SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Livestreaming platform Twitch, frequented by a community of online gamers, experienced a massive data breach. Twitch confirmed a breach had happened through a tweet: We can confirm a breach has taken place. It rebranded as twitch in 2011, so this looks like a long-standing piece of infrastructure.".

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

Yes, tons of people still use “123456” as a password, according to NordPass's 200 most common passwords of the year for 2020, which is based on analysis of passwords exposed by data breaches.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire is one of 14 to have been impacted by the data breach, the BBC reported , with Vice Society hackers using generic search terms to steal documents.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2021

Pearson, a London based e-textbook publishing firm that supplies software to Schools and Universities has been slapped with a fine of $1 million for misleading investors about a 2018 data breach that witnessed siphoning of millions of student records by hackers.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. In 2011, researchers at Kaspersky Lab showed that virtually all of the hacked systems for rent at AWM Proxy had been compromised by TDSS (a.k.a An example of a cracked software download site distributing Glupteba. Image: Google.com. ru and alphadisplay[.]ru,

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

This isn’t the first incident suffered by IMF, the agency suffered a major security breach in 2011. Bleeping computer contacted IMF, which confirmed that that despite it uses the Microsoft 365, the incident does not appear to be part of Microsoft targeting recently disclosed.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In the past few months, many companies witnessed foreign infiltration on their networks and among them, the most noted were Optus Cyber Attack and data breach on Insurance company Medibank. It all depends on the severity of the vulnerability that has been discovered and hackers accessed whether any sensitive data.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

But instead of using this information for the sole purpose of improving security, Twitter profited by allowing advertisers to use this data to target individuals. This action violated a 2011 FTC order that prohibited the social media site from misrepresenting its privacy and security practices. FTC Chair Lina M.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

Compromised data vary by individuals and organizations, it includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers, and more. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Second is the news related to the leak of sensitive details belonging to over 20 million users created between the time frame of 2011 and 2019. was notified of the incident when a hacker named ‘IntelBroker’ posted the accessed details on a data breach forum. million customers was accessed/leaked.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Recent reports have confirmed that the outage was caused by WastedLocker, a ransomware often used to specifically target and disrupt business operations, and closely associated with Evil Corp, the hacking group behind a $100 million crime spree that began in 2011.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com ” A report on Palvisa (PDF) purchased from Rekvizitai.vz — an official online directory of Lithuanian companies — says Palvisa was established in 2011 by a Vytautaus Mockus, using the phone number 86.7273687 , and the email address bo3dom@gmail.com. com (2017).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

Questions about who stole tax and financial data on roughly three quarters of all South Carolina residents came to the fore last week at the confirmation hearing of Mark Keel , who was appointed in 2011 by Gov. Nikki Haley to head the state’s law enforcement division.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The hacktivists claim that once hacked the universities did not disclose the data breach and attempted to hide the incident, violating the European Privacy Law GDPR. Two weeks after the hack, one of the universities breached by the group, Uniparthenope, sent a data breach notification via email to the impacted students and teachers.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But Missouri prosecutors now say they will not pursue charges following revelations that the data had been exposed since 2011 — two years after responsibility for securing the state’s IT systems was centralized within Parson’s own Office of Administration. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R), vowing to prosecute the St.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2021

The company's leadership knew they had been breached in a sophisticated APT-style attack, but it was unknown whether the attackers had gained access to the cryptographic keys needed to decrypt sensitive client data. The post Malicious Life Podcast: Ten Years On – Are We Doing Security Right?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Ten years together! I’m very excited. Ten years ago I launched Security Affairs, the blog over the past decade obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest one is your immense affection.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

Unfortunately, this was not the first time hackers broke into JPL , it has already happened back in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) notifies employees of a data breach that exposed social security numbers and other personal information. In December the U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Increasing Bounties for Account Takeover VulnerabilitiesSince 2011, our Bug Bounty program has been among the most… Gepostet von Facebook Bug Bounty am Dienstag, 20. The bug bounty programs are becoming crucial for companies to assess their products and infrastructure and to avoid data breaches. November 2018.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2021

