#BKA nennt #Identität des mutmaßlichen Chefs der #Trickbot-Bande
Das #Bundeskriminalamt sucht mit Namen und Gesicht nach dem mutmaßlichen Kopf der berüchtigten Trickbot-Bande. Er gilt als ein Pionier der Cyberkriminalität.
Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement - For years, members of the Russian cybercrime cartel Trickbot... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/german-police-say-theyve-identified-trickbot-ransomware-kingpin/ #ransomware #syndicated #security #trickbot #biz #conti #stern
Operation Endgame is BACK! This time targeting #BumbleBee, #Latrodectus, #DanaBot, #WarmCookie, #Qakbot and #Trickbot!
Once again this is a HUGE win, with a truly international effort! 
As with phase one of #OperationEndgame, Spamhaus are providing remediation support - those affected will be contacted in due course with steps to take.
For more information, read our write-up here:
https://www.spamhaus.org/resource-hub/malware/botnets-disrupted-worldwide-operation-endgame-is-back/
Today we celebrate a major cybersecurity victory. 
Operation Endgame, a global law enforcement effort supported by insights from experts at Proofpoint and other industry vendors, resulted in:
• The disruption of major botnets
• Four arrests
• Over 100 servers taken down across 10 countries
• Over 2,000 domains brought under the control of law enforcement
• Illegal assets frozen
Proofpoint’s mission is to provide the best human-centric protection for our customers against advanced threats. Whenever possible and appropriate to do so, Proofpoint uses its team’s knowledge and skills to help protect a wider audience against widespread malware threats.
For #OperationEndgame, Proofpoint threat researchers lent their expertise in reverse engineering malware, botnet infrastructure, and identifying patterns in how the threat actors set up their servers to help authorities understand the malware and safely remediate the bot clients.
Proofpoint’s unmatched threat telemetry and researcher knowledge played a crucial role in the operation, providing key insights in identifying the new botnets that are most likely to grow and become the dominant threats affecting the most number of people around the world.
More information on the takedown and Proofpoint’s involvement can be found in our blog: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/major-botnets-disrupted-global-law-enforcement-takedown.
Operazione Endgame: Europol Demolisce Le Reti Botnet e Dropper e Arresta i Cybercriminali
Tra il 27 e il 29 maggio 2024 l’operazione #Endgame, coordinata dal quartier generale di #Europol, ha preso di mira i dropper tra cui #IcedID, #SystemBC, #Pikabot, #Smokeloader, #Bumblebee e #Trickbot.
#redhotcyber #online #it #ai #hacking #innovation #privacy #cybersecurity #technology #engineering #cybercrime #intelligence #intelligenzaartificiale #informationsecurity #ethicalhacking #dataprotection #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritytraining #cybersecuritynews #infosecurity
Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #04/2024 is out! It includes the following and much more:
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#23andMe admits it didn’t detect #cyberattacks for months
➝ #Trello API abused to link email addresses to 15 million accounts
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#LoanDepot Breach: 16.6 Million People Impacted
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#Microsoft network breached through password-spraying by Russian-state hackers
➝ Russian #TrickBot Mastermind Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence for #Cybercrime Spree
➝ #HPE says it was hacked by Russian group behind Microsoft email #breach
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Russian Hackers Suspected of #Sweden Cyberattack
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Aviation Leasing Giant #AerCap Hit by #Ransomware Attack
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#SEC blames sim-swapping, lack of MFA for X account hijacking
➝ 
Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized #VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years
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Ring Will No Longer Allow Police to Request Doorbell Camera Footage From Users
➝ 
French regulator fines #Amazon $35 million over its surveillance system of warehouse workers
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#France Fines #Yahoo 10 Mn Euros Over Cookie Abuses
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Cracked #macOS apps drain wallets using scripts fetched from DNS records
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Malicious #NPM Packages Exfiltrate Hundreds of Developer #SSH Keys via #GitHub
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NS-STEALER Uses Discord Bots to Exfiltrate Your #Secrets from Popular Browsers
➝ 
X adds #passkeys support for #iOS users in the United States
➝ 
Critical #Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks - #Patch ASAP!
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AI will increase the number and impact of cyber attacks, intel officers say
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Exploit released for Fortra #GoAnywhere MFT auth bypass bug
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️ #Pwn2Own Automotive: Hackers Earn Over $700k for #Tesla, EV Charger, Infotainment Exploits
➝ Mass exploitation of #Ivanti VPNs is infecting networks around the globe
➝ Apple Issues #Patch for Critical Zero-Day in #iPhones, Macs - Update Now
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New roundup:
Scientology fights "right to repair" while Russia hijacks UN cybercrime treaty, a privacy research paper on the visually impaired, thoughts (and details) on Jill Biden's 2nd covid infection while the White House insists "we're in a better place," and more.
Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #35/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:
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Golf gear giant #Callaway data breach exposes info of 1.1 million
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Forever 21 data breach affects half a million people
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#LogicMonitor customers hit by hackers, because of default passwords
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Lawsuit Accuses University of Minnesota of Not Doing Enough to Prevent #DataBreach
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#Paramount discloses data breach following security incident
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#Healthcare Organizations Hit by Cyberattacks Last Year Reported Big Impact, Costs
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#Microsoft joins a growing chorus of organizations criticizing a #UN cybercrime treaty
➝ U.S. Hacks #QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
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#Russia targets #Ukraine with new Android #backdoor, intel agencies say
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Unmasking #Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs
➝ ‘Earth Estries’ #Cyberespionage Group Targets Government, Tech Sectors
➝ Chinese Hacking Group Exploits Barracuda Zero-Day to Target Government, Military, and Telecom
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Pay our ransom instead of a #GDPR fine, #cybercrime gang tells its targets
➝ #Meta: Pro-Chinese influence operation was the largest in history
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Spain warns of #LockBit Locker ransomware phishing attacks
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Two Men Arrested Following #Poland Railway Hacking
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#Lazarus hackers deploy fake #VMware PyPI packages in #VMConnect attacks
➝ #Classiscam fraud-as-a-service expands, now targets banks and 251 brands
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Trojanized #Signal and #Telegram apps on Google Play delivered spyware
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MalDoc in PDFs: Hiding malicious Word docs in PDF files
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A Brazilian phone #spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server
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#GitHub Enterprise Server Gets New Security Capabilities
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Over $1 Million Offered at New #Pwn2Own #Automotive Hacking Contest
➝ #Splunk Patches High-Severity Flaws in Enterprise, IT Service Intelligence
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Recent #Juniper Flaws Chained in Attacks Following #PoC Exploit Publication
This week's recommended reading is: "Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime―from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door" by @briankrebs
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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/02/u-s-u-k-sanction-7-men-tied-to-trickbot-hacking-group/
#USDepartmentofTreasury #Vitaly"Bentley"Kovalev #ChristinaSvechinskaya #ALittleSunshine #SergeyMikhaylov #NeerDoWellNews #RuslanStoyanov #MichaelDeBolt #KasperskyLab #WizardSpider #CrowdStrike #IlyaSachkov #Ransomware #AdamMeyers #Intel471 #trickbot #GroupIB #Dyre
