Almost half of all Bitzlato transactions linked to criminal activities Targeting crucial crime facilitators such as crypto exchanges is becoming a key priority in the battle against cybercrime. Bitzlato allowed the rapid conversion of various crypto-assets such as bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, bitcoin cash, dash, dogecoin and USDT into Russian roubles. It is estimated that the crypto exchange platform has received...
and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
The list, which was discovered by a Swiss hacker, contains names and birth dates and over 1 million entries.
Since Hydra Market Got Shuttered by Police, Russian Rivals Battle for Market Share.
Competition between Russian-language darknet markets remains fierce following the takedown of market leader Hydra last April by a multinational law enforcement operation.
Summary Three key takeaways from our analysis of Vidar infrastructure: Russian VPN gateways are potentially providing anonymity for Vidar operators / customers, making it more challenging for analysts to have a complete overview of this threat. These gateways now appear to be migrating to Tor. Vidar operators appear to be expanding their infrastructure, so analysts need to keep them in their sights. We expect a new wave of customers and as a result, an increase of campaigns in the upcoming weeks
Crypto-crime volumes went down in 2022, ransomware payments too
In other news: Riot Games cancels game updates after hack; T-Mobile discloses eighth breach since 2018; APT group deploys DNS changer on victims' routers.
a new Grand Theft Auto: Online exploit now allows cheaters to ban or delete peoples online profile and edit their stats
SEO poisoning is gaining momentum as threat actors leverage malicious ads to deliver malware through web browser searches.
The LockBit ransomware gang is one of the most notorious organized cybercrime syndicates that exists today. The gang is behind attacks targeting private-sector corporations and other high-profile industries worldwide. News and media outlets have documented many LockBit attacks, while security vendors offer technical assessments explaining how each occurred. Although these provide insight into the attacks, I wanted to know more about the human side of the operation to learn about the insights, motivations, and behaviors of the individuals on the other side of the keyboard. To prepare for this project, I spent months developing several online personas and established their credibility over time to gain access to the gang’s operation.
The Galaxy App Store is an alternative application store that comes pre-installed on Samsung Android devices. Several Android applications are available on both the Galaxy App Store and Google App Store, and users have the option to use either store to install specific applications. Two vulnerabilities were uncovered with the Galaxy App Store application: Technical…
PayPal has alerted over 35,000 customers of a data breach revealing that their accounts were hacked between December 6th and 8th, 2022.
Introduction On January 10, 2023, ManageEngine released a security advisory for CVE-2022-47966 (discovered by Khoadha of Viettel Cyber Security) affecting a wide range of products. The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain remote code execution by issuing a HTTP POST request containing a malicious SAML response. This vulnerability is a result of using an outdated […]
T-Mobile disclosed a new data breach after a threat actor stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts through one of its Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
Hackers are setting up fake websites for popular free and open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements in Google search results.
Roaming Mantis (a.k.a Shaoye) is a long-term cyberattack campaign that uses malicious Android package (APK) files to control infected Android devices and steal data. In 2022, we observed a DNS changer function implemented in its Android malware Wroba.o.
We discuss the Batloader malware campaigns we observed in the last quarter of 2022, including our analysis of Water Minyades-related events (This is the intrusion set we track behind the creation of Batloader).
Apple has launched its recent major security updates to the whole world.
This is the second breach to hit Mailchimp in six months. It also appears to be almost identical to a previous incident.
The charges were part of an intensifying effort by federal law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with European partners, to combat international cryptocurrency schemes and illegal transactions.
The arrest comes as the U.S. ramps up efforts to crack down on attempts by cybercriminals to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.