I n March of 2011, security vendor RSA was the target of an attack that compromised sensitive data related to the company's flagship SecureID product, a solution that was in-use by thousands of high-profile clients around the world including the U.S. government and an array of U.S. defense contractors.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2021

I n March of 2011, security vendor RSA was the target of an attack that compromised sensitive data related to the company's flagship SecureID product. The solution was in-use by thousands of high-profile clients around the world, including the U.S. government and an array of U.S. defense contractors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

“On June 28, last year, a suspicious behavior was detected and investigated on a terminal in our company, and as a result of unauthorized access by a third party, data was transmitted to the outside,” reads a data breach notification published by the company.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

. · Security firm attributes Cosmos Bank cyberheist to Lazarus APT. · Cryptocurrency Platform Atlas Quantum hacked, 260k users impacted. · CVE-2018-15919 username enumeration flaw affects OpenSSH Versions Since 2011. · Data of 130 Million hotel chain guests offered for 8 BTC on Dark Web. · Experts published a PoC code for Intel (..)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2022

ALET has worked with over 400 companies since 2011 to file over 119,000 customs declarations and has recommendations from Gazprom, Gazprom Neft and Bashneft. ALET is a customs broker for companies in the fuel and energy industries, handling exports and customs declarations for coal, crude oil, liquefied gases and petroleum products.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456 as password. Report: Unknown Data Breach Exposes 80 Million US Households. But it was 2011. Microsoft removes Password-Expiration Policy in security baseline for Windows 10. New Emotet variant uses connected devices as proxy C2 servers.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Different wireless technologies operate within the RF spectrum, each utilizing specific frequency bands based on their intended applications (Molisch, 2011). These regulations necessitate thorough assessments of wireless systems to ensure compliance and mitigate the risk of data breaches. IEEE Access, 6, 28575-28606. Shafiq, M.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix. According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Special Educational Needs (SEN) data. Contractual offers made to members of staff.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A report from the Cloud Security Alliance (Technology and Cloud Security Maturity, 2022) states that 84% of organizations report having no automation ; since Identity and Access Management is a key factor in securing companies, automating the detection of possible attack paths may reduce the attack surface and avoid potential data breaches.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

At the time of writing it is still unknown who amassed this huge quantity of data and for which reason. Facebook disabled the API that shares users’ mobile phone and address details with developers back in 2011. “Facebook has long restricted developers ‘ access to user phone numbers. ” concludes Techcrunch.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

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 group has been known to target a wide range of organizations and government agencies worldwide. continues IBM.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 3, 2019

Like a severed head, stolen data is the proof of success in this arena. Case in point: the hacking group Lulzsec’s 2011 hack of the U.S. The post What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Data Breaches appeared first on Adam Levin. The most important one: there really are people out there who are out to get you.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

In the aftermath of the Japanese Earthquake / Tsunami in 2011, identity assistance was in so much disarray generally that most ID scams we saw focused on pretending to be charities as opposed to victims. It stands to reason they’re probably more likely to swipe data from smaller, more local disasters than those on a much larger scale.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

As reported in 2011, the company fell victim to two cyberattacks, which are suspected to be part of an espionage attempt. Safran has already been targeted by threat actors. The unidentified hackers allegedly attempted to map the company’s computer system between 2009 and 2010.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Both of these entities are owned by Jesse Willms , a man The Atlantic magazine described in an unflattering January 2014 profile as “The Dark Lord of the Internet” [not to be confused with The Dark Overlord ]. Jesse Willms’ Linkedin profile.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

In a 2011 post on Hackforums, Acidut said they were building a botnet using an “exploit kit,” a set of browser exploits made to be stitched into hacked websites and foist malware on visitors. The same account continues to sell subscriptions to Shifter.io. io , and online[.]io.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2018

Over in the APAC region, South Korea has had a regulation in place since 2011.

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I’ve consistently spoken, and written about the dangers of burnout in cybersecurity, and proposed leadership strategies for employee wellbeing. According to IBM , mistakes in cybersecurity are still so overwhelming that 95% (19 in 20) result from human error, and the global average total cost of a data breach is $4.35M.

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