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Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege

April 16, 2019 admin bitcoin, bitcoins, Botnet, cybercrime, ddos, Electrum, exploit kit, Exploits, RIG, RIG EK, Social engineering, vulnerabilities, wallet

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Threat actors are relentlessly phishing and attacking Electrum Bitcoin wallet users, racking up millions of dollars.

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Impacts to Enterprise Security: A Look at as-a-service Attacks

January 24, 2019 admin Business, exploit kit, exploits as a service, raas, ransomware, Ransomware as a Service, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:20:08 +0000

Ever since certain solutions have begun being offered “as-a-service,” the market for this method of delivery has exploded. Now, elements like software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service are key mainstay components of enterprise IT, with the market values to prove it. According to MarketWatch, the global SaaS market is on track to expand by a more than…

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Vidar and GandCrab: stealer and ransomware combo observed in the wild

January 4, 2019 admin Arkei, criminals, exploit, exploit kit, Fallout, gandcrab, ransomware, Threat analysis, Vidar

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:15:25 +0000

Threat actors combine new stealer Vidar and GandCrab ransomware in one-two punch.

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A week in security (December 17 – 23)

December 24, 2018 admin christmas scams, Chromebook, exploit kit, fuchsia, online quizzes, phone hacks, Security world, Smart Speakers, Twitter form, twitter memes, Underminer, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 18:56:44 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from December 17–23, including Christmas scams, phishing quizzes, Underminer, smart speakers, flawed Twitter form, Chromebook malware, and Fuchsia.

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Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

October 24, 2018 admin anti exploit, AZORult, EK, EKs, exploit kit, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, Fallout EK, grandsoft, GrandSoft EK, Magnitude, magnitude EK, ramnit, Ramnit Trojan, RIG, RIG EK, smoke loader, Smoke Loader Malware, Threat analysis, Underminer, Underminer EK

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:10:54 +0000

With a fresh exploit kit in town, the drive-by download landscape shows new signs of life in fall 2018.

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Independent Krebs

The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

August 2, 2018 admin @SecGuru_OTX, A Little Sunshine, Ashley Madison hack, Dashlane, exploit kit, geo-ip, Keepass, lastpass, LinkedIn breach, phishing, sextortion, The Coming Storm, typosquatting

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:11:45 +0000

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. And with good reason — sex sells (the second most-read piece here was my 2015 scoop about the Ashley Madison hack). But beneath the lurid allure of both stories lies a more unsettling reality: It has never been easier for scam artists to launch convincing, targeted phishing and extortion scams that are automated on a global scale. And given the sheer volume of hacked and stolen personal data now available online, it seems almost certain we will soon witness many variations on these phishing campaigns that leverage customized data elements to enhance their effectiveness.

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