DDoS-for-Hire Platform

German Police Disrupt DDoS-for-Hire Platform dstat[.]cc; Suspects Arrested

German Police Disrupt DDoS-for-Hire Platform dstat[.]cc; Suspects Arrested Nov 04, 2024Mohit KumarDDoS Attack / Cybercrime German law enforcement authorities have announced the disruption of a criminal service called dstat[.]cc that made it possible for other threat actors to easily mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “The platform made such DDoS attacks Read more…

Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia's APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities

Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia's APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities

Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia's APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Read more…

German Police Seize 'Nemesis Market' in Major International Darknet Raid

German Police Seize 'Nemesis Market' in Major International Darknet Raid

German Police Seize 'Nemesis Market' in Major International Darknet Raid German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market that peddled narcotics, stolen data, and various cybercrime services. The Federal Criminal Police Office (aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) said it seized the digital infrastructure associated with the darknet Read more…

Russian Hackers Use 'WINELOADER' Malware to Target German Political Parties

Russian Hackers Use 'WINELOADER' Malware to Target German Political Parties

Russian Hackers Use 'WINELOADER' Malware to Target German Political Parties The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting phishing lures has been attributed as the handiwork of a hacking group with links to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), which was responsible for breaching SolarWinds and Microsoft. Read more…

MrAnon Stealer

New MrAnon Stealer Malware Targeting German Users via Booking-Themed Scam

New MrAnon Stealer Malware Targeting German Users via Booking-Themed Scam Dec 12, 2023NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cyber Attack A phishing campaign has been observed delivering an information stealer malware called MrAnon Stealer to unsuspecting victims via seemingly benign booking-themed PDF lures. “This malware is a Python-based information stealer compressed with cx-Freeze to Read more…