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29 Apr, 2021

Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments

Cybersecurity amazon, Cisco, Department of Homeland Security, disrupting ransomware payments, Emsisoft, Europol, fbi, FireEye, Institute for Security and Technology, mcafee, microsoft, Philip Reiner, Ransomware, The Coming Storm, The Wall Street Journal, U.K. National Crime Agency, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Treasury Department

16 Apr, 2021

Did Someone at the Commerce Dept. Find a SolarWinds Backdoor in Aug. 2020?

Cybersecurity, VMware A Little Sunshine, CVE-2020-4006, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Administration, Democratic National Committee, fbi, FireEye, GoldMax, Lexicon.exe, microsoft, national security agency, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, NTIA, SolarWinds hack, Sunshuttle, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. Treasury Department, virustotal, VMware

On Aug. 13, 2020, someone uploaded a suspected malicious file to VirusTotal, a service that scans submitted files against more than five dozen antivirus and security products. Last month, Microsoft and FireEye identified that file as a newly-discovered fourth malware backdoor used in the sprawling SolarWinds supply chain hack. An analysis of the malicious file and other submissions by the same VirusTotal user suggest the account that initially flagged the backdoor as suspicious belongs to IT personnel at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the U.S. Commerce Department that handles telecommunications and Internet policy. …

16 Apr, 2021

Did Someone at the Commerce Dept. Find a SolarWinds Backdoor in Aug. 2020?

Cybersecurity, VMware A Little Sunshine, CVE-2020-4006, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Administration, Democratic National Committee, fbi, FireEye, GoldMax, Lexicon.exe, microsoft, national security agency, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, NTIA, SolarWinds hack, Sunshuttle, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. Treasury Department, virustotal, VMware

On Aug. 13, 2020, someone uploaded a suspected malicious file to VirusTotal, a service that scans submitted files against more than five dozen antivirus and security products. Last month, Microsoft and FireEye identified that file as a newly-discovered fourth malware backdoor used in the sprawling SolarWinds supply chain hack. An analysis of the malicious file and other submissions by the same VirusTotal user suggest the account that initially flagged the backdoor as suspicious belongs to IT personnel at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the U.S. Commerce Department that handles telecommunications and Internet policy. …

14 Dec, 2020

U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise

Cybersecurity APT29, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Data Breaches, Department of Commerce, FireEye hack, microsoft, Orion, Reuters, SolarWinds breach, The Coming Storm, U.S. Treasury Department

16 Sep, 2020

Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

Cybersecurity Binance, Danil Potekhin, Dmitirii Karasavidi, Ethereum, Gemini, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Poloniex, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Treasury Department

16 Dec, 2019

Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Cybersecurity A Little Sunshine, aqua, aquamo, Bugat, Dridex, Europol, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, Evil Corp., Igor “Enki” Turashev, JabberZeuS, luck12345, Maksim V. Yukabets, money mules, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Slavik, Target: Small Businesses, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Treasury Department, ZeuS Trojan

The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “Evil Corp” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers. As it happens, for several years KrebsOnSecurity closely monitored the day-to-day communications and activities of the accused and his accomplices. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang. …

Tag Archives: U.S. Treasury Department

Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments

Did Someone at the Commerce Dept. Find a SolarWinds Backdoor in Aug. 2020?

Did Someone at the Commerce Dept. Find a SolarWinds Backdoor in Aug. 2020?

U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise

Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace