Dark Reading
8 months, 2 weeks ago
'Jingle Thief' Highlights Retail Cyber Threats
A Morocco-based gift card fraud campaign is a sign of what retailers can expect this holiday season.
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Morocco covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Morocco, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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Dark Reading
10 months ago
Emerging Yurei Ransomware Claims First Victims
The cybercrime group, named after Japanese ghosts but believed to be from Morocco, uses a modified version of the Prince-Ransomware binary that includes a flaw allowing for partial data recovery. However, an extortion threat remains.
The Hacker News
11 months, 2 weeks ago
PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan (RAT) called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong
Dark Reading
1 year, 3 months ago
Morocco Investigates Social Security Agency Data Leak
A threat actor has claimed responsibility for the alleged politically motivated attack and has uploaded the stolen data to a Dark Web forum.
The Hacker News
2 years, 1 month ago
Moroccan Cybercrime Group Steals Up to $100K Daily Through Gift Card Fraud
Microsoft is calling attention to a Morocco-based cybercrime group dubbed Storm-0539 that's behind gift card fraud and theft through highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks
The Hacker News
2 years, 3 months ago
Hackers Targeting Human Rights Activists in Morocco and Western Sahara
Human rights activists in Morocco and the Western Sahara region are the targets of a new threat actor that leverages phishing attacks to trick victims into installing bogus Android apps and serve credential harvesting pages for Windows users
Dark Reading
2 years, 3 months ago
'Darcula' Phishing-as-a-Service Operation Bleeds Victims Worldwide
Pervasive and inexpensive phishing kit encompasses hundreds of templates targeting Kuwait Post, Etisalat, Jordan Post, Saudi Post. Australia Post, Singapore Post, and postal services in South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, and more.
Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives
2 years, 9 months ago
Cybercriminals Exploit the Moroccan Tragedy in New Scam Campaign
This blog entry details a scheme that exploits the recent Morocco earthquake by impersonating the domain name of a well-known humanitarian organization for financial fraud.
The Register
3 years, 5 months ago
Mon Dieu! Suspected French ShinyHunters gang member in the dock
Man seized in Morocco is now presumably sleepless in Seattle A French citizen was scheduled to appear before a US court on Friday on a nine-count indictment related to his alleged involvement in the ShinyHunters cybercrime gang that trafficked in identity and corporate data theft and sometimes extortion.…
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 7 months ago
FuboTV says World Cup streaming outage caused by a cyberattack
FuboTV has confirmed that a streaming outage preventing subscribers from watching the World Cup Qatar 2022 semifinal match between France and Morocco was caused by a cyberattack. [...]