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.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. ” 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.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Aleksandr Brovko). Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 102

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 102

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

The social media platform Reddit has notified users that some of them have been locked out of their accounts after detecting suspicious activity. Reddit locked down a large number of user accounts after due to a security concern after detecting suspicious activity on them. . ” reads a post published by one of the Reddit admins.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. 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.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Albania cyberattack). “Today, the U.S. “The

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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.

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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.

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Government Telecommunications Accountability Phishing 109

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

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. The post Symantec shared details of North Korean Lazarus’s FastCash Trojan used to hack banks appeared first on Security Affairs.

Banking 107

Banking Hacking Malware Advertising 107

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – Russia APT, hacking). link] #MSFTatBlackHat — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) August 5, 2019.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. bank accounts. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

Cybercrime 209

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 209

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google revealed to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers since January. Google announced to have sent roughly 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or hacking attempts to customers during 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Phishing Hacking Government VPN 83

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 93

Media Accountability Government Malware 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The researchers pointed out that the warning is related to hacking attempts and that not all the attacks have been successful, also thanks to the defense implemented by Google. This specific campaign accounted for 86% of the batch of warnings that the Google team sent out for this month. SecurityAffairs – hacking, spear-phishing).

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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

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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Crutch).

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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 114

Scams Accountability Phishing Malware 114

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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

“ Two Chinese nationals were charged with laundering over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a hack of a cryptocurrency exchange. The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. million from another exchange.

Cryptocurrency 99

Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Accountability 99

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

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

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.

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Malware Phishing Antivirus Hacking 125

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.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lazarus).

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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.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zinc). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Antivirus Hacking Accountability 115

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.”

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Authentication Mobile Passwords Accountability 195

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. .”

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Malware Firmware Government Education 85

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.

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Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Advertising Accountability 90

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. Why glorify the criminal hackers? I'm Robert Vamosi.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 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. SecurityAffairs – Operation In(ter)reception , hacking). “a password-protected RAR archive containing a LNK file.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The US-CERT has released a joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and the Treasury warning about a new ATM cash-out scheme, dubbed “ FASTCash ,” being used by the prolific North Korean APT hacking group known as Hidden Cobra (aka Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace).

Banking 87

Banking Retail Advertising Malware 87

Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. A recent article warns, “TeamViewer users have had their bank accounts emptied by hackers gaining full-system access”. SecurityAffairs – TeamViewer, hacking). ” wrote the company. .

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The skip-2.0

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Spinone

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to backup Office 365 emails if you have a vast number of messages from multiple accounts? The biggest concern of using native O utlook email backup is the possibility of a hacker’s attack or a virus infecting your account. It enables you to copy your emails by forwarding them to another account. Tool №2.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

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Hacking Mobile Software Technology 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems. Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. They invited us and other members of the public to try to hack it. Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify Podcasts. Amazon Music.

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Hacking Mobile Software Technology 52

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Below is a brief description of the most popular types of threats that SMB employees encountered in January–May 2023: Exploits The biggest threat to SMBs in the first five months of 2023 were exploits , which accounted for 483,980 detections. If an employee enters their credentials, the scammers get access to their account.

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