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A Bulgarian data leaker managed to access and steal the sensitive data of several high-profile targets. To make matters worse, the hacker had been seen offering access to the compromised database.
To assist the cybersecurity community and law enforcement sector, WhoisXML API threat researcher Dancho Danchev analyzed the threat actor’s digital footprints.
Threat actors have been known to hide behind legitimate Internet services1 to spread malware and lure victims to phishing sites and other malicious campaigns.
NordVPN isn’t new to being the target of various scammers. Over the years, we’ve seen malicious campaigns that start with luring users to a fake NordVPN site.1, 2
Anyone looking to subscribe to a VPN service could easily land on a fake site and get a malware infection.
Eternity has been wreaking havoc by making malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings available to any interested would-be cyber attacker since January 2022.1 And at very low prices (US$70–90),2 even novice hackers could launch destructive campaigns.
Cyber jihad refers to the way extremist terrorists use the Internet to wage war against their enemies.1 Typical targets include the U.S., Western European countries, and Israel.
Experts say waging war is no longer limited to the physical world but has crossed over to the virtual realm. And 67 domains identified as indicators of compromise (IoCs) to recent cyber jihad attacks prove that.
Back in 2019, the Flashpoint Intel site suffered from a zero-day attack that caused visitors with JavaScript enabled on their systems to be redirected to an external website with a malware-laced pop-up.1
BlackEnergy was originally sold as a crimeware toolkit when it first surfaced in 2007. Since then, it has undergone modifications that have made it one of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors’ go-to attack tools. Used in the Ukraine power grid attack in 2015, the malware effectively used a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to hide their true goal—data stealing.1
Age clearly doesn’t matter when it comes to cyber threats, as proven by spam. Malicious spam emails cost businesses as much as US$20.5 billion a year.1
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