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The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:03:28 +0000

One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. New research shows the attackers behind one such scheme have developed an ingenious way of keeping their malware from being taken down by security experts or law enforcement: By hosting the malicious files on a decentralized, anonymous cryptocurrency blockchain.

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The forgotten malvertising campaign

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Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: malvertising

Tags: ads

Tags: notepad

Tags: hta

Tags: malware

Tags: google

A sophisticated threat actor has been using Google ads to deliver custom malware payloads to victims for months while flying under the radar.

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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:23:25 +0000

Amir Golestan, the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan’s sentencing comes nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to using an elaborate network of phony companies to secure more than 735,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the nonprofit which oversees IP addresses assigned to entities in the U.S., Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.

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