Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

Nintendo has disconnected the NNID legacy login system from main Nintendo profiles after it has discovered a massive account hijacking campaign. The gaming giant Nintendo announced that hackers gained accessed at least 160,000 user accounts as part of an account hijacking campaign since early April. ” reported ZDNet.

Accountability 99

Accountability Passwords Data breaches Advertising 99

Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. Chaput said that at one point last week the volume of bot accounts being registered for the crypto spam campaign started overwhelming the servers that handle new signups at Mastodon.social.

Scams 239

Scams DDOS Cryptocurrency Accountability 239

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

According to the SonntagsZeitung , the Basel public prosecutor’s office confirmed that hackers compromised the systems at the universities, then the threat actors hijacked the employee salary transfers by changing the beneficiaries’ accounts. It added that part of the misappropriated funds was now in foreign accounts.”

Advertising 144

Advertising Phishing Cybercrime Hacking 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

. “Comprised of several layers of members mainly from Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Belgium, the QQAAZZ network opened and maintained hundreds of corporate and personal bank accounts at financial institutions throughout the world to receive money from cybercriminals who stole it from accounts of victims.”

Malware 118

Malware Banking Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 118

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. companies for customers’ personal information.” which is a Shopify-like platform that has been hosting hundreds of online shops used for the sale of hacked accounts and stolen user data. Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and victim addresses.

Cybercrime 123

Cybercrime Advertising Hacking Accountability 123

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

European authorities dismantled two cybercrime organizations responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. European authorities managed to dismantle the operations of two cybercrime gangs responsible for stealing millions through SIM hijacking. The authorities arrested tens of individuals in Spain and Romania. .

Banking 123

Banking Cybercrime Mobile Accountability 123

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the owner of Defiant Tech, a 32-year-old Ontario man named Jordan Evan Bloom , was hired in late 2014 as a developer for the marital infidelity site AshleyMadison.com. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals.

Hacking 190

Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 190

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. In June 2016, security researcher Chris Vickery found a copy of the World-Check database dated 2014 that was accidentally exposed online.

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Risk Spyware Hacking Accountability 124

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. The figure that most of all capture our attention is that victims of cybercrime activities lost $3.5 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Internet 118

Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime 118

Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2020

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. The researchers received a coronavirus-themed scam email that attempted to trick victims into using a different bank account for the payment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A change of the bank account).

Scams 111

Scams Banking Cybercrime Advertising 111

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Wall Street Market marketplace was considered one of the most important points of aggregation in the cybercrime underground for trading in cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines as well as digital goods (i.e. ” the Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) , Edvardas Šileris said.

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Cybercrime Advertising Marketing Internet 132

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Carbanak malware has been active since at least 2014 and has been used by ransomware gangs to infiltrate financial systems. Imposters in November included the CRM platform HubSpot, data management software Veeam, and account tool Xero.” The threat actors used sophisticated phishing techniques against bank employees.

Malware 123

Malware Ransomware Banking Healthcare 123

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. In some cases, the man manually chacked the stolen information. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Accountability 109

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 109

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering. Police in Ukraine announced the arrest of the members of a cybercrime gang composed of three individuals who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges used in money laundering activities. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 110

Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Cybercrime Digital transformation 110

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The OLB bank confirmed that the incident is not the result of a data breach, it also speculates the involvement of an “organized cybercrime involving counterfeit cards and terminals.” “Nor has any account or card data been hacked either at Mastercard, OLB or at a third party. SecurityAffairs – OLB bank, cybercrime).

Banking 92

Banking Cybercrime Advertising Scams 92

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

KPOT Stealer is a “stealer” malware that focuses on exfiltrating account information and other data from web browsers, instant messengers, email, VPN, RDP, FTP, cryptocurrency, and gaming software. The KPOT Stealer was written in C/C++, it was offered in the cybercrime underground as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS).

Ransomware 143

Ransomware Malware Advertising Cybercrime 143

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. Nikulin also hacked into an employee account of a Formspring engineer and used it to access the company network between June 13, 2012, and June 29, 2012.

Hacking 87

Hacking Cybercrime Data breaches Advertising 87

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Cybercrime is a prolific business, criminal organizations continues to make profits with illegal activities in the cyberspace, but police are ready to contrast them. With this resource, it was possible to buy activated accounts in large numbers to various mail resources, social networks, payment systems and more. “Cyber ??

