Onliner is used to send the banking malware Ursnif to vulnerable Windows computers.
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In order to target specific types of computers, the spammer first sends out 'fingerprinting' emails though Onliner.
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Onliner takes advantage of credentials harvested from other security breaches, including the LinkedIn hack from 2012, phishing campaigns, and other sources.
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Onliner has the required details for about 80 million accounts which are then used to spam the remaining 630 million email addresses.
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A new spambot called Onliner has been discovered which can bypass spam filters and target 711 million email addresses, as noted by ZDNet.
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The discovery was made when a security researcher known as Benkow uncovered an open web directory on a web server used by Onliner.
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Onliner was used to deliver malware into inboxes, resulting in more than 100,000 unique infections across the world, according to a report in technology website ZDNet .
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According to ZDNet, the unknown parties behind the server were using the list in coordination with the Onliner spambot to distribute the Ursnif malware, which is capable of stealing large amounts of data from browsers and software (particularly banking info).
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The Onliner spambot, which bypassed email filters to make it appear as though the emails were coming from legitimate sources, got a lot of attention this past summer because it inadvertently exposed its own email spamming list that included 711 million addresses.
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On January 27, 2020, Onliner joined the Association of Online Commerce Enterprises (APOT). In February 2020 the company launched Onliner Pay, the new e-commerce payment system that allows users to buy directly at Onliner.by. In the same month Onliner introduced Stories.
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In 2005 Onliner placed the new slogan ‘Digital Lifestyle’ on its homepage. In the early 2010s, Onliner functioned as a news portal inclined to entertainment, and that's why the language and layout of its articles were comparatively simple. Brief articles with lots of illustrations prevailed among the publications. However, some researchers consider media like Onliner to be a boost for the genre of long-reads and photographic reports.
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Early Onliner published articles on mobile gadgets and network development in Belarus and abroad. In 2002 Onliner was awarded Project of the Year prize at Belarus Internet Forum and its founder Vitaly Shuravko was announced Person of the Year. The site’s audience reached 15,000 unique users per day. In the early 2000s, the forum was introduced.
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As of 2013, Onliner was the 9th of most visited resources among Belarusian Internet users. In 2013 the domain "online.by" was purchased at a charity auction by Onliner LLC for Br100 mln (about $8700). In December 2014 the web site was blocked by Belarusian authorities and was removed from the national domain zone. A dozen of other sites were blocked, too, but only the Onliner’s ban was officially confirmed.
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In the late 2000s, Onliner developed several other sections and services, including an online classified on automobile sales and real estate. By 2010 Onliner opened an independent editorial section on automobiles, in a year its audience exceeded 50,000 unique visitors daily. Early in 2011 it was followed by the real estate department, by the yearend the fourth financial section was divided. In 2011 Onliner’s Twitter nearly equaled its long-time competitor Tut.
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In a decade the site eventually grew into an influential independent media with a news section, photo and video reports, interviews, investigative journalism, etc. In 2012 Onliner dropped the ‘digital lifestyle' slogan and announced a transfer to the concept of a multisectoral news portal. By February 2013 the audience almost reached 500,000 unique users daily. According to gemiusAudience, Onliner was the first among Belarusian news media sites with an audience 1.5 times larger, than Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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The issue was soon resolved and the site continued normal performance. In March 2018 more than 300 publications were issued daily. In 2018 Onliner was the most visited e-commerce portal in ByNet, its monthly audience reached 1.4 mln people with 11 mln pages viewed daily.
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By December 2019, Onliner reached 500.000 subscribers. On June 19, 2019, the editors office received a bomb threat letter from Orwell! grouping. The same gang called in fake threats to several shopping malls and office centres. Later in the same year, the portal became the target of a significant DDoS attack.
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In August 2016 Onliner introduced the new responsive design for smartphones and desktops. The homepage featured interactive tiles with headlines and previews of articles. In May 2017 the administration was notified on possible blockage in RuNet by Roskomnadzor. The official reason was a message on Onliner’s forum that could be perceived as blasphemy.
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Adjectives: order (from English Grammar Today), in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary onlineR. Declerck, A Comprehensive Descriptive Grammar of English (1991), p. 350: "When there are several descriptive adjectives, they normally occur in the following order: characteristic – size – shape – age – colour – [...]" Determiners—articles, numerals and other limiters (e.g. three blind mice)—come before attributive adjectives in English.
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Onliner pioneered the genre of video reports in the Belarusian Internet. In 2019 Onliner’s YouTube channel had more than 375,000 subscribers, its stories on common people gained wide success and exceeded millions of views. As of 2020, the company comprises five independent editor’s offices (People, Real Estate, Auto, Technology, and Forum). In March 2020 the site exceeded 1 mln unique visitors per day.
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In his further commentary, Alexander Lukashenko expressed scepticism towards the potential epidemiological danger of the parade and invited Russian officials to take part in it, emphasizing the openness of Belarus to its Russian "friends and brothers". Lukashenko also noted that, despite the absence of nation-wide restrictions, Belarusians had shown care for their health during the past May holidays: "[People] kind of spread-out. There were no gatherings". According to the 6 May Onliner.
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Onliner is positioned as an independent media with no financial support from the government or business. Its mission is to provide a platform for every ordinary Belarusian to speak up and deal with everyday challenges. In 2019 the site got the highest rate on being free from state propaganda among independent media. Editors office follows strict non- political policy. Onliner’s audience includes the biggest percent of wealthy visitors in the ByNet and over 60% of age 25-34.
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Sergey Dylevsky was sentenced to 15 days of imprisonment. Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš announced that, at a government meeting, a letter was addressed to the International Ice Hockey Federation with an appeal to move the 2021 IIHF World Championship from Belarus to another country. More than 50 employees of independent media (BelaPAN, TUT.BY, Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus, Tribuna, Onliner, Euroradio, Radio Liberty and others) came to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to express solidarity with the detained colleagues.
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