Tag Archives: Hacking

New version of DIY Google Dorks based mass website hacking tool spotted in the wild

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By Dancho Danchev

Need a compelling reason to perform search engine reconnaissance on your website, for the purpose of securing it against eventual compromise? We’re about to give you a good one.

A new version of a well known mass website hacking tool has been recently released, empowering virtually anyone who buys it with the capability to efficiently build “hit lists” of remotely exploitable websites for the purpose of abusing them in a malicious or fraudulent fashion. Relying on Google Dorks for performing search engine reconnaissance, the tool has built-in SQL injecting options, the ability to add custom exploits, a proxy aggregation function so that no CAPTCHA challenge is ever displayed to the attacker, and other related features currently under development.

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New underground service offers access to thousands of malware-infected hosts

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By Dancho Danchev

Thanks to the success of multiple botnet aggregating malicious campaigns launched in the wild, cybercriminals are launching malware-infected-hosts — also known as loads — as a service type of underground market propositions, in an attempt to monetize the botnet’s infected population by selling “partitioned” access to it.

How much does it cost to buy a thousand US-based malware infected hosts? What about hosts based in the European Union? Let’s find out. In this post, I’ll profile a newly launched underground service offering access to thousands of malware-infected hosts to virtually anyone who’s willing to pay the price.

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Email hacking for hire going mainstream – part three

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By Dancho Danchev

Just as we anticipated on two occasions in 2012, managed email hacking for hire services continue popping-up at publicly accessible cybercrime-friendly communities, a trend that’s largely driven by the demand for such services by unethical competition, “friends”, or current/ex-spouses.

Often pitched as “forgotten password recovery” services, they rely on social engineering, brute-forcing, and spear phishing campaigns, often leading to a successful compromise of a targeted account. Based on the number of positive vouches, the services continue receiving a steady stream off satisfied and verified customers.

In this post, I’ll profile one of the most recently advertised email hacking for hire services, specializing in hacking GMail and Yahoo! accounts, as well as email accounts using popular free Russian email service providers. How much does it cost to hack a Gmail or Yahoo! account? What about corporate email?

Let’s find out.

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Recently launched E-shop sells access to hundreds of hacked PayPal accounts

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By Dancho Danchev

Largely relying on sophisticated and legitimate-looking phishing campaigns, next to active data mining of a botnet’s infected population, today’s cybercriminals are in a perfect position to monetize these fraudulently obtained assets in the form of compromised accounts.

From compromised social networking accounts, to direct access to compromised servers and desktop PCs, the market segment has been steadily growing over the past couple of months.

In this post I’ll profile a newly launched cybercrime-friendly E-shop selling access to compromised accounts belonging primarily to PayPal users, but also, compromised accounts belonging to Apple, Walmart, Ebay and Skype users.

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New E-shop selling stolen credit cards data spotted in the wild

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By Dancho Danchev

What happens once a cybercriminal has managed to obtain access to your credit card data by either compromising an insecure database, or through crimeware dropped on an affected host? Would he purchase blank plastic and holograms and embed the stolen data in an attempt to cash out as much money as possible, or would he look for alternative “risk forwarding” tactics to earn revenue while preserving his security and anonymity in the process?

It depends on the cybercriminal in question. In this post, I’ll profile a recently launched E-shop offering complete access to stolen credit cards data  primarily belonging to U.S citizens.

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A peek inside a boutique cybercrime-friendly E-shop – part four

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By Dancho Danchev

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been periodically profiling the monetization tactics applied by novice cybercriminals, a market segment of less technically sophisticated individuals looking for ways to cash out on their fraudulent Web activities.

The rise of this market segment can be contributed to the rise of managed cybercrime-friendly services and DIY tools, allowing everyone an easy entry into the world of cybercrime.

In this post, I’ll profile yet another recently launched cybercrime-friendly E-shop, and emphasize the emergence of these over-the-counter (OTC) trading E-shops.

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New underground service offers access to hundreds of hacked PCs

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By Dancho Danchev

Want to buy anonymous access to hacked PCs, spam-free SMTP servers (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or compromised bank accounts?

A newly launched underground Web service, is currently offering access to hundreds of hacked PCs, SMTP servers, and hacked bank accounts.

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The United Nations hacked, Team Poison claims responsibility

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By Dancho Danchev

A well known group of hackers has penetrated the networks of the United Nations, according to a note posted on Pastebin.com.

The group claiming responsibility is Team Poison, a hacking group closely associated with the Anonymous hactivist movement. Team Poison members include TriCk, iN^SaNe, MLT,Phantom~, C0RPS3, f0rsaken, aXioM and ap0calypse.

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Zappos.com hacked, 24 million users affected

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by Dancho Danchev

According to an internal memo issued by Zappos, the shoe-and-apparel-selling division of Amazon has been breached by unknown cyber attackers, leading to the compromised accounts of over 24 million users.

The company has indicated that names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and the last four digits of customer’s credit card numbers have been compromised.

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