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BORN Ontario data breach impacted 3.4 million newborns and pregnancy care patients

Security Affairs

The organization confirmed that it was the victim of the massive hacking campaign targeting Progress MOVEit transfer systems that was conducted by the Clop ransomware group. In June, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability.

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Microsoft disrupts China-based hacking group Nickel

Malwarebytes

Microsoft has taken control of 42 web domains that a hacking group was using to try to breach its targets. Sadly, any setback to the Chinese hacking group or others will likely be temporary as the hackers will find and build new infrastructure to use in forthcoming attacks. An overview of Chinese hacking groups and their aliases.

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A chink in the armor of China-based hacking group Nickel

Malwarebytes

Microsoft has taken control of 42 web domains that a hacking group was using to try to breach its targets. Sadly, any setback to the Chinese hacking group or others will likely be temporary as the hackers will find and build new infrastructure to use in forthcoming attacks. An overview of Chinese hacking groups and their aliases.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. BEGINNINGS.

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Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex

SecureList

During the carnival of 2016, a Brazilian bank realized that their ATMs had been hacked, with all the cash contained in those machines stolen. The backdoor would allow the attacker to empty the ATM socket by launching the malware interface and typing a code supplied by the mastermind, the code being specific to each ATM being hacked.

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Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’

Krebs on Security

This post examines some of the clues left behind by “ Wazawaka ,” the hacker handle chosen by a major access broker in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. Wazawaka has been a highly active member of multiple cybercrime forums over the past decade, but his favorite is the Russian-language community Exploit.

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