Posts Tagged ‘underground forum’

Blackhole Exploit Kit updates to 2.0

Sep

2012

Here at Websense Security Labs, we like to keep our ears to the ground to listen carefully for new threats. Yesterday, another researcher blog announced that there was a new version of the infamous Blackhole Exploit Kit. The advertisement for the new version of Blackhole was posted on an underground forum and was written in Russian. […]

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W32.Shadesrat (Blackshades) Author Arrested?

Jun

2012

In a global sting operation carried out by the FBI, over 24 people have been arrested, including an individual named Michael Hogue, a.k.a. “xVisceral”. According to an underground forum post, xVisceral is involved in the Blackshades project, at the very least as a project manager. It is likely, however, that this Remote Access Tool (RAT) […]

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LinkedIn and eHarmony passwords databases leaked

Jun

2012

Yesterday, password databases from two popular websites were leaked in an underground forum popular with computer hackers. 6.5 million passwords from LinkedIn and a further 1.5 million passwords from internet dating site eHarmony were divulged following attacks on these sites. LinkedIn has already acknowledged the leak, and have said they are changing the algorithm for […]

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