Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers, the forum has been taken offline after the incident. We’ve been alerted that portions of the PHPBB user table from our forums showed up in a leaked data collection.” New breach: XKCD had 562k accounts breached last month. SecurityAffairs – XKCD, data breach).

Data breaches 108

Data breaches Passwords Data collection Advertising 108

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

A new story of a violation of the user’s privacy made the lines, Twitter revealed that due to a bug is collected and shared iOS location data with a third-party advertising company, Fortunately, only one partner of the micro-blogging firm was involved and the data collection and sharing occurred in certain circumstances.

Advertising 105

Advertising Accountability Data collection Mobile 105

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The security researcher that handle the Twitter account Privacy First first reported the alleged unethical behavior and published a video that shows how the app harvest users ‘data. “The data collected was explicitly identified to the customer in the data collection policy and is highlighted to the user during the install. “In

Adware 109

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 109

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

link ) was posted on Pastebin , the hacker claims to have compromised user’s email and also accused ProtonMail of sending user’s decrypted data to American servers. AmFearLiathMor also wrote that ProtonMail hasn’t configured the mandatory Subresource Integrity ( SRI ) allowing tampering and data collection.

Scams 111

Scams Hacking Data collection Advertising 111

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

A flaw could have allowed hackers to take over any Instagram account in 10 minutes. Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians. Sprint revealed that hackers compromised some customer accounts via Samsung site. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media.

Small Business 88

Small Business Spyware Media DNS 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

percent of all the data collected, followed by TP-Link that accounted for 9.07%. “More and more exploits are being weaponized by cybercriminals, and infected devices are used to steal personal data and mine cryptocurrencies, on top of traditional DDoS attacks. ” concludes Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 106

IoT Passwords Malware Data collection 106

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 136

Phishing Ransomware Spyware Banking 136

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

When Target fired both its CEO and CIO in 2014, it was a wake-up call for senior management. The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. But they did so without taking into account the hockey-stick rise in reliance on third-party suppliers.

Cyber Risk 165

Cyber Risk Risk Digital transformation Accountability 165

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

” The social network suspended apps and accounts associated with Rankwave and asked the court to order it to respect its rules for applications. Rankwave apparently misused data collected by his app for checking users’ social media “influencer score”. ” reported Techcrunch. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 93

Advertising Data collection Marketing Media 93

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

“Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. ” reads the DoJ’s press release. not hidden); and.

Consumer Protection 98

Consumer Protection Accountability Data collection Advertising 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .

Marketing 104

Marketing Phishing Media Cybercrime 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

According to Twelve Security , the exposed data includes: User name and email of those who purchased cameras and then connected them to their home 24% of the 2.4 According to Twelve Security , the exposed data includes: User name and email of those who purchased cameras and then connected them to their home 24% of the 2.4

IoT 96

IoT Accountability Advertising Wireless 96

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Group-IB’s records indicate that card dumps account for 62% of total sets of card data sold, which means that POS Trojans represent the major method of compromising credit cards and might have caused this particular leak. The breach might have caused the compromise of BankIslami account holders that took place on Oct.

Banking 111

Banking Cybercrime Advertising Data collection 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. rar archive files. Dangerous email.

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 99

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information. According to the article, there are two settings responsible for the location data collection, the “Location History” and “Web & App Activity”.

Consumer Protection 98

Consumer Protection Surveillance Data collection Accountability 98

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Better data security so Facebook sees less. On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

Surveillance 243

Surveillance Advertising Encryption Engineering 243

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

Data collected by the expert showed that 16 percent of those devices with UPnP enabled utilize the MiniUPnPd library, and only 0.39% is running the latest release 2.1. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 107

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The company’s records indicate that dumps account for 62% of data sold, which means that POS Trojans are the main method of compromising plastic cards. Unlike dumps, text data is sold much cheaper in card shops: its total value amounted to $95.6 million, accounting for only 17% of the overall market value, compared to 19.9

Cybercrime 109

Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 109

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

They were helped in one of their attacks by members of the group Anunak , which had not conducted at attack of this kind since 2014. At present, only three criminal groups— Buhtrap2 , RTM , and Toplel —steal money from the accounts of legal entities in Russia. They account for 80% of all financial phishing sites.

Cyber Attacks 108

Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 108

Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

These are generally not considered privacy data, but when coupled with an element like your identity document, it becomes private. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

Data privacy 98

Data privacy Identity Theft Accountability Banking 98

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

PagerDuty Operations performance 2014 NYSE: PD Auth0 Identity management 2014 Acquired: Okta. Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 128

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

To access their servers for stolen data collection and their JS-sniffers’ control, they always used VPN to hide their real location and identity. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cybercrime 102

Cybercrime Marketing eCommerce Advertising 102

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Enacted in 2002 and updated by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014, FISMA requires agencies to implement a risk-based approach to security. HIPAA mandates that healthcare providers, insurers, and business associates implement robust security measures to safeguard patient data.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Cyber threats Healthcare 119

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Active since 2014, in 2016, the group decided to give up ATM malware and focus all of their attacks on PoS systems, targeting the core of the payment industry. The thieves could insert stolen card data into the transaction stream, while modifying the merchant and acquirer bank account on the fly. Initial infection vector.

Malware 138

Malware Banking Software Encryption 138

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

Unlimited cloud accounts and users, and monthly down to hourly cloud scans Data retention options between 30 days and 18 months Business hours support and compliance reports for GDPR , PCI, HIPAA, and more Container scanning with CI/CD and registry integrations Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) security scanning for Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

Penetration Testing 109

Penetration Testing Software Risk Firewall 109

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The youngest of companies picked for this year’s list, Kentik has been a budding networking monitoring vendor since 2014. For larger organizations, the PRTG Enterprise Monitor can monitor thousands of devices for a distributed environment offering auditable data collection and service-based SLA monitoring through the ITOps Board.

Marketing 120

Marketing DDOS Threat Detection DNS 120

Spinone

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

authentication (the technology that allows you to log into an app via your Google or Facebook account) can introduce many security flaws as apps using this type of authentication are granted access permissions to user account actions and data on install. Poorly implemented OAuth 2.0

Mobile 40

Mobile Data breaches Accountability Risk 40

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces. “I used to steal their QIWI accounts with up to $500k in them,” Wazawaka recalled. The Weblancer account says Wazawaka is currently 33 years old.

DDOS 349

DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 349

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

This page indicates that access to the consumer and payment data collected by US Job Services is currently granted to several other coders who work with Mr. Mirza in Pakistan, and to multiple executives, contractors and employees working for a call center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. org back in 2014. Reached for comment, Ms.

Marketing 327

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 327

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Vamosi: So ransomware started with like individuals being compromised and their data collected and $300 in Bitcoin and then it became commercialized to industries and so first ransomware.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Cybercrime Government 40