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FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts

Krebs on Security

FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. also is a favored marketplace for people involved in selling phony social media accounts.

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How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam

Malwarebytes

You can reach back to 2007 and look in amazement at the 419 death threat. Kidnap scams involve making a phone call to a victim and telling them a loved one has been taken. Have a “password” that family members can use to confirm a loved one is really in trouble. The virtual kidnap: Step by step.

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YouTube channels of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and other musicians compromised

Malwarebytes

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?

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Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication

Krebs on Security

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. Reddit said the exposed data included internal source code as well as email addresses and obfuscated passwords for all Reddit users who registered accounts on the site prior to May 2007.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. since Q3 of 2007. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about.

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How cybercrime is impacting SMBs in 2023

SecureList

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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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Back in 2007 the California Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, did the unthinkable: she decertified all the digital voting systems in the state. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Listen to EP 08: Hacking Voting Systems.

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