Sep 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Dark Web Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH Club that specializes in the sale of sensitive personal and financial information. Alex Khodyrev, a 35-year-old Kazakhstan national, and Pavel Kublitskii, a 37-year-old Russian national, have been charged with … [Read more...] about FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals
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Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web
Aug 16, 2024Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Data Breach A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison in the U.S. for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a now-defunct dark web marketplace called Slilpp. Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of Moscow, Russia, pleaded guilty to one count of … [Read more...] about Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web
When Your Open Source Turns to the Dark Side
Not that long ago, in a galaxy that isn’t remotely far away, a disturbance in the open source world was felt with wide-ranging reverberations.Imagine waking up one morning to find out that your beloved open source tool, which lies at the heart of your system, is being relicensed. What does it mean? Can you still use it as before? Could the new license be infectious and require … [Read more...] about When Your Open Source Turns to the Dark Side
The Dark Side of Browser Isolation – and the Next Generation Browser Security Technologies
Sep 28, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Cybersecurity The landscape of browser security has undergone significant changes over the past decade. While Browser Isolation was once considered the gold standard for protecting against browser exploits and malware downloads, it has become increasingly inadequate and insecure in today's SaaS-centric world. The limitations of … [Read more...] about The Dark Side of Browser Isolation – and the Next Generation Browser Security Technologies
Falcon Intelligence Recon+ and the Dark Web
The vastness of the deep and dark web can easily turn attempts to monitor for cyber threats into a firehose of useless information. Part of the problem is the nature of the data streams that need to be monitored. Every day, more credentials are stolen and exposed. Illegal criminal forums are full of repeated spamming of illicit advertisements. Thousands of new domain names are … [Read more...] about Falcon Intelligence Recon+ and the Dark Web
Dark Pink APT Group Leverages TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot in Sophisticated Attacks
May 31, 2023Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat The threat actor known as Dark Pink has been linked to five new attacks aimed at various entities in Belgium, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam between February 2022 and April 2023. This includes educational entities, government agencies, military bodies, and non-profit organizations, indicating the adversarial … [Read more...] about Dark Pink APT Group Leverages TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot in Sophisticated Attacks
New All-in-One “EvilExtractor” Stealer for Windows Systems Surfaces on the Dark Web
Apr 24, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Risk / Dark Web A new "all-in-one" stealer malware named EvilExtractor (also spelled Evil Extractor) is being marketed for sale for other threat actors to steal data and files from Windows systems. "It includes several modules that all work via an FTP service," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said. "It also contains environment … [Read more...] about New All-in-One “EvilExtractor” Stealer for Windows Systems Surfaces on the Dark Web
British Hacker Charged for Operating “The Real Deal” Dark Web Marketplace
A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device fraud and one count of money laundering … [Read more...] about British Hacker Charged for Operating “The Real Deal” Dark Web Marketplace
Dangerous vulnerability discovered in Dark Souls III videogame
The gaming community is discussing a recent vulnerability in the Dark Souls III videogame. This RCE vulnerability allows attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on a victim’s computer. Apparently, the vulnerability also affects earlier games in the Dark Soul series: because of this the developers have taken the unusual step of temporarily deactivating PvP servers across … [Read more...] about Dangerous vulnerability discovered in Dark Souls III videogame
The BloodyStealer virus and gamer accounts on the dark web
In March this year, our experts discovered an ad on an underground forum for a piece of malware dubbed BloodyStealer by its creators. The ad states that it steals following data from infected devices: Passwords, cookies, bank card details, browser autofill data; Device data; Screenshots; Desktop and uTorrent client files; Bethesda, Epic Games, GOG, Origin, Steam, Telegram, and … [Read more...] about The BloodyStealer virus and gamer accounts on the dark web