Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A vulnerability in the Microsoft OAuth implementation exposes Azure cloud accounts to takeover. “This vulnerability makes it much easier to compromise privilege users – whether through simple social engineering techniques or by infecting a website that the privileged users occasionally access.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 97

Authentication Accountability Social Engineering Advertising 97

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat actor gained access to an email account operated by the organization and used it to send messages. The account was compromised from Sept. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are notifying everyone whose information was in this email account,” Salcido added.

Data breaches 106

Data breaches Social Engineering Advertising Accountability 106

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 139

Social Engineering VPN Phishing Authentication 139

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The Chafer APT group has distributed data stealer malware since at least mid-2014, it was focused on surveillance operations and the tracking of individuals. 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.

Government 124

Government Social Engineering Hacking Advertising 124

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 145

Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 145

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Or maybe they’re groomed in order to set up a bank account for their lovers.

Scams 241

Scams Accountability Media Banking 241

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Lazarus APT is linked to North Korea, the activity of the Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. 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 125

Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Advertising Malware 125

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2019

The data were leaked online via the Twitter account “G0d” (@_0rbit) that has been suspended. “The Twitter account @_0rbit published the links daily in the style of an advent calendar, with each entry representing a “door”, behind which was a link to new information.” ” reported France24.?.

Social Engineering 111

Social Engineering Advertising Government Accountability 111

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. A report commissioned by Sen.

Cryptocurrency 308

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 308

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. In 2014, a JP Morgan Chase hack exposed 76 million households. Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk. in Friday afternoon trading.

Hacking 157

Hacking eCommerce Authentication Social Engineering 157

Anton on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Furthermore, these adversaries demonstrated a willingness to get personal with their targets, bullying and threatening many of them. ” NOT SURPRISING “Global median dwell time continued to improve year over year, with organizations detecting incidents in just over two weeks in 2022.

Social Engineering 130

Social Engineering Ransomware Cybercrime Cyber Attacks 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate the executive and steal $500,000 from two accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini. But he wasn’t quick enough to stop a hacker from draining $500,000 from two separate accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini, according to Santa Clara officials.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 107

Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising 107

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ mobile devices by posing as attractive women on social media and instant messaging apps ( i.e. Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 99

Social Engineering Media Advertising Spyware 99

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

American citizens lost over $6,000,000 due to these individuals’ BEC fraud schemes, in which they impersonated business executives and requested and received wire transfers from legitimate business accounts.” “Ogunshakin provided Uzuh and other co-conspirators with bank accounts that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers.

Social Engineering 113

Social Engineering Scams Small Business Banking 113

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

. “As a modular banking Trojan that’s based on the dated Zeus v2 code, Sphinx’s core capability is to collect online account credentials from banks and a wide range of other websites.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the post. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 139

Banking Malware Social Engineering Advertising 139

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.

Media 92

Media Social Engineering Phishing Advertising 92

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

The second human-operated ransomware family is Doppelpaymer that in recent months targeted enterprise environments through social engineering. “There is also the lack of credential hygiene, over-privileged accounts, predictable local administrator and RDP passwords, and unattended EDR alerts for suspicious activities.”

Ransomware 144

Ransomware Cybercrime Social Engineering Banking 144

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

To prevent registrar accounts from being compromised using familiar Account Take Over (ATO) techniques (i.e. Phishing, Credential stuffing , Social engineering) the agency suggests regularly checking the details linked to the account. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 108

DNS Social Engineering Accountability Advertising 108

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. “LYCEUM initially accesses an organization using account credentials obtained via password spraying or brute-force attacks. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 107

DNS Passwords Penetration Testing Social Engineering 107

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. Group-IB Secure Portal also managed to identify over 100,000 accounts with three or more logins from the same device. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cryptocurrency 88

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The operators are hijacking legitimate email threads as part of a social engineering attack. “One of Emotet’s most devious methods of self-propagation centers around its use of socially engineered spam emails. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 101

Social Engineering Malware Advertising Engineering 101

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

Data breaches 104

Data breaches Social Engineering Ransomware Malware 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The PerSwaysion campaign proliferates with alarming rates by leveraging compromised accounts’ email data to select further targets who hold important roles in their companies and share business relations with the victims. New round of phishing attempts leveraging current victim’s account usually takes less than 24 hours.

Phishing 135

Phishing Accountability Financial Services Cloud Migration 135

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2019

Getting your paycheck deposited directly into your bank account seems like a handy solution but in some cases. Getting your paycheck deposited directly into your bank account seems like a handy solution because you don’t have to pick up the check from your workplace and take it to the bank to deposit it. hackers can access them.

Phishing 110

Phishing Accountability Banking Social Engineering 110

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control. This phase involves social engineering techniques, OSING, and also malware. ” reported BleepingComputer.

Scams 72

Scams Banking Social Engineering Accountability 72

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Twitter announced to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. We’re temporarily turning off the ability to Tweet via SMS, or text message, to protect people’s accounts. The hackers carried out a SIM swapping attack to take over Dorsey’s account.

Hacking 71

Hacking Social Engineering Accountability Advertising 71

Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2021

This is aided by imitation accounts modelled to look like the genuine organisation’s account. The victim is typically sent to a phishing page where accounts, payment details, identities, or other things can be stolen. The scam isn’t being spread by just one account, nor is there just one bogus support form.

Phishing 131

Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability Scams 131

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

. “For close to two years now, the Shlayer Trojan has been the most common threat on the macOS platform: in 2019, one in ten of our Mac security solutions encountered this malware at least once, and it accounts for almost 30% of all detections for this OS.” Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Adware 107

Adware Malware Social Engineering Advertising 107

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Loki Bot operators employ various social engineering technique to trick victims into opening weaponized attachments that would deploy the Loki Bot stealer. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 75

Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Advertising Malware 75

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2019

The malicious code users overlay attacks to steal sensitive and financial data from the victim, including credit card numbers, banking credentials and passwords for bank accounts. Cerberus malware leverages social engineering to trick victims into installing it on victims’ devices. ” continues the report.

Banking 111

Banking Malware Advertising Social Engineering 111

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2020

The hackers gained access to Blue Bear , a cloud school accounting software customized especially for K-12 schools and districts to help manage and simplify schools’ activity fund accounting. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 90

Data breaches Software Social Engineering Accountability 90

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

Security Center has confirmed it is a typical social engineering attack using spoofed email accounts, it also attributed the attack to a foreign government. 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 110

Cyber Attacks Media Social Engineering Advertising 110

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This involved using an “unsecured group email account as the root user to access confidential private keys and critically sensitive data for the FTX Group companies around the world…” About $740 million in cryptocurrency has been placed into new cold wallets. .” There were no “appropriate” security controls with digital assets.

Risk 143

Risk Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 143

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Gamaredon has been active since 2014 and its activity focus on Ukraine, the group was observed using the multistage backdoor Pteranodon / Pterodo. The cyberspies often use accounts that have been previously compromised. ini), which will contain the hash sums of the stolen files (taking into account some meta-data).

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering DNS Accountability Malware 98

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%. Another trend was disguising malware in emails.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

APT42’s TTPs overlap with another Iran-linked APT group tracked as APT35 (aka ‘ Charming Kitten ‘, ‘ Phosphorus ‘, Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) which made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media.

Surveillance 100

Surveillance Social Engineering Phishing Government 100

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In other systems, other types of scripts were found, namely webshells, and also SMTP senders to leverage social engineering campaigns (Figure 6). Figure 6: SMTP senders used by criminals to leverage social engineering campaigns. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 104

Social Engineering Passwords Advertising Accountability 104