Flood Computing Solutions - Blog , SecurityFlood Computing Solutions - Blog , Securityhttps://www.floodcomputingsolutions.com/blogs/securityTue, 07 Apr 2026 07:27:55 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Cookie Monster Strikes Genesis]]>https://www.floodcomputingsolutions.com/blogs/post/Genesis-Market-SeizedThe Genesis is a dark web marketplace that was created in 2018. In 2023, the FBI shut down the Genesis marketplace in an operation called ‘Cookie Monster’. The operation was a major success for the FBI, as it dealt a significant blow to the black market on the dark web.]]>

Genesis Market Seized

Genesis Market appears to have been taken down in connection with the FBI's Operation Cookie Monster. From what we have learned it appears that the FBI has orchestrated a sweeping act against various websites that are thought to be connected to dark web and cybercrime activity.


Genesis Market homepage now lists the domain as being seized in connection with Operation Cookie Monster. This appears to be done as a result of a warrant issued by a Wisconsin court.


Reports include dozens of arrests in the United States and other countries. We are interested to see how this story continues to develop. Including 120 arrests around the Genesis Market sites. 


The Genesis marketplace has been around since late 2018, offering cybercriminals access to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘bots’ that could be used to carry out malicious activities and bypass anti-fraud systems. 


The bots were directly related to obtaining the browsers fingerprint, using malicious malware. This particular site was an invite only organization. 


It will be interesting to see how this Operation Cookie Monster continues to unfold. 

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]]>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:31:50 -0700<![CDATA[Attention Data Breach Last Pass ]]>https://www.floodcomputingsolutions.com/blogs/post/LastPass Is there a safe place to store your passwords online? ]]>

Last Pass Data Breach

Is there a safe place to store your passwords online?


In short, no. The vault of your own mind, and pen and paper are still the most secure methods of keeping track of your passwords.

As seen with the recent news release from LastPass, owned by GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), a company trusted by more than 30 million users and 85,000 business customers worldwide. Last Pass had been breached in August of 22, that went through October 22.

The result of the first breech allowed the threat actor enough information to use a software to capture a DevOps Engineer's corporate vault, password and MFA authentication. Giving them access to millions of critical database files.

The temptation for easy login and password remembrance is not worth the security risk.

]]>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0800<![CDATA[February Patch Tuesday News ]]>https://www.floodcomputingsolutions.com/blogs/post/february-patch-tuesday-newsMicrosoft’s Patch Tuesday machine is humming loudly with software updates to fix at least 76 vulnerabilities in Windows and OS components and the comp ]]>

February Patch Tuesday News

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday machine is humming loudly with software updates to fix at least 76 vulnerabilities in Windows and OS components and the company is warning that some of the bugs have already been exploited in the wild. 

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]]>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:22:00 -0800<![CDATA[New Malware Chaos]]>https://www.floodcomputingsolutions.com/blogs/post/Employee-Security-Awareness2Surprise! There is a new malware spreading. It appears to have been released around April 2022, though now is when we see an uptick in the spread. Wha ]]>

September 22, 2022

New Malware Hitting Businesses Hard

Surprise! There is a new malware spreading. It appears to have been released around April 2022, though now is when we see an uptick in the spread. What makes this little bugger a “fun” one is it capable of attacking Linux and Windows devices. This malware can infect anything from a router to a server system. What name has this critter been dubbed with? Chaos.


Chaos first appeared in mid-April of 2022, but in September 2022, we saw it spread with leaps and bounds. Chaos creators have been using it for the usual no-good crimes of DDoS attacks and crypto mining. While media, financial firms, and hosting companies have been the primary victims of Chaos, it has crossed many other industries.


Current recommendations to protect against Chaos are patching known CVEs, regularly monitoring all systems, changing passwords regularly, and removing old root access on machines. Weekly reboots of routers and all computer systems will also assist in clearing out malware.

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