Threat actors are capitalizing on the growing popularity of proxyware platforms like Honeygain and Nanowire to monetize their own malware campaigns, once again illustrating how attackers are quick to repurpose and weaponize legitimate platforms to their advantage. "Malware is currently leveraging these platforms to monetize the internet bandwidth of victims, similar to how … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Abusing Internet-Sharing Services to Monetize Malware Campaigns
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16 Cybercriminals Behind Mekotio and Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Arrested in Spain
Spanish law enforcement agencies on Wednesday arrested 16 individuals belonging to a criminal network in connection with operating two banking trojans as part of a social engineering campaign targeting financial institutions in Europe. The arrests were made in Ribeira (A Coruña), Madrid, Parla and Móstoles (Madrid), Seseña (Toledo), Villafranca de los barros (Badajoz), and … [Read more...] about 16 Cybercriminals Behind Mekotio and Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Arrested in Spain
Cybercriminals Hold $115,000-Prize Contest to Find New Cryptocurrency Hacks
A top Russian-language underground forum has been running a "contest" for the past month, calling on its community to submit "unorthodox" ways to conduct cryptocurrency attacks. The forum's administrator, in an announcement made on April 20, 2021, invited members to submit papers that assess the possibility of targeting cryptocurrency-related technology, including the theft of … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Hold $115,000-Prize Contest to Find New Cryptocurrency Hacks
Colonial Pipeline Paid Nearly $5 Million in Ransom to Cybercriminals
Colonial Pipeline on Thursday restored operations to its entire pipeline system nearly a week following a ransomware infection targeting its IT systems, forcing it to reportedly shell out nearly $5 million to regain control of its computer networks. "Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal," the company said in … [Read more...] about Colonial Pipeline Paid Nearly $5 Million in Ransom to Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware
Threat actors are increasingly adopting Excel 4.0 documents as an initial stage vector to distribute malware such as ZLoader and Quakbot, according to new research. The findings come from an analysis of 160,000 Excel 4.0 documents between November 2020 and March 2021, out of which more than 90% were classified as malicious or suspicious. "The biggest risk for the targeted … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Widely Abusing Excel 4.0 Macro to Distribute Malware
Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. "Plex's startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex UPnP-enabled service registration responder to the general Internet, where it can be abused to generate reflection/amplification DDoS attacks," Netscout … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals Are Using Legit Cloud Monitoring Tools As Backdoor
A cybercrime group that has previously struck Docker and Kubernetes cloud environments has evolved to repurpose genuine cloud monitoring tools as a backdoor to carry out malicious attacks, according to new research."To our knowledge, this is the first time attackers have been caught using legitimate third party software to target cloud infrastructure," Israeli cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Cybercriminals Are Using Legit Cloud Monitoring Tools As Backdoor
Avengers: Endgame Sites Promise Digital Downloads, Deliver Info-Harvesting
Web scammers are going after Marvel fans as the movie passes the $2.2 billion box-office mark, making it the second-highest grossing film of all time, behind only Avatar. Source link … [Read more...] about Avengers: Endgame Sites Promise Digital Downloads, Deliver Info-Harvesting