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FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations

Security Affairs

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Fitis’s real-life identity was exposed in 2010 after two of the biggest sponsors of pharmaceutical spam went to war with each other, and large volumes of internal documents, emails and chat records seized from both spam empires were leaked to this author. In November 2009, Fitis wrote, “I am the perfect criminal.

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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

Krebs on Security

” KrebsOnSecurity also reported that Shelest’s email address was used circa 2010 by an affiliate of Spamit , a Russian-language organization that paid people to aggressively promote websites hawking male enhancement drugs and generic pharmaceuticals. .” Mozilla Monitor. Image Mozilla Monitor Plus video on Youtube.

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

Security Affairs

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. The attacks aimed at a Ministry of Health and a pharmaceutical company involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” concludes Kaspersky.

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Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

Security Affairs

While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, threat actors are conducting cyber espionage campaigns in the attempt of stealing information on the work. . ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Coronavirus: Europol arrests man behind €6M face masks and hand sanitisers scam

Security Affairs

million by a European pharmaceutical company, a European State reported. “A European Member State reported to Europol that one of their pharmaceutical companies had been defrauded of €6.64 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The man has stolen €6.64 million by this individual.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

Security Affairs

During the last summer, Google observed threat actors from China, Russia, and Iran targeting pharmaceutical companies and researchers involved in the development of a vaccine. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .