campaign that spreads the QNode remote access Trojan (RAT) using fake Trump’s sex scandal video as bait. Security experts from Trustwave uncovered a malspam campaign that is delivering the QNode remote access Trojan (RAT) using fake Trump’s sex scandal video as bait. The spam messages use the subject “GOOD LOAN OFFER!!” […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2021

New ElectroRAT employed in a wide-ranging operation targeting cryptocurrency users

Researchers uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected multiplatform RAT named ElectroRAT. Security researchers from Intezer uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected RAT named ElectroRAT. The campaign was uncovered in December, but according to the experts is active since at least January 2020. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2021

Over 500,000 credentials for tens of gaming firm available in the Dark Web

The gaming industry under attack, Over 500,000 credentials for the top two dozen leading gaming firms, including Ubisoft, leaked online. The gaming industry is a privileged target for threat actors, threat actors leaked online over 500,000 stolen credentials belonging to the top 25 gaming firms. The alarm was raised by the threat intelligence firm Kela […]

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Classiscam expands to Europe: Russian-speaking scammers lure Europeans to pages mimicking classifieds

Rogue Android RAT emerges from the darkweb

Police took down DarkMarket, the world’s largest darknet marketplace

Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years in prison

TeamTNT botnet now steals Docker API and AWS credentials

FBI alert warns private organizations of Egregor ransomware attacks

Ryuk ransomware operations already made over $150M

Fake Trump sex video used to spread QNode RAT

New ElectroRAT employed in a wide-ranging operation targeting cryptocurrency users

Over 500,000 credentials for tens of gaming firm available in the Dark Web

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