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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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A bug is about to confuse a lot of computers by turning back time 20 years

Malwarebytes

This would mean Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers using the broken GPSD versions would think it’s March 2002 instead of October 2021. Authentication mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) and Kerberos also rely heavily on time. The same would happen in cases where authentication relies on cookies.

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VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

Krebs on Security

7, 2020, the NSA said “Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors are exploiting a vulnerability in VMware Access and VMware Identity Manager products, allowing the actors access to protected data and abusing federated authentication.” 3, and said it learned about the flaw from the NSA. ” Indeed, the NSA’s Dec.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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3.4 Million user records from LiveAuctioneers hack available for sale

Security Affairs

LiveAuctioneers is one of the world’s largest art, antiques & collectibles online marketplace that was founded in 2002. In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones. million users. million LiveAuctioneers users. Pierluigi Paganini.

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How the FTC’s Amendments to the Safeguards Rule Affects Auto Dealerships

Duo's Security Blog

And one of the few security technologies that is specifically called out by the FTC is multi-factor authentication (MFA). In 1999, Congress passed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GBLA) that established the 2002 Safeguards Rule. Multi-factor authentication helps security teams control access to sensitive data.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

You probably use the deep web all the time — examples may include bank accounts, your email, and login-restricted content such as news or streaming entertainment. Change your passwords for your online accounts and create strong, unique passwords for each account. Turn on multifactor authentication for all online accounts.