Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:15:44 +0000
Twenty-four prisoners were freed today in an international prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. Among the eight Russians repatriated were five convicted cybercriminals. In return, Russia has reportedly released 16 prisoners, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:19:44 +0000
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers” or “loaders” like IcedID, Smokeloader and Trickbot.
Read moreCategories: News Tags: Josh Saxe Tags: Lock and Code S04E04 Tags: AI Tags: artificial intelligence Tags: endpoint security leader Tags: CISA Tags: DPRK Tags: ChatGPT Tags: informed consent Tags: valentine’s day Tags: password sharing Tags: Android Tags: data leaks Tags: ESXiArgs Tags: TrickBot Tags: Wordpress Tags: fake Hogwarts Legacy Tags: Arris router Tags: ransomware Tags: Mortal Kombat Tags: Section 230 Tags: iPhone calendar spam The most interesting security related news from the week of February 13 to 19. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Conti Tags: ransomware Tags: TrickBot Tags: sanction The US, in partnership with the UK, named individuals tied to TrickBot and shamed them with a sanction. |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:23:58 +0000
Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “Trickbot,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. The U.S. Department of the Treasury says the Trickbot group is associated with Russian intelligence services, and that this alliance led to the targeting of many U.S. companies and government entities.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:15:34 +0000
Emotet is back with a new spam campaign. And it’s now spreading itself as a shortcut link file pretending to be Word document.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000
The Microsoft Defender for IoT research team has recently discovered the exact method through which MikroTik devices are used in Trickbot’s C2 infrastructure. In this blog, we share the analysis of this method and provide insights on how attackers gain access and how they use compromised IoT devices in Trickbot attacks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:05:36 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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