CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

Afterward, cybercriminals leaked data of thousands of the company’s employees onto the dark web, including social security numbers and bank account details of employees involved in the R&D of infrastructure products.

Cyber Attacks 113

Cyber Attacks Banking Retail Media 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. Brovko was involved in the illegal practice between 2007 and 2019. In some cases, the man manually chacked the stolen information.

Accountability 102

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 102

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

IKEA, the furniture giant from Sweden, has disclosed that its servers were hit by a Qakbot malware that could have compromised its staff and partner accounts to a certain extent. However, as the investigation is still underway, compromise of accounts is yet to be determined.

Malware 105

Malware Retail Banking Accountability 105

Spinone

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Essentials for Google Account Backup Innovation and leadership have been two of the main keys to their success. We saw, how Gmail was launched in 2007, then we saw, how they started engaging in the cloud war by launching their own cloud storage: Google Drive , and they continued to go on and on, making our lives easier with their products.

Backups 40

Backups Accountability Engineering Risk 40

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Today's sentence holds Jimenez accountable for brazenly selling the identities of children to his customers for his own profit.". Since setting up his business in 2007, Jimenez has amassed millions of dollars, which he used to purchase real estate and fund a lavish lifestyle. A lavish lifestyle. He admitted to spending a total of $5.5M

Identity Theft 94

Identity Theft Government Accountability Scams 94

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. Reliaquest says QakBot infections accounted for nearly one-third of all loaders observed in the wild during the first six months of this year. Qakbot/Qbot was once again the top malware loader observed in the wild in the first six months of 2023.

Hacking 244

Hacking Malware Ransomware Government 244

Malwarebytes

APRIL 8, 2022

Some of the biggest stars around have seen content placed on their YouTube accounts without permission over the last couple of days. The last time I can remember an all-out targeted attack on social media musicians was way back in 2007 during Ye Olde Myspace days. Signing into YouTube requires a Google account. Justin Bieber?

Scams 118

Scams Accountability Phishing Malware 118

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. APT28 used the compromised email accounts to send malicious emails and compromised routers to recover exfiltrated data.

Government 108

Government Phishing Accountability Hacking 108

Spinone

DECEMBER 28, 2016

On April 22, 2007 Google launched the professional package of Google Apps for Enterprise. There are 3 ways to get a Business plan: “Upgrade” an existing account. Create a Business account during initial registration. Now back to the G Suite Administrator account. Changing the number of users in an account.

Accountability 40

Accountability Backups 40

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On February 16th, an account linked to that email uploaded a batch of files including marketing documents, images, screenshots, and a substantial collection of WeChat messages exchanged between I-SOON employees and clients. An analyst based in Taiwan, known as Azaka, discovered the data leak and shared their findings on social media.

Hacking 108

Hacking Government Spyware Marketing 108

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

Government 109

Government Telecommunications Accountability Phishing 109

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. In 2007, Salomon collected more than $3,000 from botmasters affiliated with competing spam affiliate programs that wanted to see Spamhaus suffer, and the money was used to fund a week-long distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Spamhaus and its online infrastructure. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

Cybercrime 202

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 202

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Since at least 2007, the MOIS coordinated a series of cyber operation against government entities and private organizations around the world. We join in Prime Minister Rama’s call for Iran to be held accountable for this unprecedented cyber incident. “Today, the U.S. “The ally and set a troubling precedent for cyberspace.”

Government 126

Government Cyber Attacks Hacking Cyber threats 126

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

The hacker accessed user data, email addresses, and a 2007 backup database containing hashed passwords managed by the platform. The data breach was discovered on June 19, 2018, according to Reddit, between June 14 and 18, 2018, the attacker compromised some of the employees’ accounts with the company cloud and source code hosting providers.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches Backups Passwords Authentication 56

Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The APT41 group, aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. The researchers noticed that the most common attack against networks and cloud instances is the account takeover. ” continues the report.

Media 94

Media Accountability Government Malware 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. It is unclear why APT28 is using compromised email accounts of (mostly) defense companies in the Middle East.

Phishing 135

Phishing Accountability Advertising DNS 135

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Back in the day… In 2007, reality came knocking at the door in the form of articles with titles like “ Encrypted e-mail company Hushmail spills to feds ”. 12 CDs worth of e-mails from three Hushmail accounts” related to alleged steroid dealer antics were turned over to law enforcement.

