Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that obelisk57@gmail.com was used to register an account on the forum Blacksoftware under the nickname “ Kerens.” has been associated with the user Kerens on the Russian hacking forum Exploit from 2011 to the present day. su) were at one point registered to spurtov@gmail.com.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. Cyber intelligence platform Constella Intelligence told KrebsOnSecurity that the operns@gmail.com address was used in 2016 to register an account at filmai.in , which is a movie streaming service catering to Lithuanian speakers. com (2017).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Flashpoint said MrMurza appears to be extensively involved in botnet activity and “drops” — fraudulent bank accounts created using stolen identity data that are often used in money laundering and cash-out schemes. was used for an account “Hackerok” at the accounting service klerk.ru

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

Chinese hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability the Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus in the recently disclosed hack of Mitsubishi Electric. The remote process execution is bound to a web service account, which depending on the web platform used may have restricted permissions. SecurityAffairs – Mitsubishi Electric, hacking).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

Ngo got his treasure trove of consumer data by hacking and social engineering his way into a string of major data brokers. O’Neill said he opened the investigation into Ngo’s identity theft business after reading about it in a 2011 KrebsOnSecurity story, “ How Much is Your Identity Worth? BEGINNINGS.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

First is the news related to Russian hackers infiltrating an email account of a British Member of Parliament to steal intelligence. According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, threat actors, probably funded by Kremlin, hacked the email account of Stewart McDonald via a spear-phishing act.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Wondering whether he might receive email communications to that address if he registered the domain, Vegh snapped it up for a few dollars, set up a catch-all email account for it, and waited. “My accounts were hacked and if any funding is gone your [sic] sued from me and federal trade commission,” one wrote.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 for more than $7.6bn. According to the indictment, McAfee allegedly evaded his tax liability by directing his income to be paid into bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, McAfee). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

NASA Office of Inspector General revealed that the Agency’s network was hacked in April 2018, intruders exfiltrated roughly 500 MB of data related to Mars missions. Unfortunately, this was not the first time hackers broke into JPL , it has already happened back in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The post NASA hacked!

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. The IT giant also removed 1,183 Google accounts, 908 cloud projects, and 870 Google Ads accounts used by the operators. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

million of its customers, two months after its Passenger Service System provider SITA was hacked. 26, 2011 and February. ” The company recommends passengers to change their passwords to prevent unauthorized access to their accounts and ensure their data security. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Air India).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

It is estimated that the cryptocurrencies stolen between January 2011 and December 2021 amount to $12.1 billion from organizations in the industry and attacks against DeFi platforms accounted for $1.76 SecurityAffairs – hacking, crypto security breaches). ” reads the report published by Invezz. . Threat actors stole $3.18

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The authorities reported that since 2011, 7 million Bitcoin went into the BTC-e exchange and 5.5 SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). million withdrawn. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

“This litigation is another step forward in holding cybercriminals accountable, by not just targeting those that operate botnets, but also those that profit from malware distribution.” Before downloading any software, do research on the product, and read reviews from others who have already downloaded and used the software.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S. Russian state-sponsored APT actors’ global Energy Sector intrusion campaign, 2011 to 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Russia-linked threat actors). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Facebook updates its bug bounty program, it is increasing the overall rewards for security flaws that could be exploited to take over accounts. Increasing Bounties for Account Takeover VulnerabilitiesSince 2011, our Bug Bounty program has been among the most… Gepostet von Facebook Bug Bounty am Dienstag, 20. November 2018.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

To validate the cookies and to grab more information about the YouTube user account, the malware starts one of the installed web browsers on the infected machine in headless mode and adds the cookie to its cookie store.” Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing site that was founded in 2011. SecurityAffairs – hacking, YTStealer).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2023

released in 2011.” The researchers observed threat actors exploiting the flaw to gain access to the Openfire Plugins interface and creating new admin console user accounts to install a new plugin. Of those, the most popular version is 3.7.1,released ” adds the company. ” adds the company.

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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. In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. Why glorify the criminal hackers? And he had. For the moment.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. Listen to EP 12: Hacking Healthcare. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. there's three reasons why people hack: one is for just notoriety, that's what script kiddies do.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. Listen to EP 12: Hacking Healthcare. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. there's three reasons why people hack: one is for just notoriety, that's what script kiddies do.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website. As reported in 2011, the company fell victim to two cyberattacks, which are suspected to be part of an espionage attempt.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

.” The security breach was discovered after Mitsubishi Electric staff found a suspicious file on one of the company’s servers, further investigation allowed the company to determine that hack of an employee account. SecurityAffairs – data breach, hacking). ” reported Kyodo News. ” reported Kyodo News. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The threat actors were returning periodically in the compromised network to launch xPack again and steal account credentials from the compromised organizations. Symantec speculates Antlion is has been active since at least 2011, its TTP overlaps the ones associated with China-linked nation-state actors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

contacts, images, and files) from various online accounts associated cloud storage services. Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT35). continues IBM. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

The service, which accepts PayPal, Bitcoin and all major credit cards, is aimed primarily at enterprises engaged in repetitive, automated activity that often results in an IP address being temporarily blocked — such as data scraping, or mass-creating new accounts at some service online.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. W? ”, used as “s**t” or “damn”) is the name that Fox-IT uses to describe the hacking activities of a Chinese based hacking group.” SecurityAffairs – APT20, hacking).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed the APT group making more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific Microsoft customers and then attack 241 of those accounts. The messages include a link and claim to inform the recipient of an attempt to compromise their email account.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

They may start with a low-level account, but they exploit permissions and pathways to work themselves up to an intimidating level of privilege where they’re poised to cause irreparable damage and also gain persistence or lockdown the account. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cloud computing). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spinone

JANUARY 1, 2019

However, some of these users take the necessary steps to ensure their emails and files within G mail are backed up in the case of accidental data loss or a hacked account. Because they are accessible by anyone with the correct login credentials from any location, Gmail accounts are also vulnerable to being hacked.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Introduction Radio Frequency (RF) penetration testing, popularly referred to as RF pentesting, stands as a vital domain within ethical hacking. Different wireless technologies operate within the RF spectrum, each utilizing specific frequency bands based on their intended applications (Molisch, 2011). IEEE Access, 6, 12725-12738.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2018

Security researchers when analyzing a hacking campaign attempt to attribute it to a specific threat actor also evaluating the code reuse. Each node represents a malware family or a hacking tool (“ Brambul ,” “ Fallchill ,” etc.) Each node represents a malware family or a hacking tool (“ Brambul ,” “ Fallchill ,” etc.)

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456 as password. But it was 2011. How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist. Amnesty International Hong Kong Office hit by state-sponsored attack. Microsoft removes Password-Expiration Policy in security baseline for Windows 10.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 7, 2023

That piece explored how Biderman — who is Jewish — had become the target of concerted harassment campaigns by anti-Semitic and far-right groups online in the months leading up to the hack. Whoever hacked Ashley Madison had access to all employee emails, but they only released Biderman’s messages — three years worth.

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