Cybercrime 96

Cybercrime VPN Advertising Accountability 96

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

In response to the incident, Open Exchange Rates has forced a password reset for all accounts created before March 2, 2020. Open Exchange Rates recommends users to generate new API IDs using the account dashboard to access the service. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Passwords Advertising Accountability 110

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Gox was the biggest Bitcoin exchange at the time of the shut down in 2014 that occurred after the platform was the victim of a series of cyber heists for a total of $375 million in Bitcoin. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 123

Advertising Cybercrime Hacking Cryptocurrency 123

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014.

Internet 102

Internet Internet Advertising Cybercrime 102

Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2020

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. In early April, the researcher Ax Sharma published a post on Medium about a dataset with some 1,023 compromised ZEE5 Premium accounts for an online streaming service. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 111

Hacking Cybercrime Advertising Passwords 111

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2022

A malware campaign spreads ZLoader malware by exploiting a Windows vulnerability that was fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix. The threat actors exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2013-3900, that was discovered and fixed in 2013 but in 2014 Microsoft revised the fix.

Malware 141

Malware Banking Software Cybercrime 141

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, named TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime gang known as TA505. Researchers from cybersecurity firm PRODAFT have discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, tracked as TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime group known as TA505. ” concludes the report.

Cybercrime 97

Cybercrime Banking Malware Retail 97

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

The company sent a security breach notification via email to its users. ” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Media 143

Media Hacking Passwords Data breaches 143

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

. “It was brought to our attention that personal information, related to your American Express Card account listed above, may have been wrongfully accessed by one of our employees in an attempt to conduct fraudulent activity, including potentially opening accounts at other financial institutions.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Identity Theft 80

Identity Theft Advertising Data breaches Cybercrime 80

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

ransomware displays ransom note in innovative way Carnival confirms data breach as a result of the August ransomware attack Google enhances malware protection for accounts enrolled in Advanced Protection Program (APP) Russian Cybercrime group is exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 96

Advertising Antivirus Data privacy Ransomware 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

On July 23, 2018, the man sent a spear phishing message from a fraudulent Dell email account to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and instructed its personnel into making the payment for Dell equipment to a bank account under the control of Raage. to the man’s account. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 105

Phishing Banking Advertising Accountability 105

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2019

The crooks also carried out a phishing campaign that reached thousands of victims and tricked them into providing social security numbers and bank account information. . At the time of the arrest, Costea possessed 36,050 fraudulently obtained financial account numbers , Draghici had 3,465 and Dumitrescu had 3,278.

Hacking 88

Hacking Banking Identity Theft Phishing 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

. ” “We cannot state with certainty that your data was specifically accessed, however you should know that the information that was potentially subject to unauthorised access includes your name, address, payment card account number, card expiration date and security code.”. SecurityAffairs – TrueFire, cybercrime).

Hacking 102

Hacking Data breaches Advertising Accountability 102

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

. “We recently became aware that some of our customers’ personal information stored on one of our databases has been accessed without permission. To reassure you, the database did not include any passwords or financial details, such as bank account number or credit card information.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Telecommunications Passwords Advertising 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

which is a Shopify-like platform that has been hosting hundreds of online shops used for the sale of hacked accounts and stolen user data. international financial and corporate data, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and compromised user accounts from many U.S. store ACCOUNTS-MARKET. storefront.”

Accountability 119

Accountability Advertising Passwords Hacking 119

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. Justice Department announced that three members of the cybercrime group behind the GozNym banking Trojan have been sentenced to prison. Brady announced today.”

Computers and Electronics 63

Computers and Electronics Banking Cybercrime Malware 63

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

Million accounts back in April 2018. The security breach occurred in April 2018 and exposed account information for approximately 1.1 The notices notify them of the security breach and inform them that their data were exposed as part of the data breach that occurred in April 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 74

Data breaches Advertising Cybercrime Passwords 74

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

Crooks were able to steal card account numbers, expiration dates, and card verification values, along with other personally identifiable information (PII), then they were offering them for sale on cybercrime marketplaces. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 100

Advertising Hacking Media Cybercrime 100

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The attackers targeted the employees at the merchant with a phishing campaign to obtain credentials for user accounts and were able to take over an administrator account. The recent attacks demonstrate that the threat actors continue to target merchant POS systems to harvest card present payment account data.

Malware 142

Malware Advertising Accountability Hacking 142

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

“If the original guidance is not applied, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to spoof a domain controller account that could be used to steal domain credentials and take over the domain.” The IT giant urged Windows administrators to install the released security updates as soon as possible. Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 138

Authentication Advertising Architecture Cybercrime 138