Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “ Hieupc ” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. Ngo’s former identity theft service, superget[.]info. Secret Service.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury announced two separate indictments charging the five Chinese nationals with facilitating theft of source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data, and valuable business information. They two suspects have been arrested this week in Sitiawan, Malaysia, on U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

In 2010, Microsoft — in tandem with a number of security researchers — launched a combined technical and legal sneak attack on the Waledac botnet, successfully dismantling it. The government acknowledged that it was difficult to come to an accurate accounting of how much Levashov’s various botnets cost companies and consumers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

“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.” “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. ” continues the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The compromised information was highly sensitive and varied by individual, including Social Security numbers, bank account and routing numbers, member identification numbers, taxpayer identification, contact details, and other data. In April 2019, an internal alert notified the security team of unauthorized access.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most of the tax-related attacks follow a few tried and true methods: A phishing email or scam call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, or an accountant offering to help you get a big refund. The first snapshot promoting an online tax filing service shows up in 2010. And the consequences of that theft can be devastating.

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