Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2020

In July 2018, KrebsOnSecurity published the story Neo-Nazi Swatters Target Dozens of Journalists , which detailed the activities of a loose-knit group of individuals who had targeted hundreds of individuals for swatting attacks, including federal judges, corporate executives and almost three-dozen journalists (myself included). since 2017.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) warned of a new phishing campaign by the APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware strains. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a new cyber espionage campaign carried out by the Russia-linked group APT28 (aka “ Forest Blizzard ”, “ Fancybear ” or “ Strontium ”).

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JULY 19, 2023

The Cyber ​​Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine dismantled the massive bot farm used by the group after 21 searches at Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv. The police seized computer equipment, mobile phones, more than 250 GSM gateways and about 150,000 SIM cards of various mobile operators. ​ 190 (Fraud), Art.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. The Thallium APT group aimed at stealing sensitive accounts from Microsoft accounts. 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Europol arrested five members of the Infinity Black hacker group that were selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools. Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, today it has arrested five Polish hackers who were members of the Infinity Black hacking group. ” concludes the Europol.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group added the Department of Defence South Africa to its data leak site. The group claims to have stolen Military contracts, internal call signs and personal data, for a total of 1.6 In October 2022, the Snatch ransomware group claimed to have hacked the French company HENSOLDT France. TB of data.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group announced it had hacked the food giant Kraft Heinz, the company is investigating the claims. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked Kraft Heinz in August and on December 14, it added the company to the list of victims on its leak site.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Holden said he saw online communications this week between cybercriminals affiliated with a Russian-speaking ransomware group known as Ryuk in which group members discussed plans to deploy ransomware at more than 400 healthcare facilities in the U.S. based Sky Lakes Medical Center’s computer systems.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The cyber department of Ukraine ‘s Security Service (SSU) has taken down a group of hackers that is behind the theft of about 30 million individuals. They gang was received money through electronic payment systems YuMoney, Qiwi, and WebMoney, which are prohibited in Ukraine. .” ” concludes the SSU. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. I would define this group of references as reports. Those reports have been divided into 4 timing groups in order to simplify the evaluation process. and more personal thoughts.

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MARCH 17, 2024

France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack Lazarus APT group returned to Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case UK Defence Secretary jet hit by an electronic warfare attack in Poland Cisco (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. November attack: Silence.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Record Media reported that the Iran-linked hacking group Homeland Justice claimed responsibility for the attack. We will bring Justice back to our Homeland All the statistics are against you DestroyDurresMilitaryCamp ( #DDMC )” states the message published by the group on its Telegram channel.

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APRIL 21, 2021

REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. Source Bleeping Computer.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe. ” reported the local outlet RTLNieuws.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Furman for crimes of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of Court, making false statements to the FBI, and child pornography.” The hacking tools developed by the US cyber spies can target mobile devices, desktop computers, and IoT devices such as routers and smart TVs. District Judge Jesse M.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky linked the Maui ransomware to the North Korea-backed Andariel APT group. Kaspersky linked with medium confidence the Maui ransomware operation to the North Korea-backed APT group Andariel , which is considered a division of the Lazarus APT Group, . At the time, the U.S. In July, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services. Miller was charged this week with conspiracy and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The DOJ also charged six U.S. The booter service OrphicSecurityTeam[.]com com and royalstresser[.]com Defendant Angel Manuel Colon Jr.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

The security breach took place on October 21, 2022, when the internal security team detected unusual activity on its computer network. The attackers had no access to electronic medical records. LCMH’s electronic medical record was not accessible to the unauthorized party.” Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In the United Kingdom, police have seized more than 60 personal electronic devices from a number of Webstresser users, and some 250 customers of the service will soon face legal action, Europol said in a statement released this week. Now, those same authorities are targeting people who paid the service to conduct attacks. According to U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Olympus issued a statement to announce that its European, Middle East and Africa computer network was hit by a ransomware attack. A ransom note that was found on the infected systems claimed that the company was hit by the BlackMatter ransomware group. The group is looking for corporate networks in the US, the UK, Canada, or Australia.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Government Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA is investigating multiple attacks against organizations in Ukraine that involved a new piece of ransomware called Somnia. ” reads the advisory published by CERT-UA. ” reads the advisory published by CERT-UA.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Albania’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed that cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania. The Hacker News reported that the Iranian hacker group Homeland Justice claimed responsibility for this attacks on its Telegram channel.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 26, 2021

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Ukraine ‘s government attributes a cyberattack on the government document management system to a Russia-linked APT group. The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB).

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JANUARY 26, 2020

The three hackers were arrested in December in Jakarta and Yogyakarta and charged with data theft, fraud, and unauthorized access to computer systems. Researchers from Sanguine Security have tracked the activity of this group for several years and believe they have compromised than 571 e-commerce stores. ” concluded the experts.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“The County of Delaware recently discovered a disruption to portions of its computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and working with computer forensic specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“A hacker is someone who subverts computer security with malicious or criminal intent,” the attorney Joe Martineau said. ” Aaron Mackey is a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco. Thankfully, these failures were discovered.”

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MAY 22, 2021

FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have breached networks of Russian federal agencies. Attackers gained access to mail servers, electronic document management servers, file servers, and workstations of various levels to steal data of interest. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 7, 2020

Computer systems at EVRAZ, a multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining company, have been hit by Ryuk ransomware. EVRAZ is one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies with headquarters in London. ” reported ZDNet.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

GravityRAT is a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to avoid being executed in sandboxes and virtual machines. The GravityRAT malware Access Trojan (RAT) is believed to be the work of Pakistani hacker groups, it is under development at least since 2015.

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MARCH 21, 2021

A group of US hackers recently claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations. The DoJ announced this week that Till Kottmann was indicted for computer intrusion and identity and data theft activities spanning 2019 to the present. .

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20. “The Group’s teams are fully mobilized to ensure a return to normal as quickly as possible and everything is done to ensure business continuity. Security measures have been taken to limit the risk of propagation.”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Europol, along with law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain, has dismantled a major crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, and property crime. The group operated out of Tenerife, (Spain’s Canary Islands), most of the suspected members are Italian nationals.

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MARCH 8, 2020

. “According to the SBI, the ransomware, named Ryuk, was started by a Russian hacker group and finds its way into a network once someone opens a malicious email attachment. Once it’s inside, Ryuk can spread across network servers through file shares to individual computers,” reads a post published by SBI.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The two Chinese hackers, Zhu Hua (aka Afwar , CVNX, Alayos and Godkiller) and Zhang Shilong (aka Baobeilong, Zhang Jianguo and Atreexp), are associated with the China-linked the APT group tracked as APT10 (aka Menupass, and Stone Panda). “The unsealing of an indictment charging Zhu Hua (??),

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