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Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Security Affairs

The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally identifiable information on Russian citizens spanning from 2009 to 2016. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.”

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Personal info of 90k hikers leaked by French tourism company La Malle Postale

Security Affairs

Founded in 2009, the company provides luggage and passenger transportation services on many popular hiking routes, including the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage trail. One of them is identity theft. Leaked data might also lead to phishing scams. Why is leaking personal data dangerous?

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. ” continues the report.

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Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak

Security Affairs

Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries. Identity Theft and Fraud. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Leaked contact information may be used to launch scam, phishing and malware attacks against FBS users. Who is FBS.

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

, aka Baobeilong, aka Zhang Jianguo, aka Atreexp, both nationals of the People’s Republic of China (China), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft was announced today. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Securing edge devices with identity authentication. Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Starting with Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009, it’s the on and off again hype of cryptocurrency that’s led the blockchain technology movement. More robust security for Domain Name Systems (DNS). Block Armour.