Encryption 99

Encryption Accountability 99

Krebs on Security

JULY 1, 2021

a data broker acquired by Equifax in 2007. The Work Number is a user-paid verification of employment database created by TALX Corp. ,

Small Business 338

Small Business Financial Services Government Media 338

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. This specific campaign accounted for 86% of the batch of warnings that the Google team sent out for this month.

Phishing 93

Phishing Government Hacking Accountability 93

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2024

The Government proffers that the organization has obtained false state driver’s licenses and false passports, both to create the online personas used to perpetrate its romance scams and to register shell business entities and open bank accounts under untraceable aliases. Hermann in turn recruited Assane and Baines to open even more accounts.

Banking 70

Banking Scams Accountability Government 70

Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2022

You can reach back to 2007 and look in amazement at the 419 death threat. FBI Chicago released several good pieces of advice in March, which take into account the social engineering side of things: Never post news of upcoming travel dates and locations online. These tactics have been around for a very long time.

Scams 126

Scams Social Engineering Password Management Engineering 126

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

” Once inside of a target organization, the hackers stole source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data and other information they could use or resell. APT41’s activities span from the mid-2000s to the present day. ” At the time of story, DaiLin was 28 years old.

Antivirus 353

Antivirus Hacking Government Software 353

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations.

Malware 119

Malware Accountability Hacking Government 119

Security Boulevard

JUNE 3, 2021

Kidz Academy opened a new Regions Bank checking account on 25JUN2019. Bouvier Hair opened a new Regions Bank checking account on 07MAY2020. Slim Fit opened a new Trustmark checking account on 22APR2020. Kidz Academy opened a new Trustmark checking account on 06MAY2020. The story in her Regions account was about the same.

Banking 109

Banking Accountability 109

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Zynga confirmed that the account login information for certain players of Draw Something and Words With Friends that may have been exposed in the data breach.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Mobile Accountability Passwords 87

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. This specific campaign accounted for 86% of the batch of warnings that the Google team sent out for this month.

Phishing 83

Phishing Hacking Government VPN 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

They also activated files that forced infected computers to register email accounts with AOL.” “The defendants registered more than 100,000 email accounts using this method. The defendants would then steal account credentials. . “The defendants used stolen email credentials to copy a victim’s email contacts.

Cryptocurrency 90

Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Advertising Accountability 90

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Our office is committed to holding these criminals accountable and protecting our communities as cybercrime becomes an ever more prominent threat. From 2007 through 2019, he worked with other criminal hackers to monetize data that had been stolen through botnets. The cybercrimes of Aleksandr Brovko. Under the U.S.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Banking Accountability Software 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

System Administration 91

System Administration Government Phishing Malware 91

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. Portnox is a private company that specializes in network access security with nearly 1,000 customers and closed a Series A fundraising with Elsewhere Partners for $22 million in 2022.

IoT 98

IoT Authentication VPN Backups 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

In a post to Reddit, the social news aggregation platform said it learned on June 19 that between June 14 and 18 an attacker compromised a several employee accounts at its cloud and source code hosting providers. “We point this out to encourage everyone here to move to token-based 2FA.”

Authentication 189

Authentication Mobile Passwords Accountability 189

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Next, the attackers logged in to the web interface using a privileged root account. It’s unknown how the attackers were able to obtain the credentials for that account, but it’s possible the credentials were saved in one of the infected system’s browser password managers.” ” reads the report published by the experts.

Malware 95

Malware Cryptocurrency Password Management Encryption 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. According to the Treasury and DOJ, Tian and Li received funds from North Korea-controlled accounts in at least two cases.

Cryptocurrency 98

Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Accountability 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. io ), to share videos of their claimed exploits, and for amplifying and retweeting posts from other accounts under their control.

Malware 124

Malware Phishing Antivirus Hacking 124

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributes this campaign with high confidence to ZINC, a DPRK-affiliated and state-sponsored group, based on observed tradecraft, infrastructure, malware patterns, and account affiliations.” Attackers used Twitter profiles for sharing links to a blog under their control ( br0vvnn[.]io

Malware 114

Malware Antivirus Hacking Accountability 114

Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2018

” The experts discovered that the flaw was first discovered in 2007 and it was publicly disclosed in 2009 during the CanSecWest security conference. The vulnerability is the result of a combination of several arbitrary memory dereference issued and an unbounded memory write vulnerability. ” continues Trustwave.

Advertising 49

Advertising Architecture Authentication Accountability 49

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. .”

Malware 85

Malware Firmware Government Education 85