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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The attacks aimed at a Ministry of Health and a pharmaceutical company involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine.