Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

” That handle used the same ICQ instant messenger account number ( 555724 ) as a Mazafaka denizen named “ Nordex.” ” In February 2005, Nordex posted to Mazafaka that he was in the market for hacked bank accounts, and offered 50 percent of the take. In 2017, U.S. Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

In October 2012, the WorldWiredLabs domain moved to another dedicated server at the Internet address 198.91.90.7, Constella Intelligence , a service that indexes information exposed by public database leaks, shows this email address was used to register an account at the clothing retailer romwe.com, using the password “ 123456xx.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

First identified in 2017 by the security firm Deep Instinct , Mylobot employs a number of fairly sophisticated methods to remain undetected on infected hosts, such as running exclusively in the computer’s temporary memory, and waiting 14 days before attempting to contact the botnet’s command and control servers.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

A new report released by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows that financial losses due to suspected cybercrime continued to rise sharply over the course of 2021, to a total of $6.9 Five years ago, the same report showed that internet-based crime accounted for $1.4 billion, on 301,580 complaints.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2022

Exploit Tools and Targets: Malicious Use of Internet Information Services (IIS) Extension. Microsoft published a report on July 26th alerting defenders to the malicious use of Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions. 5 ) More recently, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” In 2017, crooks launched a phishing campaign against universities to compromise.edu accounts.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

According to Constella Intelligence , a data breach and threat actor research platform, a user named Semen7907 registered in 2017 on the Russian-language programming forum pawno[.]ru Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal , it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday. Getting an account at myequifax.com was easy.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From that moment, the timeline in their public disclosure began which I highlighted in this tweet: 23 hours and 42 minutes from initial private disclosure to @disqus to public notification and impacted accounts proactively protected pic.twitter.com/lctQEjHhiH — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 6, 2017. Bugs happen and they suck.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2019

Imperva , a leading provider of Internet firewall services that help Web sites block malicious cyberattacks, alerted customers on Tuesday that a recent data breach exposed email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys and SSL certificates for a subset of its firewall users. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Narelle Devine, the company’s chief information security officer for the Asia Pacific region, added that no customer account information was stored on the third-party platform. Data leaked online was from 2017, it includes the names (first and last) and email addresses used to sign up for the employee rewards program.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In early 2017, Babam confided to another Verified user via private message that he is from Lithuania. Cyber intelligence platform Constella Intelligence told KrebsOnSecurity that the operns@gmail.com address was used in 2016 to register an account at filmai.in , which is a movie streaming service catering to Lithuanian speakers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. ” COME, ABUSE WITH US The gold farming reference is fascinating because in 2017 KrebsOnSecurity published Who Ran LeakedSource? An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. The Kyivstar mobile network serves about 26 million mobile customers and more than 1 million broadband fixed internet customers in the country. All mobile communications and internet access were temporarily interrupted.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The general manager of Escrow.com found himself on the phone with one of the GoDaddy hackers, after someone who claimed they worked at GoDaddy called and said they needed him to authorize some changes to the account. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

Microsoft occupied more than half the list, with Exchange Server accounting for eight of the vulnerabilities. Malicious actors tend to focus on internet-facing systems to gain entry into a network, such as email and virtual private network (VPN) servers, using exploits targeting newly disclosed vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-11882.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2022

In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. KG is a German multinational software company best known for their Avira Free Security (a.k.a. Avira Free Antivirus). In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based based NortonLifeLock Inc., the same company that now owns Norton 360.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017. Sandworm were observed targeting open ports and unprotected RDP or SSH interfaces to gain access to the internet-facing systems. “Note (!) .’ “Note (!) ” reads the advisory.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Consider that most of us spend more time navigating the Internet on our laptops and smartphones than we do behind the wheel of a car. But the larger point is that Xbash is just one of dozens of malware families circulating far and wide across the Internet. Credential stuffing campaigns have become part of the fabric of the Internet.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2018

Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in what appears to be the result of a coordinated attack, all the accounts share common signs of compromise. Alleged attackers have hijacked Instagram accounts and modified personal information making impossible to restore the accounts. Russian domain. Russian domain.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

A 22-year-old man was sentenced for his involvement in an extortion attempt against Apple, he threatened to mass-hack iCloud accounts. In March 2017, crooks claimed to have over 627 millions of iCloud credentials and threatened to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs if Apple did not pay $150,000 within two weeks. reported the NCA.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. The same account continues to sell subscriptions to Shifter.io.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. Six days later, on December 19, 2017.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2021

Internet archivist Jason Scott says Herring was the creator of the successful software products Sparkware and QWIKMail; Scott has 2 hours worth of interviews with Herring from 20 years ago here. From there, the attackers can reset the password for any online account that allows password resets via SMS.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In contemporary times, with the exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes, connected cars, and wearable devices, the importance of RF pentesting has soared significantly. GHz and 5 GHz bands, providing high-speed wireless internet connectivity (Kurkovsky, 2006).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The ad campaign follows a similar initiative launched in late 2017 that academics say measurably dampened demand for such services by explaining that their use to harm others is illegal and can land potential customers in jail. For example, search in Google for the terms “booter” or “stresser” from a U.K.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

You probably don’t recall creating an account on the Verifications.io Email verifiers are online services that allow marketers and salespeople to verify that the email address you used to create an account, sign up for a newsletter or make an order on their website is real and valid. platform or River City Media.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

According to the Cybersecurity Ventures’ cybercrime statistics 2017 cybercrime damages will amount to a staggering $6 trillion annually starting in 2021. 7 million in 2017 to a new high of US$13. The cost of ransomware attacks accounts for 21 percent of the overall expenses, while the cost of malicious insider accounts for 15 percent.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2016, for instance.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

For example, there's Dun & Bradstreet's NetProspex which leaked 33M records in 2017 , Exactis who had 132M records breached last year and the Apollo data breach which exposed 126M accounts, one of which was my own. Well, almost nothing.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Technical scams abuse legitimate aspects of modern internet infrastructure to lead users to illegitimate or compromised sites. Malwarebytes Labs first spotted Wooflocker in 2020, and even then, we learned that the cybercriminals behind it had likely been building out their web traffic redirection machine since 2017.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. GLIBC keeps common code in one place, thus making it easier for multiple programs to connect to the company network and to the Internet. Fast forward to 2017. Privilege account credentials are widely available for sale. Branching attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2022

The DOJ says RSOCKS initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers, though it expanded to targeting additional types of devices including conventional computers.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. Norton Crypto lets users withdraw their earnings to an account at cryptocurrency platform CoinBase, but as Norton Crypto’s FAQ rightly points out, there are coin mining fees as well as transaction costs to transfer Ethereum. ”

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