Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

Together, CWRU and the FBI were able to identify that an IP address with which the malware was communicating had also been used to access the alumni email account of a man called Phillip Durachinsky. In 2012, as a senior soon to graduate with a physics degree, he worked on a project with faculty member Robert W.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

Data breaches 40

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 19, 2023

Of course there's all the nasty stuff (phishing, identity theft, spam), but there are also some amazingly positive uses for data illegally taken from someone else's system. It's fascinating to see how creative people can get with breached data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ohio based DNA Diagnostics Center(DDC) that deals with DNA research, and paternity tests has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that its IT staff have discovered a cyber incident that relates to the data exposure of over 2 million patients whose DNA was tested between 2004 and 2012.

Identity Theft 90

Identity Theft Big data Cyber Attacks Accountability 90

Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2024

Of the 159 complaints detailed there in the last year, several were from people who had used third-party identity protection services to have their information removed from Radaris, only to receive a notice a few months later that their Radaris record had been restored. Radaris has not responded to requests for comment. A Sherborn, Mass.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

The man was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, he faces 10 charges on multiple conspiracy counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and four counts of computer hacking. Andrei Tyurin is accused of being the mastermind of the organization that targeted the US financial institution from 2012 to mid-2015.

Identity Theft 50

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

The man was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, he was charged with multiple conspiracy counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and four counts of computer hacking. Andrei Tyurin is accused of being the mastermind of the organization that targeted the US financial institution from 2012 to mid-2015.

Marketing 84

Marketing Hacking Identity Theft Banking 84

Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

accounts (59% of common email addresses had exactly the same password). disqus 2012 breach never disclosed, my old creds still worked! <just <just deleted account> Would never have known if not for your eagle eyes and #totallyawesome service. +10 And so Have I Been Pwned was born. It's alive! "Have

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

Cybercrime 135

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